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don't know that the people already in the country are supposed to be here. I'm sure some of them are not. Should we institute immediate national ID cards and do spot checks on the street, in the store, in places of worship, at sporting events, at political rallies ?

No, but we should correct the problem before it gets worse, and disallow more unchecked illegal immigration. Since you have admitted that we can't reliably identify the ones that are here already, does letting more and more in any make any rational sense to you? Is it your position that sense some of them are already here, we might as well let the rest of them in?

Perhaps I synthesized your responses with those of a different poster who was agreeing with the Syrian PR mouthpiece that Syria should not be accountable for the terrorists they support because the US cannot keep migrant workers from entering the US illegally.

Perhaps you were synthesizing that. But, one must wonder how possible it truly is to control a very long, pourous, desert border. We, the U.S. haven't been able to do it, but Syria is somehow supposed to waive a magic wand and monitor every square inch of border to make sure no nay're-do-wells get across.

Who is going to teach them this skill? Us?

This is a clear case of do as we say, not as we do.

because the US cannot keep migrant workers from entering the US illegally.

And they aren't all "migrant workers". I live in Los Angeles. They like the free healthcare, including prenatal. I am behind non-english speaking people all of the time with eight kids who are using food-stamps buying more groceries than I could afford.

You obviously haven't been caught in the cross-fire of a Mexican gang-war.

Let's knock of this nonesense that everyone is coming over here to benefit Uncle Sam. There is a not insignicant portion who come over for handouts and have the attitude that we somehow owe them something, or they will take it by force.

All of them? Of course not. But enough to matter. Enough to effect the health, safety, and well-being of American citizens. I would be interested to know how much illegal alien crime is committed in this country on a yearly basis. I'm willing to bet that it is pretty darn close to the effect of 9/11 ... yearly. It's not nearly as dramatic since it is not one huge event, but dare I say that the cumulative effects are greater.

The tone and substance of your reply suggests sympathy for the terrorist sponsoring regime of Syria. Since I can't reliably conclude you are really an American conservative patriot [you could be a Dem, lots of people are Dems], the only alternative in keeping with your reasonable request is to zot you ...

Syria is somehow supposed to waive a magic wand and monitor every square inch of border to make sure no nay're-do-wells get across. Who is going to teach them this skill? Us? This is a clear case of do as we say, not as we do.

Syria knows where they live. We know Syria knows where they live. Syria knows we know they know ...