The immigration issue is where I part company with the liberal/progressive group that is now cheering about the court decision in Arizona. This is the only developed country in the world that does not have far more border security than we have here. Beyond that, there is no efficient mechanism in place to deal with the illegals who come here. The talk on the border says: all you have to do is make it across and you are very close to having the same rights, or more, than an American citizen. There is only one reason why this country is committed to this open border policy, and that is a steady supply of cheap labor. Get a clue folks. Racial profiling happens all over the world, and in all of the developed countries, identification and verification procedures far more stringent than the Arizona law have been in place for decades. I think it is time too, that we realize that according to border patrol stats, 20% of those detained at the border are not Mexicans, but Afghans, Pakistanis, Yemenis, and a good cross section from countries who likely are not too thrilled with the US and its role in the current state of global affairs. We are well on our way to becoming a third world country for other reasons--there's no reason to add another. This article is typical of those that completely ignore the larger implications of this issue, instead pandering to some phony "human rights agenda." Again I ask--how about some rights for those of us in this country who are here legally?

Was this just inter-office memo in reality something tangible? ---A DE FACTO AMNESTY BEING DISCUSSED IN WASHINGTON? It’s inevitable--proliferating by word of mouth across Mexico, Latin America and the rest of the world. It could have major consequences, bringing desperate, impoverished millions to suddenly materializing along the border, ready to run the gauntlet of the Border Patrol? Like a human avalanche the first Amnesty was to reward 3 million people with legitimization, but once the word expanded across the globe, the number turned into around 5.5 million. If you think this couldn't happen, you better read about the 1986--AMNESTY?

Our government doesn't seem to understand, taxpayers do not want to subsidize illegal immigrants anymore with health care, education and imprisonment on a federal level. The Arizona is just one state under painful financial strain to support illegal aliens and families? I didn't expect an expedited hearing from the Liberal-Mickey Mouse tribunal (the US Ninth Circuit Court in the Liberal Sanctuary City of San Francisco.) It’s a Liberal fortress like Los Angeles and 72 cities and towns, where illegal aliens gang members have got a slap on the wrist for heinous crimes. The only deadly slaughter that received any transparency from the suppressed Liberal press was the cold blooded murder of the Bolgna family, Daniel Shaw by illegal gang members in LA and SF. Go to OJJPAC for a very long list of states with Sanctuary cities.

One of the major issues are these are unfunded mandates, that fall squarely on Americans who pay for it all. The businesses that hire illegal aliens pay nothing towards these free benefits. As far as I'm concerned I trust (FAIRS) figures of the expenditures of $113 billion dollars a year, with an additional $60 billion in illegal labor money in remittances, money transferred out the country. The fact that any unilateral AMNESTY, means those illegal households will get credit for all the years they have worked illegally, would be a major problem for US citizens and legal residence in Social Security, pensions.

If the administration forced through an executive order for these people to get a free authorization to stay, the American people would rise up in defiance to this travesty. The outcome could cause outburst or violence and civil unrest. Our only chance to stop any more power grabs is to remove all Incumbents. Throw out Sen. Harry Reid, (D-NV) in November. Statistics, cost to learn at NumbersUSA.

I have to say that I wish such impressive demonstrations turned out on behalf of Medicare for this country or pulling out of Afghanistan.

I really wonder about that with the left.

That being said, I support an immigration reform bill, but one that would recognize how this kind of issue develops, and addresses the problems at their root causes. For example, throwing out or drastically changing the trade agreements -- and certainly not entering into more of them -- as with Columbia, which was supported by John McCain in the height of all this hysteria.

Another obvious measure would be going after employers instead of employees. If they issued these biometric ss cards, as addressed by the present administration, employers would have no more excuses, and that could be coupled with greater sanctions for hiring people without legal documents.

However, I don't think you can have this kind of fascist rounding up of millions of people. It is very inhumane and upsetting to a society, not to mention, highly unrealistic. Plus, you are actually exacerbating the problems for Americans caused by this kind of mass influx of cheap labor -- because you continue the situation in which there is a large population of illegal -- and thus, more easily exploitable workers -- who can outcompete citizens for jobs. (I don't agree that "these are jobs Americans won't do." Except to the point that they've so degraded the conditions for the work -- as in the farms in California where they're actually dropping dead in the heat without enough shade or water -- which is unbelievable.)

I think also that immigrants are great Americans. They tend to be among the groups that foster the most positive progress in our society, historically. I think a lot of the fears are unfounded, and just plain prejudice and ignorance.

Nativists say they're just born here, so they're native Americans. But then they want to deny that to the children of immigrants also born here -- or they run their political campaigns on how many generations their white families have been in a state and local community.

I don't believe that's all-American.

It's silly to say the Obama administration is *plotting* to pass an immigration bill. Of course they're trying, just like the Bush administration tried. And there the Republicans are now, suddenly opposed to it, altogether. After they hired so many people in Arizona, of course, having been in control of the state.