Bush steps into fray

From today's WSJ:

President Bush reinserted himself into the divisive debate over immigration yesterday, speaking favorably of a stalled Senate compromise that would put the vast majority of the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants on a path to citizenship.

In remarks to about 300 Orange County business leaders, Bush said that the bipartisan Senate compromise, which fell apart this month as Republicans and Democrats maneuvered for political advantage, was "an interesting approach."

..."Massive deportation of the people here is unrealistic," he said. "It's just not going to work. You can hear people out there hollering it's going to work. It's not going to work."

Although Dubya's still a dim bulb in my book, he — or whoever wrote this particular speech for him — is right: 'massive deportation' of illegal immigrants is unrealistic. However, who's even suggesting that a massive deportation of illegals take place anyway? If illegal immigrants have slipped in so easily, why does anyone think we can ever get them to leave? It's never going to happen. I don't know — maybe Dubya's just trying to create the illusion of an unrealistic opposition to bolster his 'moderate' stance in the public eye. He's a desperate man these days.

But the fact is, when it comes to illegal immigrants in the U.S., the cat is out of the bag. 11 million illegals are here, and that's just how many are here right now. You better believe that more are on their way before any (if any) border security crackdown happens.

Personally, I think that we should do everything we can to secure the borders, and then, those who slipped in beforehand should just consider themselves lucky. Then, we all move on as a nation of taxpayers... and what an anticlimactic welcome, huh? But for those Americans who will whine about 'illegals granted amnesty,' well, life ain't fair, is it?