>>Slaves were force to come here.
Illegal aliens come here on their own choice, and are not force to work. <<

So if they have no bread, let them eat cake? ;-)

Come on, you guys. The Statue of Liberty says "give us your huddled, tired masses, yearning to be free". Perhaps you need to add on the bottom "unless they are mexicans willing to work more and earn less to feed their families." ;-)

I see that President Bush is advocating a "Temporary Worker" program as a legal way to get work done that Americans don't want to do. He doesn't want to deport them all. Meanwhile his critics claim that any "solution" to the illegal labor problem that does not include a path to citizenship will entrench an underclass. According to polls, more and more people want to see illegal workers normalized, not made into felons.

Something to consider: illegal aliens have over a million children in the USA every 3 years. Their parents may be illegal, but every one of those children is a US citizen, same as you. How will you explain to them why you want to jail or deport their parents for the terrible crime of picking lettuces for pennies so you can buy your groceries cheap?