Amnesty for Everyone! I love Amnesty!

Republicans are having a bitch-fest about the new immigration bill, at least most of them are. They've been after the Democrats since the debate began, calling the immigration reform tantamount to amnesty (which it is). The semantics of the debate have reached all-time highs recently, which has eclipsed the much more interesting and less anger-inducing aspect of the whole ordeal: when business trumps racism. I find it somehow fitting and also funny that the only thing conservative congressman care about more than racial supremacy is the money in their wallet. Immigration is perhaps the most divisive issue for the right, and I think it's along these lines that votes tend to fall.

Here's a recent story the LA Times did on the topic:

New immigration bill faces a wall of old opposition

Attacks from left and right suggest latest push for change, although representing a potential breakthrough, could again end in a stalemate affecting millions.

I tend to agree: immigration is like abortion, it loses votes for everyone (which is the biggest problem, because everyone knows politics is more important than the issues in the political arena). In the meantime, go go border crossings!