“I agree, but what about worst case scenario and amnesty is passed against the will of the people? I just don’t know what to expect then.”
I don’t know either. There’d be many furious citizens, and many disheartened that the pols would ignore such a large majority. A new party might form, or many might just drop out of the political process.
I’ve written here and elsewhere how, for at least twenty years, 70% and more of citizens wanted immigration laws enforced, and even legal immigration reduced. But that they never made it a “vote deciding” issue, so the pols just ignored the polls. I hoped, but wasn’t confident, that this would be the election when it did become a vote deciding issue, but with the split non-McCain vote, it’s hard to make the case that things have changed.
Plenty of open-borders pundits and advocates are saying now that the immigration issue was unimportant after all, and it was just noise from a loud few last summer. The voting doesn’t disprove them, though I do believe the polls showing a high percentage against amnesty are correct.
But, now the pols who wanted to vote for amnesty last year, but were scared off it, might have decided that they can now vote for it and pay no price. No way to know until the time comes.
One interesting point that’s been made several times: since McCain is so for securing the border now, he has about nine months as a powerful Senator to support that. Wonder if we’ll see any action from him, or just hear the campaign rhetoric?
“Plenty of open-borders pundits and advocates are saying now that the immigration issue was unimportant after all, and it was just noise from a loud few last summer.”
Yeah, they are saying that, but states keep passing enforcement bills backed by the courts. And, Congress, was quick to strike out tax rebates to illegal aliens in the stimulus package.
“One interesting point that’s been made several times: since McCain is so for securing the border now, he has about nine months as a powerful Senator to support that.”
McCain is pulling the wool over people’s eyes. He will no doubt be the one who decides the ‘border is secure’ and then amnesty. He has never once backed off that stance even when American citizens crashed the Capitol switchboard last summer. He still voted for his amnesty bill.
I hate to think Americans will give up the fight to save our sovereignty if amnesty passes.