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I'm assuming you're talking about newly arrived legal immigrants. So what? Does this mean that even if true, since we don't want to offend established legal Mexican Americans we should throw out the rule of law and spend billions on illegal aliens, catering to their every whim? Of course not. However, some of us are trying to win elections.

Our country and constitutional republic will not survive that type of selective pandering. Of course much of this could be prevented if the federal government would close the borders and enforce the laws. Don't even talk about it, just do it. If it was done years ago, we wouldn't be discussing the crisis today.

Please. Let's get real. Which part of "They are here because people hire them" don't you understand? How do you propose to "close" the borders for one? With a 20 foot high concrete wall? Guard towers and machine guns? Who is going to pay for all of this? Secondly it wouldn't make any difference if their were a twenty foot high fence. Desperate people would still make it here in droves. It would just become even more lucrative for the people the get them here. Thirdly, THE GOP reprensents business interests THAT NEED IMMIGRATION LEGAL AND OTHERWISE. PERIOD. They are here because WE WANT THEM HERE.

Closing the border is worthless. As I already said if the government wanted an end to illegal immigration they would PUNISH the people that hire them. You know the companies that are avoiding paying their SSI, disablity, and fair wages by using undocumented immigratns. Nothing else will work. End of discussion.

BTW: Who is going to do my landscaping? :~P

They are here because WE WANT THEM HERE.

Who's they? Bill Bennet and Jack Kemp? No one asked me if I wanted this. Read the polls, 80+ want immigration brought under control, both legal and illegal.

Which part of "They are here because people hire them" don't you understand?

You can only say it so many times before it becomes monotonous, but for the 100,000th time on this site: the only way to stop illegal immigration is through internal enforcement. And that includes against the businesses who are hiring these people. The fact that California and NY are going bankrupt should be a wake up call to Washington that it will soon be the whole nation if they don't get their act together on this one issue.

BTW: Who is going to do my landscaping?

Yes, that sounds like a crisis, but in my area where few illegals exist as of yet, these things all seem to be getting done, so I'm sure we could come to an acceptable arrangement without millions of illegals hanging around.