My family didn't (since we go back, what 9 generations??), and practically everyone among my circle of friends' families date back to the Civil War...and neither did most of my business acquaintances come illegally.
In business I have run across a few illegals, and endeavored to help them change their status within the rules. Which invariably means getting them to go back and come back with their 'host' employer getting them a green card. I.e., do it the legal way.
We know the Prez is just posturing for political benefit. But these law-breaking postures have long term reprecussions. And unintended consequences. This is the real rub. If GWB was so concerned about being 'compassionate' to these illegals, why doesn't he do it within the law, rather than ignore it and scofflaw it?. Why doesn't he just insist that Congress set higher Green Card quota numbers? Or why doesn't he really just enforce the laws against the illegal employers...who would then be equally afraid of an abused illegal worker ratting them out? [ Hence deterring them from being abusive ].
That is part of the problem. The illegals that are flooding the country are not assimilating. Most aren't interested in adopting our culture or becoming US citizens. We're the ones who are expected to learn their language to accommodate them.
Carlo, my dear FRiend, I love you to death, but I can't agree with you on this. Granting amnesty won't solve the problem, it will compound it greatly. What is now a flood will soon turn into a tsunami if this policy is implemented.
Now there you go again, just making stuff up.