[the invisib1e hand]

My personal experience with Mexican immigrants is that they have a very strong "cultural Catholicism" and are, despite it being "merely cultural," have a fear of God.

We could have worse candidates for an immigration wave. These people will be a blessing.

[the invisib1e hand]

and are...have a fear of God.

...and all their base are belong to us, anyway.

[RKBA Democrat]

"We could have worse candidates for an immigration wave. These people will be a blessing."

Agreed on both points. My disagreement with current immigration policies have more to do with the numbers and methodology rather than those who are choosing to immigrate. I question our ability to effectively assimilate large numbers of additional immigrants. And I have a real problem with having an inefficient legal immigration system on the one hand, and a "wink, wink, nudge, nudge" system of illegal immigration on the other.

In any case, this thread is not about immigration and I'm not interested in hijacking it. I agree with your basic points that these are good people. I've lived in a predominantly Mexican community in a border state. My personal experience was that with few exceptions, we're talking hard-working, moral, family-oriented people that I was glad to be acquainted with.