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Immigration, Race, and Law: It Matters if Crime Metaphors Prevail

By Jonathan Simor

The gathering storm around immigration that has been building in 2007 looks likely to make landfall in early 2008 as the two party nominees are identified and the huge gulf between the base of each party on this issue swings into marked contrast. If the two parties operate in what Paul Krugman called "separate moral and intellectual universes" in his New Year's Eve column, they also do so for the most part on immigration. John McCain is practically the only Republican who would promise a path to legalization for at least a significant portion of the millions of undocumented immigrants who can document a sustained history of work here (along with assorted other conditions). While Hillary showed some timidity in backing down from Eliot Spitzer's bold stand on driver's licenses (as did the Governor), all the Democrats would create a path to legalization (and presumably citzenship) for an even more substantial portion of the undocumented...continue to full post

Full post as published by Governing Through Crime on January 03, 2008 (boomark / email).