>>Explain to me, then, how Huckabee ends up taking a beating for his position when it’ll be, at worst, the overwhelming consensus view of the field and, at best, a comparatively restrained approach when people like Walker and Rubio are up there making the case for citizenship for everyone. <<
They all suffer from the delusion that amnesty will get them Latino votes.
As for people “being punished for what they did not do,” I have two answers:
1) The PARENTS are being rewarded for what they DID do, since that was part of their intention in breaking our laws.
2) Children ALWAYS suffer or benefit from their parents’ actions. Someone who commits a crime will have removal of their income and incarceration, resulting in poverty and lack of parentage for the children. So, we should ignore bank robbery like obozo is ignoring violating our immigration laws?
Here’s one other solution that we can consider — Change our immigration laws from JUS SOLI to JUS SANGUINIS.