Or

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053600562261&q=endgame&total=3440&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

The Senate Bill that was passed this week might as well say to legal Americans, “Go to the back of the bus, and let the illegals take the front seats”. The United States isn’t the only place having illegal immigration

I should have taken more care in my comments. I am not backing down, I am trying to get more clarity into my already unalterable comments (they go into stone, no matter what - I cannot edit my comments once posted).

Be sure, I will go read your other post.

My best guess is that he’ll demand that there be proof that the border is sealed off before the earned citizenship program would start. I’m also betting that he’ll demand that the silly Dodd Amendment be eliminated and the Sessions Amendment be strengthened in conference. The Dodd Amendment simply says that we must consult with the Mexican government before we build the wall and the vehicle barriers. That thing’s history already. There’s no way that Sensenbrenner will consent to that. I suspect that Sensenbrenner might, at most, agree to a provision that says we’ll notify the Mexican government when and where we’ll build the barriers and walls.

We’ll almost certainly see the Sessions Amendment, which provides for 370 miles of triple-layered walls and 500 miles of vehicle barriers, strengthened to a number much closer to the House’s 700 miles of triple-layered walls.

Bush, walking down the White House Colonnade with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday morning, ignored a shouted question about whether the House and Senate will be able to compromise. But he did say that an effective measure would protect U.S. borders, make employers responsible for people they hire, create a temporary worker program, deal with the illegal immigrants already in the U.S. and “honor America’s great tradition of the melting pot.”

If you read between the lines, you see the outlines for a compromise coming out. Notice that the President is saying that securing the border and holding employers accountable is as much a priority of his as the temp worker program and dealing with illegal immigrants. I don’t think that that’s the type of thing that Ted Kennedy, John McCain and Dick Durbin want to hear.

The truth is that I think we’ll see a conditional guest worker program after (a) the borders are secure, (b) internal enforcement is beefed up & (c) more Border Patrol & ICE agents are trained & in place.

I agree with you that the Senate bill is full of nonsense.

As for the RNC memo, I didn’t get it sent to me. It’s actually posted on the National Journal’s Hotline blog.

Cross posted from Fix 4 RSO
I have serious doubts about conservatism when I wander around the blogosphere. I was hopping around and landed on the top story at California Conservative entitled, “Chill Out Dude”. Gary is writing about a memo …

In terms of amnesty, I’m 100% against it. And would go even further to put a moratorium on *legal* immigration until we get our house cleaned up.

So, don’t give up. We’re fightin’ the good fight, and we’re all in it.