This at least is a start at putting a system in place...as you say.
I have to applaud the President for taking this step and I encourage everyone to let the White House know that those angry and hate filled e-mails they are receiving don't speak for us.
Some people have been complaining about illegal immigrants for years. Now that someone is actually taking steps to do something about it, realistically, it doesn't met their desires. So they will simply sit on the sidelines, complain and be irrelevent to the process.