Telltale quotes on how the immigration bill would end.

These telltale quotes from Georgians appeared in a 6-19-07 post:

“It’s all window dressing. We don’t believe the government has the will to enforce any of these promises. Everybody can see the folly of it, everybody but the politicians.”

“Maybe it is possible to secure the border. Maybe it is possible to establish an employee identification system. But I don’t have any confidence that it will be done.”

“It really upsets me to find out that my government says, ‘Yes, we can secure the border, we can detain illegal aliens, we can take all sorts of actions to enforce the law, but we will do so only if Congress provides legal status to those who are here illegally,’ ”

“Congress and the president are completely out of touch with how people here feel about illegal immigration.”

Senator David Vitter, the Louisiana Republican who helped lead opposition to the bill, said: “The message is crystal clear. The American people want us to start with enforcement at the border and at the workplace and don’t want promises. They want action. They want results. They want proof, because they’ve heard all the promises before.” (from The New York Times)