He's going to run into stiff opposition. I suspect that he will also find himself the target of people who believe that what he's doing is really detrimental to the well-being of the American middle class.

In some way that (the Gaza evictions) may be inspiring people to go, the only way to hold on the land is to be there.

The whole thing is a sham. At the end of nine years all these people are going to thank us and go home?

It is a de facto amnesty. It rewards people who broke the law. It puts at a disadvantage kids who didn't break the law.

Most Americans feel it doesn't make any sense for people to come into the country illegally, give birth and have a new U.S. citizen. But the advocates for illegal immigrants will make a fuss; they'll claim you're punishing the children, and I suspect the leadership doesn't want to deal with that.

Just as you can be for health care reform without having any animosity toward nurses, you can be in favor of immigration reform without bearing any animosity toward immigrants.