Bush Dances on Immigration Policy
by TChris
The president finally made a truthful statement:
"Massive deportation of the people here is unrealistic. 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."
Those who are "hollering" at politicians to round up and deport every undocumented worker are part of the president's base. Not surprisingly, the president delivered these remarks to a different part of his base: the business community that depends on undocumented workers. Will the "foreigners go home" crowd feel abandoned by their president?
Even as the administration has been putting on a show of getting tough with employers who hire undocumented workers, President Bush expressed sympathy for employers who are "fooled" by fake social security cards. If that's the president's attitude, how widespread or effective are those enforcement efforts likely to be?
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