I have no argument with your post #67, at all.
However, you seem to be claiming that those who disagree with you are “undesirable” residents/citizens, and that I do have a problem with.
You wave the word “amnesty” as though it were the equivalent of “Don’t Tread on Me.” It’s not; applied rationally, it’s a basis for treating those on the wrong side of a law with some degree of fair judgement.
As I said earlier, that lack of judgement is typical of the principal who would suspend a kindergartner for bringing a plastic butter knife to school along with his lunch. Those people really do exist, and they are incapable of applying judgement to a particular situation, always wanting to instead apply the law strictly as written.
And they sound just as silly doing so as some of the people in here sound with their incessant “They broke the law!” chant. Yes, they did. Now use some rational judgement in sorting out the mess that our own failure to enforce our own laws has caused. That’s all we’re asking.
And, repeating myself, I hope Newt’s very public stance on this now helps to rehabilitate Perry’s image, because I think he’d make the better choice as our nominee.
Any time ANY ONE breaks any law, there has to be some form of punishment meted out. Otherwise we become a lawless society.
No one is advocating death sentence to illegal immigrants. Punishment has to be proportional to the severity of crimes committed.
I have not given a lot of thought what an appropriate punishment would be for illegals, but there can be no across the board pardon. May be they can pay a fine, register, and wait in line behind the legal applicants. If they refuse that then they deserve deportation.