How Immigration is Influencing the 2006 Election
"So many politicians are responding to the public’s demand for enforcement
of our outhern border that they could practically form a human chain across its 2,000 miles . . . We don’t mean to overstate the agreement. The majority of Democrats remain opposed to enforcement measures," notes National Review in an editorial. "But take a look at tight races around the country and you will see - contrary to the prognostications of some of our friends on the right - the political resonance of border security. Start with Ben Nelson in Nebraska. Unlike House Democrats who are comfortably ensconced in safe liberal districts, he now takes a tougher line on illegal immigration. His Republican opponent, too, once supported a guest-worker program for illegal aliens already here - but no longer."
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