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My response to the WSJ article this morning. I am not sure how many readers take the time to read newspaper on line reader comments, but I do not want to leave the critics of President Bush sole occupancy of any forum:-----

Getting the Bureaucracy to Move
--maica---

Thank you for discussing the reality of the immigration situation as it exists in the United States today. Too many conservatives are not facing reality; President Bush does. Obviously the status quo is not acceptable. Standards for residence in the U.S. have to be recognized by all--employers, local law enforcement officers, INS or homeland security management and officers, and elected officials across the country.

Right now there is no unity of action among all these various groups. To people who blame the employer group, I ask, why did you not blame the employers when the Democrats were in power in Washington? The INS appears to have had a policy of not cooperating with employers who had questions about documentation. Also the INS has been glacially slow in processing papers for persons trying to follow the rules of legal entry. If President Bush can change the behavior in the federal bureaucracy, it will go a long way to improving the situation for all in our country.