Friday, May 18, 2007
Sweats and standoffs, Mexican and otherwise
Nothing says the Bush-Kennedy immigration plan (New York Daily News article) is a great leap forward, so to speak, like this:
Almost instantly, the plan brought vehement criticism from both sides of the immigration issue, including liberals who called it unfair and unworkable and conservatives who branded it an overly permissive "amnesty." ... Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was noncomittal.
That last line cracks me up. But that's COMPROMISE, and it's the only way government works most of the time: Everybody is pissed, and nobody gets exactly what they wanted.
Godspeed to 'em. Let's get something right for a change.
The White House immigration reform page.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's immigration reform page.
125 years of immigration laws, from The AP via Chicago Sun-Times.
--ER
Almost instantly, the plan brought vehement criticism from both sides of the immigration issue, including liberals who called it unfair and unworkable and conservatives who branded it an overly permissive "amnesty." ... Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was noncomittal.
That last line cracks me up. But that's COMPROMISE, and it's the only way government works most of the time: Everybody is pissed, and nobody gets exactly what they wanted.
Godspeed to 'em. Let's get something right for a change.
The White House immigration reform page.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's immigration reform page.
125 years of immigration laws, from The AP via Chicago Sun-Times.
--ER
