Will Liberal Stance on Immigration Cost Democrats The Majority in 2008?

Two days out from a decisive election sweep of both the House and the Senate, the issue of illegal aliens and immigration reform is BACK IN THE NEWS. Mexico's President Elect Calderon is decrying the fence, and demanding OPEN BORDERS. In short, the issue is a perfectly laid trap which could snare the Democrats, and see their victory a short lived majority.

Our Southern Border with Mexico must be secured, the fence must be built, and the time has come to put military troops on the border to stop not only the flood of illegal aliens into America, but to end the illicit and burgeoning drug trade from Mexico, which is now their third largest income producer behind oil and remittances from illegal aliens living here in America. We need stiff penalties for any one hiring illegal aliens, or aiding and abetting their stay in America, and this includes landlords, and the Catholic Church. Herein lays the snare for the Democrats...if they grant anything remotely resembling Amnesty, if they trash a fence to secure our Southern Border with Mexico, if they slap lower and middle class Americans by allowing illegals to continue their stealing of our jobs, and the lowering of our wages, they will suffer one of the worst election defeats in the history of America in the 2008 election cycle.

Democrats were sent to Washington to send a clear message that Americans were tired of Stay the Course in Iraq, and tired of a scandal ridden Republican Party...BUT, we as a whole favor BORDER SECURITY, strong criminal sanctions against those who hire illegals, and are against Amnesty and a liberal Guest Worker Program. Will the Democrats be SMART ENOUGH to know this, smart enough not to put their foot in the snare? Sadly, I am afraid they will play right into the Republicans hands on this one, be foolish enough to set aside the fence, set aside border security, and welcome illegal aliens with open arms, and in that one move lose every gain they have just made.

Calderon to meet with Bush on Thursday; cites need for bridges, not walls
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Updated: 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
Ahead of a meeting with President Bush, Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon is acknowledging his unhappiness with U.S. border security measures, saying the two countries need “bridges for progress and not walls that isolate and divide.”
U.S. steps to stem the flow of migrants across the border were expected to dominate Bush’s discussions on Thursday with Calderon, who takes office on Dec. 1.
Mexico has been highly critical of the U.S. plan to build a 700-mile fence along the border. The law authorizing the fence was signed by Bush on Oct. 26.