[Conservababe]

If you want my two cents, methinks the whole immigration reform bill is about documentation. I mean, face it, illegals are already here being employed and draining resources in our communities ie health care and welfare. If they are made to register, then we should see a decline in demands on these services. If they do not register, and they must have an employer to do so, they will be deported. How will this be enforced, you ask? LOL Well, it is that little jewel of a paragraph in the bill that says employers who hire illegals will be harshly punished. Really, I think Ashcroft's going after the company that contracted to Wal Mart was just a prelude of things to come. We can't protect our borders to the south without barbed wire and gun towers along the whole length. I think I much prefer this method.

[Windshark]

I don't understand the illegal debate very well. I think you've come to the heart of it with the documentation.

It's a huge problem that needs a true public airing.

Anyone who says we have to deport the whole lot is not dealing with some realities. Anyone who says we need total amnesty and open borders is not dealing with some realities.

It wasn't the discussion I disliked, it was the proposed bill that seemed short sighted and poor in its vision.

[null and void]

We can't protect our borders to the south without barbed wire and gun towers along the whole length. I think I much prefer this method.

I prefer this method too. As long as we hire Americans to man staff the gun towers...