[TheOracleAtLilac]

I'd like to add to your counterpoints

this has been around for 30 years

NO IT HASN"T !

W/1986 Amnesty the whole famdamnily wasn't allowed US citizenship.
Application's had to be made.

Since '86 our brown brothers to the south have noticed there are no consequences to being here illegally..... & with their dependents to boot

30 years ago it was just the illegal worker - not his dozen dependents soaking up all the services they can...
and resenting us in the process

[kabar]

Agree. What we are seeing is similar to the effects of compound interest. The numbers are increasing exponentially. In 1986, about three times more people applied for "amnesty" than predicted by the USG. The three million "legalized" in 1986 were supposed to solve the problem. Now the USG estimates we have anywhere from 9 to 11 million illegals and McCain-Kennedy will solve the problem ala 1986. The true number is probably closer to the 20 million estimate by the Bear-Stearns Report

In another 20 years we will look around and see another estimate that there are 30 million illegals who need to be legalized because their numbers are so great that we can't deport them. We are like the frog who is being gradually boiled alive and doesn't realize it until it is too late.

[Rakkasan1]

agreed. and 30 years ago we didn't have the 29% of our prison population as illegals.

30 years ago we didn't have Latin Kings or MS-13 in Minneapolis.

We didn't have "sanctuary cities" encouraging more illegals to come.

We didn't have Spanish only versions of our National Anthem.