text: why all this bickering between democrats and republicans over immigration ? is all this bickering a smoke screen?  it seems that as long as one party can blame the other, nothing gets done, and maybe that's what the government wants.   they don't want to solve the problem.  they want this illegal labor force to remain here.  there would be a lot of unhappy employers, who would lose a lot of money if these illegals were deported.  both democrats and republicans have ties to the wealthy, who are profiting most from illegal labor.  it looks like all both parties are doing is just playing word games with each other and trying to fool the american people in the process. excellent question.  from what i have seen, it's almost like democrats are becoming repulican and vice versa. i don't know why they just don't enforce the law as it stands.  i agree with what you say on the cheap labor issue also, which benefits the employers most.  it certainly is not cheap labor for the rest of us. i think what we need is a third party.  and i will vote for anyone who believes that illegal immigration is ruining this country.