"A flawed approach on immigration"

From a WashTimes editorial:

When it comes to immigration, the administration is laboring to come up with a coherent formula to protect the nation's borders. Judging from recent actions and statements by Department of Homeland Security's Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson, the administration hopes to solve the problem by putting out the welcome mat for millions of illegal immigrants. They ought to go back to the drawing board because this proposal is not in our national interest and will never be passed by a Republican Congress...

... [Mr. Hutchinson's] statements came in response to questions from Sen. Edward Kennedy, who suggested that the Mr. Bush's plan was not generous enough in permitting illegal immigrants to stay in the country.

Compounding the situation is the administration's cave-in to political pressure from open-borders advocates in California, who object to the fact that the Border Patrol enforcers have been too vigorous...

To be certain, John Kerry's approach would be even worse. But that doesn't get the Bush administration off the hook for tilting toward the Kennedy-Pelosi crowd on a critical issue like safeguarding our borders. The administration is courting a platform fight - and further political trouble down the road with the Republican Party's conservative base - with its ill-considered approach on immigration.

See also this DHS press conference, with questions: www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=3934

Immigration2004 · Thu, 08/12/2004 - 10:49 · · Importance: 1