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Quite frankly, sometimes the "immigration reform" crowd asks for digs like that, particularly with a lot of the comments you see on some of the immigration threads. I happen to believe that a lot of the folks who want to come here and who do come here believe in the American dream and cherish and love freedom.

Quite frankly, a lot of folks on the right are underestimating immigrants. And it's a big mistake, IMO. What was the term President Bush used to describe low expectations?

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Quite frankly, a lot of folks on the right are underestimating immigrants. And it's a big mistake, IMO. What was the term President Bush used to describe low expectations?

Oh, please.

I live in Queens, NY which has probably the largest number of new immigrants than any other county in the US and the largest number of different home countries than any other immigrant community in the US.

If the INS were any good, I can think of hundreds of people in my neighborhood who would be right back on the plane home. The amount of people committing insurance fraud alone is staggering.

Perhaps in the insulated world of suburban Virginia unchecked immigration produces only sweetly-smiling young George Washingtons.

For those of us who actually live in the heart of it, it's decidedly a mixed blessing.