The U.S. needs this growing work force to help pay for the retirement benefits of the baby boomers. Anyone getting the legal card must be on a payroll, so they will be paying income and payroll taxes.
My first presidential vote was for Barry Goldwater, and I don't take a back seat on conservative principles to anyone. And I certainly will not sit out an election and allow this nation to be taken over by someone like Clinton, or vote for someone like Perot or Buchanan.
This proposal has the possibility of bringing a large part of the underground economy above ground. And there is no better solution to the illegal immigrant problem.
I support it especially because of the National Security benefits. Illegals will be much more obvious and visible if there are only 1 or 2 million versus 8-12 million. The ones that came here to do us harm or to engage in criminal activity will be much more easily identified and found.