>You're really on a tear today, aren't you?
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>Let's stick to one topic - illegal immigration. Chris is right. This isn't some "dirty little secret" - it has been going on for years, and has been for as long as I can remember.
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>Day laborers have been a constant problem. The police don't do anything about it because they simply can't. No sooner is one gathering point cleaned up, then one or two more appear. There's a stretch of road not two blocks from the sherriff's dept. in my area that many of them gather. Basically, unless the men are breaking the law, police leave them alone.
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>Did you know there already is a guest-worker program in place for agriculture? I didn't, until I heard it on an NPR program on the way to work. Some farmers use it, but like any other government program, too often the bureaucracy gets in the way.
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>Yes, business is the reason, but its a chicken-and-egg issue. Would the illegals come here if there was no market for their labor? Would there be a market if they weren't available to come over?
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>We tried amnesty in 1987, offered with the assurance that our borders were going to be tightened. Didn't happen. LOTS of things have been tried over the years. Hasn't made a difference. So, IMHO, it is high time we revist the issue and try to develop a program that works.
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>Do you honestly think this topic has been brought up to distract Americans from what's happening in Iraq? Do you really think we are that stupid?

Sadly, I believe that the majority of the population in any country is that stupid.