Today’s Washington Times has an interesting story by Seth McLaughlin, for which he interviewed Virgina Senator James Webb. Quoting:
“On the one hand, there are going to be people who don’t like that [state and local governments taking positions on illegal immigration], but on the other hand, they still want us to vote for such things as the right of a local community to create a sanctuary,” Mr. Webb said. “So if a local community under our system should have the right to create sanctuaries, the local community should have the right to create restrictions when people truly are illegal.”
“Here is the problem. There’s two different strains here,” he said. “One side is not going to be emotionally satisfied unless everyone here is legalized and the other side is not going to be emotionally satisfied unless every single illegal is gone. Between these two emotional extremes is the question of whether you really want a practical solution or not. That’s where I was trying to go during the debate.”