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The GOP's border war
Immigration policy has split the Republican Party, with some advocating reform and others demanding only strict enforcement.
By Tamar Jacoby
TAMAR JACOBY is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

October 16, 2005

THE HEARTLAND is red; New York and California are blue. Democrats are softies who care about civil rights and minorities (including immigrants), while Republicans are fixated on law and order (and would be happy to seal the borders and deport millions of illegal immigrants). Right?

That's the conventional wisdom. But in fact, like most conventional wisdom, it's a poor guide to reality â€â€