Hi Alex,

I totally agree!

Bob

>>I believe all sovereign nations should control their borders, that's a no-brainer. If we decide to alter immigration policy to allow more people legally from Mexico (or wherever) I have no problem with that as long as it's done above board.
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>>I do believe people that have been here illegally for a long time is a tougher problem. A lot of law is based on the fact that you must constantly and evenly apply the law (and punish the criminals) for it to be effective. So it is partly (mostly) our fault for not enforcing the laws we already have.
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>>That being said, I think we need to increase legal immigration, so we have enough workers to pay for my Social Security and to keep the economy rolling, but it would be nice to screen the people based on our criteria.
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>The bill as was proposed was very flawed. We do need to control the borders, but amnesty is not the solution. Reagan sold it as the solution when he did it. Years later we are at a worst junction. Why would this time be any different towards the future? We do not need any new immigration laws. We need to enforce the ones we have. We never controlled the border properly. We never enforced verifying and sanctioning employers. All those things are in the law. But never enforced.
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>Just think that the people may have some interest in doing so, but the current government we have (and have had for a long time) and the government of Mexico, neither one has any interest in fixing the situation. Do you think the Bushies and big business do not want to have a ready pool of under-educated, cheap labor? Do you think the Mexican Government (besides what Fox-Bush said in their first meeting in Washington in 2000 about immigration-reform), has any interest in keeping their millions of people at home, having to feed, educate and give them health and social services, and losing the billions in remittances to home they now get?
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>We do need legal immigration. We do need migrants to come and work in the fields for seasonal jobs. But we need them to be legal and in a controlled form. The Bush-proposed "guest-worker" program is a sham. It provides for nothing more than indentured-servitude.
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>We already have laws. Fund them. Enforce them.