One thing to remember: Any wall built by our government to keep people out can also be used to keep us in. Same with the National ID card. People that demand that the illegals already here get chipped or get some sort of national identification card also start the rest of us down the road to getting chipped and having all of our information put into a national database. The government has a long and notorious career in using public unrest to expand and consolidate its power--the Great Depression, World War II, the 60's, LBJ's Great Society (beginning of the Welfare State). We need to be careful what we ask for because the government--who is fomenting this unrest--is waiting in the wings with an additional plan to expand and consolidate its power. Yes, the illegal aliens are a problem. Yes, you and I will have to agree to disagree on what kind of problem they are in the big picture. The reason Mexico doesn't take Haitians or even people from south of its borders is because Mexico actually enforces it immigration laws, yet demands that our government ignore our own laws. The problem with saying Mexico is a rich country and their country could afford more immigrants is that their rich people do not pay an income tax or support an infrastructure nor do they want want to do so. The government, which could compel them to pay an income tax are beholden to the rich and to the drug lords (often one and the same) and anyone who challenges the status quo ends up in a pine box. The media there cannot speak up for reform for much the same reasons. Any investigative reporter caught exposing the corruption ends up in a pine box. I'm not saying that I am happy about the illegals coming here and demanding the same rights that you or I have--and I am certainly not happy about the anchor baby phenomena, taking advantage of a loophole in the 14th Amendment. But, all of us common citizens are in the same boat--being ruled by an elitist minority who would have no problem killing us or locking us up if it served their purposes. In a perfect world, there would have already been a revolution in this country and the murdering psychopaths who own our elected and appointed government would be swinging in the wind pour encouragez les otres; I am not a violent man, but I do understand that the only thing power understands is power. _______________________________________________________ "Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it doth prosper, none dare call it treason." -Sir John Harrington, 1561-1612

Illegal immigrants are only a symptom. The root of the disease is the treason activities of those in our government (with complicity of Mexico's government) to create the conditions where the illegals have to come here or starve. While there has always been a sort of fluctuation of Mexican nationals coming here to work but mostly returning home, the problem of huge numbers coming here began back in the 1980's with the passing of the GATT treaty, which crippled Mexico's lower classes and began the permanent migration to the US. The first of several amnesties was back in 1986 and legalized about 3.5 million illegals. What we need to be doing is not focusing on the people coming here (yes, they bring many problems with them, but the Mexican government has been corrupt since the 1800's and that corruption permeates the culture) as much as we should be addressing the root problem: corruption by the power elites in our country selling out our sovereignty in the name of corporate hubris and greed. Eliminate corporate control of our own government, end GATT and NAFTA, compel Mexico's moneyed elites to share their money to support a real infrastructure in Mexico, and the illegals will go home. Yes, I know all about the problems they bring with them and the problems that are compounded by the illegals having kids here who grow up seeing the US as a checkbook and not something worthy of loyalty. I live in California and see it everyday. But, until the root causes of the problem are addressed, things will only get worse. _______________________________________________________ "Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it doth prosper, none dare call it treason." -Sir John Harrington, 1561-1612