[Lurkinanloomin]

No one I know is against immigration.

Illegal aliens are a different topic altogether.

ALL illegal aliens need to be deported.

[Angelino97]

To say you support legal immigration, but oppose illegal immigration, is to say nothing. It avoids the real issue: What should be legal vs. illegal?

That's a question many conservative fear answering.

Everyone -- from extreme Left to extreme Right -- supports legal immigration and opposes illegal immigration.

The Left would say, yes legal immigration only. All Third World migrants should be legal. But white South Africans, and others who would empower "white supremacy" should be illegal.

Some conservatives would say, only skilled immigrants should be legal.

More nationalist conservatives might say: No skilled immigrants if they compete with Americans who already have those skills (e.g., not visas for Indian tech workers).

Some businesses might say: Unskilled laborers should be legal.

Union workers might say: Unskilled laborers should be illegal.

But to simply say "legal yes, illegal no" is to say nothing.