[WOSG]

The first is border security, the second is dealing with the people who are here."

You mean, like our own senators??? :-)

example: "allowing those who become fluent in English to apply for citizenship one year early (that is, after four years instead of five)"

Er, why isnt fluency of English a requirement for citizenship PERIOD? And end the need for multi-lingual ballots while we are at it.
Lamar's ideas sound a tad welfareish to me. A bunch of grants to help them do what we should REQUIRE anyway.

"To become an American is a significant accomplishment. First, you must live in the United States as a legal permanent resident for five years. Next you must speak English. Next you must learn about our history and government. Next you must swear an oath and renounce the government of the country from which you came—and then swear allegiance to the United States of America. This oath dates back to May 12, 1778, when General George Washington and his general officers at Valley Forge signed an oath very similar to the one that more than 500,000 new American citizens took last year in hundreds of naturalization ceremonies all over America."

[bert]

.....Lamar's ideas sound a tad welfareish to me.....

I can't disagree. The "dealing with" seems to be the most difficult part of the problem.

Lamar was a good governor but somehow just doesn't cut it in the Senate.