Why is it necessary to insinuate that insisting that the laws be followed equals hating someone? It does not!
By itself it doesn't, but coupled with a statement made several times during this discussion:
"Amnesty -- in any form -- will be the death knell of the Euro-American culture", if not hate, it certainly evidences fear. And that more than anything is why some just can't embrace any change to the laws that would result in the legalization of one illegal.
Just as with S.1348 in 2007, efforts this summer to reignite comprehensive reforms will fail, not through differences among the specifics, but through emotional barrages launched by John Tanton and his anti-immigration organizations. Tanton has written extensively about this loss of "European-American culture".
Just like the Democrats who were successful in putting Republicans on the defensive over race, gender, and other such issues, Tanton fully understands that the best defense against immigration reform is an aggressive offense based on the proposition that an appeal to fear trumps an appeal to logic.