[RKV]

If you change the citizenship laws so that birth here by non-citizens does not convey citizenship you might get some takers to such a plan. Add the ability to deny publically funded services to non-citzens and you would get some more. End welfare and you might even get my vote. Of course, you know the reason why Bush and co. don't deal with illegal immigration is they WANT the cheap labor. Immigration hurts Americans by cutting the price of labor at the margin. Substitution effects will prevent some of those jobs from leaving the country if the price returns to market levels, otherwise they would be better done where costs are less, not here.

[Deep_6]

re:
"..If you change the citizenship laws so that birth here by non-citizens does not
convey citizenship you might get some takers to such a plan. Add the ability to
deny publically funded services to non-citzens and you would get some more.
End welfare and you might even get my vote......"

Absolutely. Only citizens should receive dollars contributed by other citizens
to our tax base, not non-citizens. That has got to stop.

Unless you can convince Americans to work for less and able us to provide
inexpensive items to sell, we need those willing to work for low wages. The
working "illegal immigrant" provides that. Let 'em work and leave on a daily
basis, but let's stop the free ride.