If the immigration Bill is going to pass the cloture vote we know it will be close. I am not sure which way it will go but I think it will pass the cloture 62-37 27. The 37 27 opposed will be mostly the GOP deadenders. If it passes this test it will go through […]

Want 5-10 more years of the currently broken down immigration system and impotent laws? Side with the Amnesty Hypochondriacs in the GOP because if they succeed and tank the immigration Bill in the Senate there will be no new legislation on this issue for the remainder of Bush’s term and well into the next President’s […]

Compassionate Conservatives. The label was meant to remind people that tough love is not without a heart and the government will not be used to brow beat people when they are down. We cannot blindly follow laws because laws do not fit every situation and many laws need to be fixed. Slavery was once legal. […]

While everyone can find a nit to pick on the immigration reform everyone also knows failure now means being stuck with the same FUBAR’d system for 2-10 years to come. And if anyone is harboring the delusion Americans will settle for nothing check out this poll: Nearly three-quarters of participants in a UPI-Zogby International poll […]

Ed Morrissey posts on one of the many conspiracy myth’s running around the GOP circles as they do their amnesty hypochondriac Chicken Little dance. This one had to do with how long it takes to process Z-Visas compared to passports (not EVEN the same thing) and the ridiculous myth background checks take time (having worked […]

I have to laugh at the kind of twisted logic that claims there are no laws on the books to pay back taxes as they apply to illegal immigrants. Check out this laugher: “It’s a good advocacy poll,” Camarota said. “I don’t see any neutral questions in the poll. It seems those who designed it […]

The wife of a man who may have given his life in the defense of this nation while fighiting in Iraq is now facing deportation because they tried to do the right thing and become legal. he wife of a soldier missing in Iraq could face deportation, her lawyer told a television station. Army Spec. […]

It seems one of the states with one of the largest immigration problems backs Bush when it comes to immigration reform: Despite their ideological differences, most Texans believe the country’s immigration system is in disarray and favor the proposed overhaul being debated in Washington, according to results of a new poll released Tuesday. A consortium […]

Seems that the American people are pretty clear on one thing – they approve of a path to citizenship for illegal aliens now in the US who have a clean record on violent crime, are going to pay a fine and are going to pay back taxes. The survey by Bloomberg and the Los Angeles […]

The far right is going full steam over the cliff of nativism. Oh well, it was a good ride while it lasted. So we might as well keep pointing out the illogic of their positions – just for fun. So, we noted how the real fear of the right is the legalization of the 12+ […]