You said what I tried to say in my post in a much more eloquent manner. Perhaps you've had more coffee than I have today?
Nah, just beat you to it! We are on the same page...it is an easy thing to get those two types of things mixed up.
I see it as one of the most important issues that we need to face. I am an advocate of immigration, I think it is what made our country great, and I mean it. We are all mutts here. Heck, I am French, Irish, Armenian and Italian. But I am not for allowing uncontrolled illegal immigration, and I am all for requiring English language skills to be learned to function in the USA. It is what ties us together.
Ted Kennedy's involvement with immigration back in the Sixties is what really did the damage. Can we undo it? Only if we have the will to do so.