Forces lining up to either support or oppose Gang of Eight immigration reform can, at least for the moment, be summarized as Cato Institute vs. Heritage Foundation.
Another player in this, Grover Norquist, is troubling. He has done such great work on tax issues, hosting his weekly meetings for legislators and policy wonks in Washington and writing and speaking about the basic principle of people keeping their own money. But those shady ties to Muslim activists disturb a lot of folks, me included.
And, back to the pitting of the think tanks against each other, the fault line makes things fairly clear for me. Again, Cato, being a libertarian outfit, has done some fine work on economic freedom, but it is ultimately libertarian, and Heritage is explicitly conservative.
The core of this whole matter is whether the law is the law. That's why LITD pretty consistently uses the term "illegal alien" to describe those who burrowed into this country by means not set out in our immigration code.
Plus, I'm none to keen on these little "gangs" that folks on Capitol Hill like to form. Let's just stick with regular law-making procedure for getting things done. That, plus they're usually bipartisan, and that ought to be a red flag.
Methinks you'd become a bigger "hit" on the Hill faster than Ted Cruz bloggie. Revolutionary thinking there, my man, regarding bipartisanship. I wish you ill, of course.
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