New York Times
MARIETTA, Georgia -- If President Bush thought he could win support for a comprehensive immigration bill by promising to secure the border and step up law enforcement, he would be dismayed by the reaction here.
“It’s all window dressing,” said Mark A. Johnson, a real estate lawyer in this fast-growing suburb of Atlanta. “We don’t believe the government has the will to enforce any of these promises. Everybody can see the folly of it, everybody but the politicians.”
Georgia’s two Republican senators would almost certainly be on the list of politicians arousing Mr. Johnson’s skepticism. The two, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, were part of the small bipartisan group that wrote the original bill. But they have been edging away from it since being strongly criticized in the state.
The storm raging around the bill shows no sign of abating despite reassuring presidential words about strengthening border security.
Posted by tyne at June 19, 2007