Technically I agree with Pat Buchannan here, except for one thing that both the Republican and Democratic pundits never address. That is, this immigration mess will never be “fixed” until Mexico implements economic and environmental policies that guarantee that its citizens have jobs that pay well enough that they aren’t forced to leave just feed their families.

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In short, these characters cannot build a virtual fence and won’t complete a physical fence. If the nation is fed up with Republicans, who can blame them ?

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Let it be said: Our border can be secured; the illegal aliens can be sent home; the magnets that draw them here can be turned off. This crisis can be resolved if the courage and will are there. Unfortunately, we have a government that does not seem to care and probable nominees, neither of whom is committed in his heart to doing it.

Given the manifest will of the people that this invasion from the south be halted and rolled back, the 2008 election is shaping up as yet further confirmation that American democracy is a fraud.