[redgolum]

The sad thing is he is right. We don't have the population that wants to work at the jobs that the illegals are in. Case in point meat packing. If the wages today were the wages they paid packers in the 70's, maybe we could get more people to work in it, but face it. The population is aging, and the numbers of young native born workers in the US is declining.

I don't like it, but it is something that the US has done to itself. We have chosen not to rear up the next generation, and now have to pay the price.

[adam_az]

I'm actually OK with a worker visa program.

Here's how it should work.

Kick out all the illegals who are here now, and let in people who have been identified and approved on the visa to work. When the visa is up, they can apply for an extension. If they lose their job, they have a reasonable amt of time to find another, or else they have to leave.

Rewarding people who broke the law ahead of people who applied through the proper channels is plain wrong.

[Jimbaugh]

If Bush legalizes the aliens without controlling the border the flood will overwelm the United States. There will be a revolution and I will not be with the Bushies. I voted for the bastard but I will not drink the coolaid.

There is coming a time to fight and I don't mean politically.

[zeebee]

It is a good way for the president to thumb his nose at the unions...

[jpsb]

"We don't have the population that wants to work at the jobs that the illegals are"

The big lie, try paying a descent wage say 7 or 8 bucks and hour/benefits and lot's of poor Americans will do the job. Nobody but an illegal works for less. These jobs used to get done before illegals and still get done in areas wit low illegal populations by Americans!