[BW2221]

There are a lot of interesting things in play:

1. If we have unchecked immigration, the life the immigrants are moving here to enjoy will soon be gone.

2. The number of high-paying manufacturing jobs in the U.S. is in steep decline.

3. Politicians are trying to make hay on this issue (particularly unscrupulous ones like John McCain).

4. George Bush has been out to lunch on this since the beginning.

5. While I am opposed to illegal immigration, I'd much prefer Hispanics to Muslims ... or (fill-in-the-blank) to Muslims.

6. It's interesting that liberal groups are supporting people who oppose them in many ways. For example, I doubt the ACLU likes anyone who attends mass three times a week.

[Fruit of the Spirit]

http://www.rnha.org/News/Immigration/A%20Nation%20of%20numerous%20laws.htm

A Nation of (Numerous) Laws
Immigration foes just want a little respect.

America is a nation of laws by now so numerous that it provides jobs for more lawyers per capita than any nation on earth. They serve as legal lifeguards, saving mostly honest citizens from the legal system's capricious undertow. Medical malpractice and asbestos are two areas of law for which "respect" is about zero. A law's existence requires compliance, but not respect.

Some of the anti-Mexican sentiment likely reflects an embarrassed awareness of our degraded laws, and so it has chosen to draw a line in the legal sand over immigration. That won't change the fact that U.S. immigration law is a disrespectable morass.