[SMARTY]

This is a very comprehensive article. The author covers all the bases on this issue. However, lots of Americans (and I have said this before) find this an emotionally charged issue. Many of us are third or fourth generation American as it is. Our families came here and were made to prove that they were not criminals, were not infirm, and had a home and job were waiting for them. Otherwise, they were sent back. Descendants of these immigrants feel badly demanding a curtailment of immigration to this country. However, if the government would just enforce the same rigorous and fair standards for all immigrants as they did for our grandparents, maybe the looming civil strife in the US over this will be averted. I do see continued and vicious civil discord over immigration which will rival or perhaps surpass the kind of events and animosity which Americans endured during the Civil Rights confrontations in the 1960's and which unscrupulous politicians in this country continue to cultivate and to perpetuate by any means in order to garner votes among minorities and.p>

[Serenissima Venezia]

Descendants of these immigrants feel badly demanding a curtailment of immigration to this country.

Well, I'm one of those descendants and I don't feel at all bad about not wanting illegal immigration to continue. My mother came over here legally from Italy, had to learn English to take her citizenship test, and insisted that we speak English at home. I think that's a novel concept today!