If you haven't seen the December 10th issue of Time Magazine, there is a horrid commentary by Joe Klein regarding illegal immigration.

I can't retype the entire commentary here, but here are a few snippets:

...peripheral candidates like Tom Tancredo and Dunan Hunter set the slime flowing in the presidential campaign. (by "slime" he's referring to anti-illegal immigration sentiments among presidential candidates)

But any candidate who claims to be able to shut down the border simply isn't telling the truth. And any candidate who would run for the presidency by cynically exploiting fears born of economic anxiety, ignorance or plain old "European American" racism doesn't deserve to be elected.