Regression

I have to say, I was surprised to see the whole immigration debate has died down a bit. Oh, I’m sure there are still some smoldering paleo-cons in back rooms creating new “Tancredo” bumper stickers at a furious rate. But by and large, the explosion of xenophobic hysteria that I expected to dominant the next few election cycles, at least, has faded into the background.

So, with that in mind, can somebody please inform Senator Tom Coburn that killing people trying to cross the border–if they are not posing any direct physical threat to another person–is not okay? In fact, is murder?

Thanks.