Remember when immigration was a hot topic? We do. "Immigration: A Reality Check," published back in February, was our most fervently commented-upon column-bar none-of 2008. Readers wrote us in droves, the vast majority taking us to task for suggesting it would be a humanitarian, managerial, and economic nightmare to deport 12 million people. We were called communists, imperialists, fascists, and (our favorite) "pie-in-the-sky open-border elitists." Several readers offered to explain, in person, why we were so stupid.rn"What is it about the word 'illegal' that you do not understand?" one typical e-mail demanded.
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