Just watched Hannity & Colmes, who did a segment on the

current bill to deny birthright citizenship to US-born children of illegal

immigrants. Rep. Gary Miller of California, one of the sponsors of the

bill, was interviewed & made a plain case: The current situation is an

incentive to illgeal immigration, and we don’t need such incentives. He

seems perfectly sure that Congress has the power to change the current

interpretation of the 14th Amendment, and reports strong support both within

and outside Congress.

The segment appeared near the end of the 1-hour program, and was preceded by

several teasers sprinkled through the program (which, like most FNC programs

lately, was mostly concerned with some lady gone missing in Aruba). All but

one of these teasers were spoken by Alan Colmes, in the kind of language

that makes us immigration reformers tear our hair. Samples:

“Immigration activists are targeting the unborn children of immigrants.”

“A new bill would punish unborn children for illegal immigration — We’ll

bring you the shocking details in just a moment.”

“Republicans are now so intent on stopping immigration [sic] they are

targeting unborn children.”

Just look at that language: “targeting” … “punsh” … “shocking details”

…

Tell me something, Mark K.: doing what you do, in the teeth of stuff like

this, how do you keep your sanity?