[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....He’s far too accepting of amnesty so he’s not my primary choice although I will vote for him in the general if he’s the one... unlike Romney.

"...The bigger issue is that you’re never going to have a conversation that is anything more than an intellectual exercise about immigration until you secure the border. That is what we must focus on as a country. I do not agree that building a 1,800-mile barrier is thoughtful. It’s an easy answer. I think it’s a cop out for anyone who’s actually been on the border. It’s like building a wall from Bangor, Maine to Miami, Florida. What does work is strategic fencing in your metropolitan areas, having the boots on the ground. We are woefully understaffed on that border.

We have the technology. Predator drones are being flown in United States air space as we speak. Why not fly those from Brownsville, Texas, to El Paso and to Tijuana and back and use that real-time information for local law enforcement, our state law enforcement and our federal counterparts? That’s how you thoughtfully secure that border, and then you can have a discussion about what type of immigration reform we want to consider as a country. But not until then. Too many times, we’ve been told, if we’ll just pass this immigration reform then we’ll secure the border. And it hasn’t happened...."

Source September 15, 2011 -- Gov. Rick Perry

[tal hajus]

Sounds real good. Hope that if he wins and we have a Congress that will work with him that it will happen, or at least get a good start. That woukd be a legacy.

[RC one]

Andrew Romano: But just to be clear: if border security is accomplished, you can envision some sort of path to citizenship for people who are here illegally.

Rick Perry: Sure.

Like I said, I'll vote for him but I'm not OK with amnesty.

[sodpoodle]

Immigrants have been flooding into the US from South America for the last century. That would be 5 generations.

There is no practical way to process and deport 12 million illegal residents, some elderly, some recent arrivals and many minor children.

I am waiting for someone to present a PRACTICAL, HUMANE, CONSTITUTIONAL solution to a very difficult dilemma.

Does each State have a census for its illegal population?
Are States ‘allowed’ to deport all criminals?

Is the Federal Government prepared for each State to ship their illegals & paperwork to INS in Washington DC and tell them to ‘HANDLE THIS’?