There is so much to discuss with regard to this immigration debate that I hardly know where to start.  I don’t have much time to respond to some of the insanity that I have been hearing about but let me just name a few things.

• First, the Mexican goverment is threatening to sue us if we deploy National Guard to keep illegal invaders out of our country.
• Chuck Hagel, a REPUBLICAN is supporting legislation that would give amnesty to 10 million illegal immigrants.  Further,

If enacted, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, S.2611) would be the most dramatic change in immigration law in 80 years, allowing an estimated 103 million persons to legally immigrate to the U.S. over the next 20 years—fully one-third of the current population of the United States.  Much attention has been given to the fact that the bill grants amnesty to some 10 million illegal immigrants. Little or no attention has been given to the fact that the bill would quintuple the rate of legal immigration into the United States, raising, over time, the inflow of legal immigrants from around one million per year to over five million per year. The impact of this increase in legal immigration dwarfs the magnitude of the amnesty provisions.

Finally, we have a Republican President who has long since forgotten the Conservative base of support that got him elected.  This is a textbook example for aspiring politicians.  Never lose your base.  Forget your base and you see what can happen.