McCain Takes on Angry Anti-Immigration Town Hall

Well it seems that his constituents are now shouting at their Senator.

"There are 11 million people living here illegally," he said. "We are not going to get enough buses to deport them."

Some audience members shouted out their disapproval.

One man yelled that only guns would discourage illegal immigration. Another man complained that illegal immigrants should never be able to become citizens or vote. A third man said illegal immigrants were illiterate invaders who wanted free government benefits.

McCain urged compassion. "We are a Judeo-Christian nation," he said. McCain's other town hall meeting took place in Green Valley, south of Tucson.

One thing I never understood about the anti-immigrant sentiment on the right is their view that 11 million people can somehow either "self-deport" or we can somehow kick them out of the country. Some of them have been living here for 20 or 30 years and have raised families. I'm pretty sure that in a Judeo-Christian nation you would not want to break up families simply because you want all the "illiterate invaders" thrown out.

Also the idea of shooting illegals like that one guy advocates is just so crazy that it doesn't need to be addressed. The funny part is that the longer illegals are treated as "invaders" the longer they will reflexively vote for the non-Republican. You can't appeal to any voter if you are seen as wanting his grandma thrown out of the country at gunpoint.