[nanny]

Getting tougher on immigration is not something where you can just bark an order to somebody and — presto — it happens.

All it involves is enforcing the laws already on the books - nothing new needs to be done - no reshuffling is necessary. We have what is needed already. But you see, nothing is being done - nothing.

YOu do understand that President Bush has been in office for 2 1/2 years -and yes, I do know he has been busy - but personally, I think the border is more important than Iraq or equally as important. So far all he has done is place all our law enforcement people under one command which is frightening to me. I don't know what all is being done - but so far they have decided they will place 35,000 people on the bridges and gates - now that is going to do next to nothing to the illegal problem.

The government has used scarce resources to stalk a citizen that was trying to do something to help the problem. They arrested him for carrying a gun in a national 'forest' - the same thing drug dealers and illegals do every day - yet they spend the country resources tracking down an American who has been openly critical of government - sound a little vengeful? It does to me.

Also, so far all I have seen/heard President Bush do about the problem is tell us how they are all just hardworking people looking for a better life and he wants amnesty for them. Also he is allowing President Fox to issue a matricula card, give dual citizenship, etc. That could be stopped in heartbeat and he hasn't --why? No we are getting amnesty piecemeal because he is not willing to face the American people and push it through. It would have been a done deal if not for 9/11.

I want it to be so - but so far, I have seen nothing. More agents at the gates will do little. Using the few resources we have to punish citizens who disagree with his policies will do worse than nothing. Setting back and allowing his friend Fox to chew up our sovereignty is too scary. This is something that can't wait. He knows if he waits long enough, he can do it without the people getting too upset. I predict amnesty and a lot of other ugly things will happen during his second term.

Now you can like Pres. Bush for a lot of things, you can love him, you can just think he is wonderful - but don't ever try to tell us he is doing anything about immigration - anything to stop it and anything that is good for the American people or the country. Just won't stand up. Just won't.

[Nick Danger]

All it involves is enforcing the laws already on the books - nothing new needs to be done

Oh, get off it. The existing Border Patrol agents do not go out there every day saying, "Well, today I think I won't enforce the laws that are on the books." They are working stiffs just like you and me who get up every day and head out there to fight crime. When I lived in San Diego I used to see them every day, pulling over cars, raiding places where illegals were likely to be employed, emptying out vans full of Mexicans at the side of the highway. But there are only so many of them, and they can't deal with the flood coming over the border.

You can stand in the Oval Office and scream as loud as you want, "You guys make it stop!" but they cannot do it. There need to be more of them; they need more trucks; they need more spotter planes and drones. They need a lot of things, all of which cost money.

The way you get money, under the Constitution, is to have Congress appropriate it. So now you have to stand in the Oval Office and scream at Congress, "Give us money!" But that doesn't work either. From a White House proposal to signed legislation is a months-long deal, especially where money is involved. And if you're honest, you will admit that "immigration reform" is just not that hot an issue. It may be for you, but that's not what Joe Congressman sees when he looks at the constituent mail. So he thinks, "Yeah, we'll do it, but there's no need for sirens and blue lights on this one." I'm sorry, but that's what it looks like on Capitol Hill.

You really are left sitting in the back of the car, screaming "Are we there yet?" while the adults try to make stuff happen in the real world. On the one hand, you tell us, "I don't know what all is being done." But then you also say, "But you see, nothing is being done - nothing." What can we conclude from this except that you are spewing an emotional rant? OK, we can put you in the anti-immigration pile, but should we put any credence in what you're saying? How can we?