no 5. I see absolutely no way Americans benefit from more legal immigration - the million odd we receive now is fine & might even be lowered (or raised) pending a referendum from the people. Its time our leaders asked US what we think;
and no. 8 remember the old german slogan 'there is nothing so permanent as a 'temporary worker'. They will NEVER go home, and there is an army of lawyers and judges that will see to that. Thats just the way it is. NO special consideration for border jumpers, period.
First, I'm not a protectionist vis-a-vis our labor market. We benefited from the legal immigration that brought my Norwegian great grandfather here, my wife's Greek grandparents here, and for that matter, all the Italians, Irish, and Germans who came before them.
Second, you're not going to get 1-4, 6 and 7 without 5 and 8. Not with the new Congress, not with the last Congress.
Politics is the art of the possible.