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August 19, 2005

More on the Border Line

Colorado Luis add this to the discussion on the border:

"Closing the border" could be to 2006 what invading Iraq was to 2002 -- a bad and obviously unworkable idea promoted by Republicans, that some Democrats give undeserved credibility to by using it as a club to beat up other Democrats for being insufficiently tough and realistic and not being like the good old Democrats of yesteryear.

He also likes my proposal to sell Green Cards as one way to regulate immigration, particularly because it would put the coyotes, "the human traffickers who make tons of money smuggling people across the border," out of business.

Armando at Kos adds that "As a first generation American, the easy reach to smear immigrants is an especially touchy subject for me" as he linked to the piece.

Posted by Nathan at August 19, 2005 09:36 AM