Immigration debate needs honesty - Ruben Navarrette

Posted on: August 16th, 2007
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“The national dialogue over immigration reform is like a delicate negotiation — one that works only if both sides deal in good faith. Which explains why the debate stalled. Neither side has been honest about what they really want and dont want.

We already knew that those on the right were being deceitful. They insist that border security is all they care about, when much of what drives them is a nativist impulse to reverse what they see as the “Mexican-ization” of the United States complete with taco trucks and Spanish-language billboards.”

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