[azhenfud]

My take on any plan to overhaul the Immigration Code is this:

First: let's try reinforcing and enforcing the current code. If we give it our honest best and it fails, then we compromise. But from the outset of this "proposal", we're abandoning existing laws without ever really trying. Show Americans an honest attempt to enforce current law and we maybe can believe any revised laws will be enforced.

Second: let's see a proposal to fund additional enforcement officers and better equip them for their duties. Too many times those officers are hindered from doing their jobs and those hinderances need to be eliminated. The Bush Admin should consider funding Border Patrol/USCIS enforcement as importantly as any other of our Armed Service branches. The most critical battlelines in the war on terror are our borders.

[lsmith1990]

one thing you didnt mention and unfortunately is rarely mentioned is if you want to stop illegal immigration, you HAVE to prosecute Americans who employ these illegals.

Simply plugging holes in the border, wont work without going after Americans who employ illegals. Jail time no fines.