[AlGone2001]

Overstaying a Visa is being here illegally, they can return home and reapply.

Certainly, this is true. But the real issue is that it was our very own governemnt's lack of action in this arena that caused the whole problem.

It is time for reform, but cut these folks some slack. They came here legally.

[FITZ]

It certainly seems though that this whole deal is something Bush is trying to push through so he can take it to Fox when he goes to Mexico. It seems very inappropriate for an American president to be offering such gifts to a foreign leader. I don't understand in the first place how Fox can demand we are to take the citizens of his country and make them legal. I don't know why Bush seems to be bowing to him in all these matters.

[FITZ]

I know last time amnesty was supposed to be for certain people who had lived and worked in the US for a fairly long period of time which got cut down to 5 years (someone told me 4 years), and they had to prove they had lived and worked here. It turns out none could prove anything since they were presenting fake Social Security Numbers and stolen Birth Certificates or were paid under the table. So they changed it to just a notarized letter from anyone claiming they had employed them ----that turned out the be a huge fiasco and a big joke ---truckloads of people who'd never stepped foot in the US came right on over and got their amnesty.