Why Even Have a Border?

Or laws? Or rules? Or procedures? On the bright side, maybe the government can save money by completely disbanding the INS, Border Patrol, and any other bureaucracy that was once dedicated to securing and protecting the borders. As it is, we seem to have a blanket amnesty every 15 years or so which only encourages more illegals to flood the border.

You want to see a meltdown in progress? Check out the following links from the right side of the blogosphere:

• Michelle Malkin - Amnesty could cast the US $2.5 trillion - trillion with a "T"
• Hugh Hewitt - "comprise" means no meaningful fence will ever be built to protect the borders
• Red State reveals that there ISN'T even a bill in existence! The Senate will be voting on a bill that doesn't exist and won't even be reviewable until some time AFTER the vote on Monday
• Ace of Spades on denying contributions to the Republican party, Ace of Spades on the $2.5 Trillion, Ace of Spades on switching parties, Ace of Spades on Fred Thompson; Ace is all over this.
• National Review sees this as a disaster
  

The Republican base is furious over this collapse. McCain has probably just lost any shot at the nomination by throwing in with this bill. Nothing in this bill promises border security. It does nothing to dismantle so called "sanctuary cities" (hello Chicago!). It immediately legalizes upwards of 12 million illegals. It will doom our already sagging social safety net to years of tax increases to cover shortfalls.

You think the illegal problem is bad now? Starting tonight, the rush for the border is going to become insane as hundreds of thousands more people pour over the border to take advantage of this amnesty. We're not at all looking forward to the next few years - especially as Conservatives stay home and President Hillary takes over.