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(Continued from Assume a compromising position. Smile!)

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Senate Shelves Immigration Bill
By Suzanne Gamboa, ABC

WASHINGTON Apr 7, 2006 (AP)— The Senate sidetracked sweeping immigration legislation Friday, leaving in doubt prospects for passing a bill offering the hope of citizenship to millions of men, women and children living in the United States illegally.

[Read on here. Hat tip: Michelle.]

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I'm off to a late start due to stormy weather -- We dodged another bullet -- but I'll expand this post as the day goes on.

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My regulars know I'm a major Big Lizards fan but I think Dafydd's latest piece oversimplifies things almost to the point of dishonesty:

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The Continental Divide
Dafydd ab Hugh

There are two basic camps on immigration; the came you choose typically determines your positions and priorities.

* Illegal immigrants are essentially criminals.

* Illegal immigrants are essentially thwarted freedom-seekers.

There is an interesting geographic dispersal about these camps: the first is primarily found in states that have very few illegal immigrants, the second primarily in states that have a very large illegal population -- though of course there are campsites of each in each type of state.

[Read on here.]

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Other excellent related posts:

Ed Morrissey: Immigration Reform Details Not Appealing

Charles Krauthammer: First a Wall -- Then Amnesty

Ed Morrissey: Krauthammer Gets The Sequence Correct

Ed Morrissey: Immigration Compromise Dies On Democratic Obstinacy

John Hawkins: Impact Of Illegals On Poverty And Business

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