[Marine Inspector]

That's true, but the *criminal* fugitives you are referring to will be easier to deal with after 8+ million other illegal aliens are registered and no longer anonymous...for the simple reason that our law enforcement will have more resources left available due to no longer being overstretched by so many presently anonymous illegal immigrants.

Not true. Currently our law enforcement is not presently overstretched with the anonymous illegal immigrants, because they don't look for them. ICE is only interested in criminal aliens, not the anonymous run of the mill illegals.

As for the BP, registering 8 million illegals won't stop or even slow the flow across the border.

[Southack]

"As for the BP, registering 8 million illegals won't stop or even slow the flow across the border."

Both Tancredo and Bush's immigration plans do more than just register those illegals...those plans also register the employers of illegals.

Those 8+ million illegals *must* make illegal border crossing today to see their families back in their home countries, but once registered, they would be making *legal* border crossings at already established checkpoints...leaving far fewer illegals making illegal crossings...which means easier enforcement from our existing border agents against those new illegal jumpers.

Sure, overall border traffic under just those parameters would remain static, but most of the new traffic would be legal and monitored, with only a fraction of that number still comprised of illegals making new illegal border crossings after registration is effected.

Moreover, once the employers of illegals are registered under Tancredo and Bush's competing immigration plans, there will be far less incentive to make the jump...because employers will be faced with audits for wage, tax, worker's comp, and immigration compliance. The savings from lower immigrant labor rates will shrink...and that will likewise reduce the incentive to hire them.