[JohnnyZ]

The illegality of current waves of immigration means that we don't have an effective means of distinguishing honest, hard-working people looking for economic opportunity from would-be criminals, welfare dependents, and perhaps even terrorists.

Obviously we should crank up legal immigration. And crack down on the remaining few illegals. That would solve the 'illegal' problem instantly.

Guess that's too obvious to work ....

[NCSteve]

Obviously we should crank up legal immigration.

I'm going to hope you're being sarcastic or else you're just suffering from some stray brain flatulence. The problem is floods of immigrants with no skills and no life who land somewhere and immediately go on public assistance. The only way to prevent that is to have strict standards for immigration.