The Democrats have favored a plan which calls for a pathway to citizenship.
The republicunts are enormously two-faced on the issue.
On the one hand you have the business interests who profit from cheap labor and, in spite of all the bullshit that emanates from party headquarters want to continue to do so.
Then you have the racist wing of the party which thinks that any non-white xtian should be kept out or thrown out if here.
Bush learned all about this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...-and-over/
Now along comes the Orange Turd with his absurd "wall" and racists everywhere cheer madly.
The republicunts are enormously two-faced on the issue.
On the one hand you have the business interests who profit from cheap labor and, in spite of all the bullshit that emanates from party headquarters want to continue to do so.
Then you have the racist wing of the party which thinks that any non-white xtian should be kept out or thrown out if here.
Bush learned all about this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...-and-over/
Quote:* 2004-2007: You could say that talk radio killed President Bush's attempts at immigration reform. He hoped to appeal to both business owners and Hispanic voters with a comprehensive overhaul, but he was stymied by his own party.
Bush began pushing for a guest worker program in 2004. An early attempt by Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) died a quick death, in part because of election year politics. But even the prospect of reform stirred up a backlash from conservatives, in particular Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.). Tancredo appeared on talk radio constantly warning of the dangers posed by illegal immigration.
Bush allies attempted to fight back with a corporate-funded PR campaign, but business leaders wouldn't donate, concerned that conservatives would pressure Bush into signing something that actually made it harder to hire from overseas. In fact, then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) pushed for an enforcement-only approach. The comprehensive bill introduced by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2005 could not be reconciled with a tough enforcement-only House version that sparked protests.
Bush tried again in 2007, crafting a compromise that allowed a path to legal status for current immigrants and a new temporary worker program, contingent on stricter border security and employer crackdowns. The legislation resembled a conservative approach offered by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) in 2005.
"We misread" the situation, said Frank Sharry of America's Voice. Advocates thought that with Democrats in control of Congress, Bush would try a moderate approach again and succeed. Instead, "Republicans were beginning what we might call the advent of the tea party -- they started to lurch to the right, they wanted to give Bush a bloody nose, the conservative media mobilized."
Now along comes the Orange Turd with his absurd "wall" and racists everywhere cheer madly.
