We are about to have a huge national debate on immigration. And it's going to be a dreadful experience. It will be divisive and mean-spirited and, finally, indecisive. It will continue through next year's mid-term elections, when the entire House and a third of the Senate are up for re-election. It's going to be wrenching. It will pit Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. Families at the dinner table will shout at each other over this. Lady Liberty may keel over in a dead faint. |