Hello. I was right on the UAE. Were you?
As for the illegal alien issue:
As Alan Keyes has noted,
"All of the national polls are very clear: Americans want to secure our borders, enforce our immigration laws, and REJECT any AMNESTY bills, no matter WHAT form they take to try to fool us."
Here are just a few examples:
According to the Washington Times, a new Gallup Poll (March 27) finds 80% of the public wants the federal government to get tougher on illegal immigration.
A Quinnipiac University Poll (March 3) finds 62% oppose making it easier for illegals to become citizens (72% in that poll don't even want illegals to be permitted to have driver's licenses).
Time Magazine's recent poll (Jan. 24-26) found 75% favor "major penalties" on employers of illegals, 70% believe illegals increase the likelihood of terrorism and 57% would use military force at the Mexican-American border.
An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (March 10-13) found 59% opposing a guest-worker proposal, and 71% would more likely vote for a congressional candidate who would tighten immigration controls.
An IQ Research poll (March 10) found 92% saying that securing the U.S. border should be a top priority of the White House and Congress.
Yet, according to a National Journal survey of Congress, 73% of Republican and 77% of Democratic congressmen and senators say they would support guest-worker legislation
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There, feel better?
This reply seems to state the obvious -- that illegal immigrants are breaking the law and should not be allowed to.
Don't think anyone really contests that -- certainly not the president. The issue isn't whether they're breaking the law. The issue is how to begin to properly turn them into American citizens, should they choose to step up to the plate. Because, only in your dreams are you going to pack them onto planes, trains, and automobiles and send them all back, or put them all in prison. Nor would any reasonable person with a grasp of the big picture that is within the reach of anyone who seeks it want to. Operative word: reasonable.
Reality calling. Operative word: reality.