The Place to Be in the Immigration Debate - By Ruben Navarrette

“In the fever-pitched immigration debate, the extremes have it wrong, and the center is the only sensible place to be.

President Bush gets it. While visiting Mexico last week, Bush stressed the need for a “middle ground” solution between unconditional amnesty and what he called the “empty talk” of threatening to deport 12 million people. Earlier on his swing through Latin America, Bush staked out some more middle ground. He asserted his belief that “family values dont stop at the Rio Grande.” But at the same time, he also felt it necessary while in Guatemala to declare that it is the right of the United States to enforce its immigration laws.”

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