You forgot Reagan amnesty and GWB leaving the borders open. Lots of generations from illegals now. And they love the sweet talking hip Obama.
I hate Sen Grahamnesty. He is very dishonest. He pulled that constitutional amendment crap last year just to screw the idea of ending birthright citizenshiip.
The Reagan amnesty of 1986 (Simpson-Mazolli) was a major mistake and Ed Meese has said as much. It was supposed to be a one-time amnesty never to be done again. The USG estimated that 1 million would apply and the true number turned out to be 2.7 million. The process was rife with fraud. The enforcement portions of the bill were never implemented. It was supposed to solve our illegal alien problem, now we have 12 to 20 million illegals waiting for the next amnesty.
Bush 41 was just as bad as Bush 43 on immigration. Bush 41 signed legislation to double the annual numbers on legal immigrants. When you reward something, you get more of it. If there is a second amnesty, there will be another one, which will be far easier to pass because of the changed demography.
Graham, McCain, Jeb Bush, and other Reps are part of the problem. Boehner bottled up E-Verify legislation coming out of Lamar Smith's Justice committee and wouldn't even allow it to come to the floor for a vote. The GOP leadership is bought and paid for by the Chamber of Commerce. We are bringing in 125,000 LEGAL FOREIGN WORKERS A MONTH RIGHT NOW, which includes permanent immigrants with green cards and those here on temporary work visas. At the same time, 23 million Americans are looking for fulltime employment.
We will continue to fight the immigration at the state level despite the recent SCOTUS decision on AZ 1070. The majority of the American people want our immigration laws enforced. Unfortunately, we have cowardly and bought off politicians from both parties blocking any real immigration reform.