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Wow, that is a lot of illegal immigrants. Thanks for the sources of that info.

It is interesting to note that the origin of the terrorists of 9/11 came from the "everywhere else" (the category with the least number of people). That tells me that the President has been concentrating on the most dangerous category of illegal immigrants.

I think it's a matter of philosophy--illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America come here to make a better life for themselves.

Many if not most of the people from "everywhere else" come here with the sole purpose of killing Christians or at least Americans because they hate us and their religion tells us to.

Again, I do not believe in ILLEGAL immigration from ANYWHERE; just pointing out that the President seemed to be concentrating on the most urgent area--those who want to kill us just for being here--first. He is now starting to concentrate on the area where the greatest number of people come in illegally.

A couple of caveats.

These numbers do not include a very large number of people who enter "legally", then conveniently forget their exit dates. Most of those are in the OTM category -- Other Than Mexican. That is how most of the 9/11 hijackers came in.

We still get several thousand people from hostile countries jumping the fence out here in the desert every year. The same ratio of catches to getaways doesn't apply.

The present fee charged by coyotes to Mexicans is about $1,500 per head. For an Islamic it runs about $30,000 per head or higher. That kind of money buys first class travel arrangements from very sophisticated coyotes. The apprehension rate is going to be significantly less.

Can you pick a Saudi or Syrian out of a crowd of Mexicans if he is speaking some Spanish? He can claim to be indio and his bad Spanish would be easily explained. I can forge most Mexican forms of ID on this computer -- in fact, I have to dirty them up to make them look believable. If caught, he just gets deported back to Mexico and tries again the following day.

How much room would a couple of vials of anthrax or ricin take up in a backpack? Reassuring, isn't it?