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Amnesty won’t fix the broken immigration system

By James Jay Carafano
Published June 22, 2014 9:00pm ET
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Amnesty won’t fix the broken immigration system
A U.S. Border Patrol agent looks for tracks along the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Nov. 15, 2013, in Calexico, California. The fence separates the large Mexican city of Mexicali with Calexico, CA, and is a frequent illegal crossing point for immigrant smugglers. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) | John Moore

Tony Snow was dying. But the White House press secretary, still determined to serve his president, returned to work as long as his cancer was in remission.

Many thankless tasks awaited the former Fox News journalist. One of them was brokering meetings with conservative leaders — asking them to “hear out” George W. Bush‘s plan for comprehensive immigration reform.

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