[YellowRoseofTx]

...without solid proof of my resident status here in Japan. There are so many checkpoints along the way,

You are so right. When my son and now daughter-in-law wanted to marry, my son managed to get a job in Japan, and they went through all kinds of loops and jumps for him to be able to live there legally, and on a smaller scale for us to be able to visit a few days.

Then when they wanted to move back to the states, they spent a small fortune and a good two years, being interviewed by mexicans no less, for her to be able to live here legally.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I know hundreds of those stories. I wish those who had experienced those things would be at the forefront of the fight against illegal immigration. They have very potent stories to tell, and no illegal or illegal alien sympathizer can counter their stories, and the public in the middle will side on the right side I am sure, when they hear all those facts.

Driving a wedge between LEGAL and ILLEGAL immigration. That is what it is all about. Do that, and we will succeed indeed.