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When someone's very first act in the USA is breaking one of our laws then they are not someone I want in my country. You can go off on all the apologistic rants you want and you can call me a racist all day long, but illegal immigrants, ALL OF THEM, are CRIMINALS and it is CRIMINAL to let them stay here. After last week's protests with all the Mexican flags flying it is not a misnomer to say that we are being invaded. If these CRIMINALS were so hot to be Americans then where was the sea of US flags? NO, it was a sea of red flags and Mexican flags. Hell, we're not just being invaded, we're being COLONIZED.

When someone's very first act in the USA is breaking one of our laws then they are not someone I want in my country.

If that's the criteria, we better start deporting everyone who is guilty of speeding on the freeway. Tony Snow is absolutely right about this issue. He is absolutely right about most issues. :)

Not only that, but the GOP risks handing the Democrats the Hispanic vote for the next 40 years. I don't want that. And if you are a Republican, you don't want it either. This is how the GOP lost California in the 1990s. These people are natural conservatives, but only if you treat them like what most of them are: human beings who want a better life for themselves. President Bush refused to make the same mistake in Texas, and the results speak for themselves.

Your rant reveals some logical problems.

If anyone perpetrates an act that violates our laws, you do not want them in our country. Does that apply only to those who violate our immigration laws or those who violate any law. If your outrage applies only to those that violate immigration laws, what is the moral turpitude that is so heinous that your outrage can be selective. If your outrage applies to all violators of our laws, what would you do with those in our country that violate anything other than our immigration laws? Where would you deport them?

If it anyone who violates our immigration laws is a CRIMINAL, then is anyone who violates our traffic laws a CRIMINAL? Is anyone who is busted for owning a little weed a CRIMINAL? And if they are, is it CRIMINAL to let these CRIMINALS stay here?

If a bunch of commies fly red flags at an anti-war protest, does it indicate an invasion by communists? If a bunch of unreconstructed Southerners fly confederate flags at a rally in Alabama, does that indicate a resurgence of the Confederacy? I don't think so. You cannot equate the flag waving of a bunch of moonbats with an invasion.

I agree that the problem of illegal immigration must be addressed. A national ID card may be needed. A fence is necessary. Huge fines and prison time should be imposed on all those who employ illegals. But, let's control the rhetoric, folks. After this debate is over, we are still going to have to work together on a host of other issues.

illegal immigrants, ALL OF THEM, are CRIMINALS

I'm on your side as far as wanting to stop illegal immigration goes, but let's not go off the deep end and make illegitimate arguments.

For foreign nationals (aka aliens) to stay in this country without a permit is not of itself "criminal," under our law, as I understand it. It is a civil violation.

And as a sidenote, the word "civil" is derived from Latin civis, meaning citizen.

ALL OF THEM, are CRIMINALS and it is CRIMINAL to let them stay here

The same degree of criminality associated with driving willy-nilly down the freeway or your neighborhood street over the posted speed limit, throwing hazardous materials (e.g., dead batteries) into the trash picked up at the curb, flushing paint solvents down the drain, skipping paying sales tax on purchases over the net. Those so righteous about "committing crimes" should be careful. If their only crime were jumping the fence, would you be so spun up? I suspect not. The RATs and their MSM mouthpieces are playing you like a fiddle -- all the way to defeat in Nov.