Chertoff Echoes McCain
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff appeared on Fox News Sunday this morning. Chris Wallace eventually asked about the failed immigration bill (a topic which Tim Russert did not bring up with Chertoff later on Meet The Press). Chertoff's response illustrated that he still does not get the message. He whined about all of the things we can not do to end illegal immigration and ended by saying that it is now up to those who killed the bill to come up with a better idea, which is exactly what Senator John McCain sneered to opponents as the bill was dying the first time around.
The better idea is a simple one: enforce the existing laws!!
As enforcement first was the proponents major selling point, (remember how many times we were told that rest of the Bill would not take effect until the enforcement portions were accomplished), this concept should not be news. The fact that they seem to be unwilling to enforce the laws shows that they were lying to us all along, just as we thought.
