[MJY1288]

Here is something I remember reading several years ago that was trying to compare the cost of deporting illegals to offering them some way to become legal aliens.

The first problem we face is that we do not know who or where these people are. So in order to deport them would require the implementation of a massive screening program of Employers, Public Vendors, Banks, and landlords. The idea of a National ID card is not a popular proposal, so that leaves the screening to be done by Law enforcement officials whenever they come into contact with illegal aliens, this is not the answer.

This is why I support a limited guest worker program that requires them to register with the INS, so that we know who they are what they are doing here by means of the taxes they pay.

The other thing that has to be done, is to jail those who hire illegals. We show a few Hotel Managers and Farm owners doing the Perp Walk and things will change.<p.But in my mind, the only way we will ever solve the immigration problems we have on our southern border is when the Mexican economy improves enough that it's no longer so attractive to come here and work. This is why I am so against an increase in the minimum wage. Every time it has gone up in the past, the amount of illegals crossing the border goes up 2 fold

[Dane]

But in my mind, the only way we will ever solve the immigration problems we have on our southern border is when the Mexican economy improves enough that it's no longer so attractive to come here and work.

Exactly, but some on FR wish that Mexico would just go away. Is it going to be easy, hell no, but the US and Mexico have to talk and try to solve problems. Wishing that Mexico would just go away gets you nowhere.

[FITZ]

But in my mind, the only way we will ever solve the immigration problems we have on our southern border is when the Mexican economy improves enough that it's no longer so attractive to come here and work.

Same here --- I see no good reason for prosperity to completely end at the Mexican border. Immigration isn't helping the situation at all --- things are becoming more unstable as everyone is packing up their bags and no one is planning to stay, work, invest, retire --- they aren't fixing up their schools, they aren't improving their health care, they aren't doing much of anything but waiting for the monthly check to roll in from relatives working here.

I don't believe Fox has made any plans to improve the situation in Mexico, his only agenda seems to be to drastically increase how many come to the USA, and to demand more and more from the USA. I've never seen anything he's offered us in exchange, I've never seen him push through any reforms in that country.