"Since He was mentioned, God helps those who helps themselves.
This is what the illegals are doing when they come to America."
So will you mind when someone helps himself to your car? Suddenly, I think the law will matter to you then.
That is an apples and oranges comparison. Speeding is a crime, downloading MP3s is a crime, women and blacks voting used to be a crime, and trespassing is a crime. Perhaps you mean to use the old tired rhetoric that illegals a purported to use a disproportionate amount of federal spending. By the same logic I should demand sanctions against overweight smokers like myself who aledgedly use a disproportional amount of healthcare dollars.
It is sad to see 40 years of rat rule has many people who call themselves conservative fretting over their teet on federal sow. I see it from at least one Freeper at every immigration thread I read. Many of the same fringers who complain about expansive government want government to restrict immigration to prop up inflates wages for unskilled Americans and raise taxes on imported goods. Unfortunately for the isolationist wing of the party the economy is doing well and I expect it to improve over the next 5 years. As the economy grows I expect Dubya and the congress to limit the growth of government. Psst, the Deficit’s Shrinking
The influence of anti immigration groups is at its zenith. They always come out when the economy takes a downturn. In 2 years the issue would fade no matter what action is taken to stem illegal immigration. I expect we will see a guest worker program that will register about 5-7 million illegals who can show a consistant work history, ties to the community, and good criminal records. They will be enticed to register with Social Security benifits. There will also be expansions of legal immigration. Then will come a comprehensive crack down on illegals and their employers...after the government has used necessary means to enable hard working illegals to volunterally register with the government.
If this works as I expect it should, good workers will be registered and make the job of removing the remaining illegal much easier. If immigration is expanded more Latinos will enter legally, and the isolationist wing of the party will have to go back under their rock for a long time.