There are a fair number of things going on in immigration today.  As can be expected, none of it is dull.

1.)  Rand Paul gave an interview where he discussed anchor babies.  He doesn’t think we should have birthright citizenship, instead limiting it only to citizens and legal foreign residents.  It’s a sensible statement, but I suspect the left will go postal over it if they haven’t done so already.  After all, we still have parts of our country that aren’t being sucked dry and torn to the ground by the rest of the world.  We certainly can’t pull Mexico’s fangs out of our economic neck, now can we?

It’s not hard to understand.  Get rid of the magnet for illegals to come here, have children which are then American, then retire onto our overburdened social services system, and the problem starts solving itself.  Need them to come here and work?  Find a system that lets us make arrangements responsibly instead of the one we have now.

2.)  Connie Mack revealed himself to be a RINO by ranting against Arizona’s immigration law in an editorial.  After babbling some generic lip-service conservatism over how we need smaller government, he attacks the Arizona law for bringing this country one step closer to a police state where thug squads demand to see everybody’s papers on the street.  If he had actually read the Arizona law instead of just pandering, he would know they can’t do that.  They can just check your status if they stop you for something else.

Fortunately, at least the RINOs are revealing themselves.  Unfortunately, we can’t primary his worthless backside this time around.  But you can take your frustrations out on Crist instead.

3.)  New immigration enforcement racially-insensitive racism abounds in…Massachusetts.   Their legislature just passed a measure that would bar the state from using businesses that hire illegal aliens and increases on fraudulent documentation.  Most of the state supports it, but it wouldn’t be too far a stretch to hypothesize that if the governor is forced to sign it because not doing so is political suicide, its enforcement will be lax at best.

Nothing quite causes turmoil and political chaos like trying to bring illegal immigration under control.  Everybody wants it done except for the politicians and the special interests that influence them to think the way they do.  Much like everything else lately, it’s going to come to a head, and likely soon.