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Walking Shadow · 06-09-2007, 08:39 AM

Or is it a creation of the neo-conservative wing of the Republican party?

If you listen to Rush Limbaugh/Bill O'Lielly/Sean Hannity/John Gibson or other conservative talking heads and radio show hosts, you'd think that the legal US population is tearing their hair out because of all of the illegal immigrants pouring across the Southern border. And thus, the politicans were stirred to act and have a pointless debate and put forth an utterly meaningless immigration bill that will do nothing, except give them an excuse to point and say, "See, we tried to do something, but our hands were tied."

In my part of the country, New Englandish, there is virtually no talk about immigration, illegal or otherwise and my brother out in California doesn't hear anything about it from his friends either.

So is it a bullshit illusion or what?

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Walking Shadow Tilted	Is there really an illegal immigration crisis in the US? Or is it a creation of the neo-conservative wing of the Republican party? If you listen to Rush Limbaugh/Bill O'Lielly/Sean Hannity/John Gibson or other conservative talking heads and radio show hosts, you'd think that the legal US population is tearing their hair out because of all of the illegal immigrants pouring across the Southern border. And thus, the politicans were stirred to act and have a pointless debate and put forth an utterly meaningless immigration bill that will do nothing, except give them an excuse to point and say, "See, we tried to do something, but our hands were tied." In my part of the country, New Englandish, there is virtually no talk about immigration, illegal or otherwise and my brother out in California doesn't hear anything about it from his friends either. So is it a bullshit illusion or what?