Had Senate Democrats actually wanted a productive and deliberative debate on the Schumer-Rubio immigration amnesty proposal, they would have cancelled Friday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on it. The entire nation was riveted by the Boston Marathon Bombing manhunt, which was being overseen in part by the hearing’s scheduled star witness: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Napolitano wisely cancelled her appearance just minutes before the hearing was about to start. But the Judiciary Committee pressed on anyway. There simply is no slowing this amnesty train.