The law cannot force one to be compassionate. The law cannot compel you to stop and help another person. The law is not a religion. We need much more than mere human laws in order to have a healthy, functioning society. But even so the law does have an important role to play.
Looks to me like Bush is going to create new *law* to bankrupt SSec once and for all--and he'll expect the lawabiding to abide by that law.
Our immigration laws are the most generous on earth. Mexico's, BTW, are some of the most restrictive, almost as bad as NZ's. They're not exactly even as generous as some Euros were to Jews.
My country deserves an orderly and stable influx of immigration, designed to serve more than the interests of one poorly-managed third-world nation.
Uh.. borders, language, and culture?