Sure am, of a very specific and limited nature. And stop trying to put words in my mouth with all the rest of your blatherings.
"Don't flatter yourself. This issue is my fulltime passion 24/7 365 days of the year. I am involved legislatively and with other immigration organizations like NumbersUSA, CIS, FAIR, and the Tea Party movement. I will match my knowledege with yours anytime. People who really know the issue don't make statements like yours.
I think the non-fanatics just might. But obviously you ARE a fanatic, and intelligent discussion isn't possible.
Again, you have raised NO point that I didn't already know about. I just happen to have a different opinion on a very narrowly defined issue, specifically, that children brought here with no say in the matter who have demonstrated the potentiality to be "good citizens" (this includes, IMO, the category of permanent residency), should be allowed to remain.
That's like being a little bit pregnant. You don't reward lawbreakers. You are the one blathering with little or no facts, just "compassion" and emotion.
I think the non-fanatics just might. But obviously you ARE a fanatic, and intelligent discussion isn't possible.
LOL. People who disagree with you are fanatics? You lack the facts and rely on personal attacks. I am a realist and you live in a fantasy world where you create your own Dream Act.
just happen to have a different opinion on a very narrowly defined issue, specifically, that children brought here with no say in the matter who have demonstrated the potentiality to be "good citizens" (this includes, IMO, the category of permanent residency), should be allowed to remain.
Pure sophistry. How do you define children? What does "potentiality to be good citizens mean?" Permanent residency? Does that mean they can sponsor their parents once they reach 21 to come to this country? Your vacuous statement is not the stuff of policy. The devil is always in the details. Back in the real world, we are faced with the Dream Act, an actual piece of legislation that must be dealt with. You support it or you don't.
if we give legal status to people who live here illegally, it is necessarily a slap in the face to legal immigrants. It makes those who play by the rules look like dupes for having taken our immigration laws seriously. Whenever there is an amnesty for illegal immigrants, there is always the concern that it will encourage more illegal immigration in the future. On the understandable assumption that their children might benefit from some future legalization, more people may settle in our country illegally if the DREAM Act passes.