Whenever I hear an immigration expansionist (the logical opposite of an immigration restrictionist) utter the words, “We need to have comprehensive reform” as an excuse to defer enforcement measures until later (as the Senate did again today), I can’t help but think of the insane photographer from the bike race in the movie version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The race is completely swamped in a dust storm, reducing visibility to nil, thus making the reporters’ task there absolutely hopeless. When Thompson tries to convince the photographer to give up, he screams, “We need TOTAL coverage!” I think it must be the shared disconnect from reality that links these two phrases in my mind.