[Little Ray]

If I wanted to be obnoxious, I'd point out that Nazi Germany was just enforcing its laws. That ain't the point.

This is about appearences and the political will to do the right thing. Mass deportation would sure LOOK ugly - and the comparisons to the Nazis would be valid. Like the Nazis, we'd be transporting HUGE numbers of people of under guard to camps where they would be confined under armed guard.

That combined with the everyday, hysterical, anti-American news coverage we get from the MSM would be all it would take to turn these things into "death-trains" and "death camps" if even a single illegal died in the process.

They would ignore the fact that the detainees are here illegally; that they NOT starving, NOT being murdered by their captors, they ARE recieving healthcare, and ARE housed in conditions comparable to (or better than!) what they have at home. The MSM is not on our side.

No politician could survive this sorta pressure, nor could any gub'mint agency.

[plenipotentiary]

So it's not wrong to deport them, it would just look bad on TV?

[brytlea]

This is about appearences and the political will to do the right thing. Mass deportation would sure LOOK ugly - and the comparisons to the Nazis would be valid. Like the Nazis, we'd be transporting HUGE numbers of people of under guard to camps where they would be confined under armed guard.

Thanks for clarifying that. I was afraid you really did mean what you said.

susie