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I favor total closure of the border without any leaking anyplace.

I then favor worker permits for aliens who apply for them from their country of origin only. Any immigration application must come from the country of origin. (With the exception of political refugees fleeing for their lives.)

As you can see, I'm pretty hard-nosed on the issue.

I'm in favor of no congressional action now and in taking it up again after this election is over.

We cannot have a McCain or Giuliani become president. They will simply appoint more liberals to the bench. Scotus will look like clones of John Paul Stevens.

Fortunately the issue IS being discussed but the tone of the conversation is more in line with the Pence Plan which even Newt Gingrich favors.

But, Bush isn't in favor of a closure of the borders. To date, he has posed for a Dukakis-shot in a dune buggy and sent some national guard troops, who may be - through no fault of their own - doing as much harm as good as several hundred Border Patrol agents have been reassigned to protect them.

I have serious concerns about whether or not we will need guest workers. Estimates on illegals range from 12 -20 million. They'll be bring relatives once they become citizens. Manufacturing jobs are being outsourced, so blacks and whites with minimal educations are going to have to start doing "jobs Americans won't do" in the future.

Remember, in immigrations of the past, we got a cross-section of immigrants as many left Europe because of religious persecution. We had tailors, tradesmen, etc. along with a number of unskilled laborers

We're not getting Mexico's "brightest and best."