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Would you please not be so logical? This is FR. You're supposed to just say you hate the President now and think you are voting for Pat Buchanan now and talk about how much better an American you are than everyone else because you hate "illegals" (or, Mexicans, as they're more commonly known as).

It's quite pointless, I'm afraid, to argue with the 'Deport Illegals' 'Seal the Borders' bumper-sticker crowd.

Are these the same people who advocate nuking Mecca and Medina, do you think?

Ahh, if only life was that simple and Americans had no sense of proportion.

I actually see good in the immigration plan.

For one, instead of lots of illegals being here, sort of anonymously, with no one knowing who they are, or where they are, we will have a system to "register" them, and I think this could help in our HS issues.

Will it keep out terrorists, probably not because a terrorist doesn't get a job, their means of support comes from their organizations. The people that will be registering are probably going to be hard working people, that desire to be legit, but up to this time have not been able to be.

My husband was a Canadian citizen and held a green card, and I know the hassle it is to deal with the INS (he did become naturalized and is now a US citizen). I also know people avoid the INS because it is such a hassle.

If there were a way to more easily register with the US government (and I'm not sure how the President's plan would work), I'm all for that.

I've heard folks on here who came to this country and "did it legally" saying they are disgusted by the fact that someone would now be able to do it by taking some shortcut. (I think the fact of the matter is they're probably dealing with a big of jealousy, or the old adage, "I pulled myself up by my own bootstraps, so why can't the next guy.")

Well, if they "did it legally", then they know how hard it was to fill out the mounds of paperwork, and record all the dates they've ever been in or out of the country, and produce the "proof" that the INS at present demands.

My husband and I are both college educated, yet we labored for days over the forms, piecing together trips abroad from old passports, etc.

I'm all for a simplification of the system, and any system to keep track of illegal aliens is IMHO better than no system (which is what we have right now.)