[adam_az]

Well it was the same way I guess a hundred years ago, when your politcal persuasion was shouting about the Italians, Jews, Irish and Polish and how they were going to destroy the country.

Apples and oranges, the Italians, Jews, Irish, and Poles didn't sneak across the border. Maybe you should restrict your posts to subjects you actually have some knowledge about?

[Central_Floridian]

Would they have if immigration law was the same then as it is now?
I have an idea. Set up checkpoints on the border. If someone comes to them wanting to enter the US their records are checked for criminal activity. If they have not committed any crimes they are allowed into the US. If they want to become a citizen they must speak, understand, read and write English; they must demonstrate a good understanding of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; they must not belong to a belief or group (Wahabbism, Communism, the Atzlanti nuts for example) that opposes what the US stands for.
Would you oppose this idea?

[skeeter]

Immigration poll:

http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/