[Metternich]

Rounding up a few hundred thousand

You'd have the liberal media and the Democrats accusing Bush of ethnic cleansing. You'd see UN members pushing resolutions condemning America for ethnic cleansing of its Mexican minority. We'd look like the Serbs going after the Albanians in Kosovo.

It'd be a political nightmare.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

You'd have the liberal media and the Democrats accusing Bush of ethnic cleansing.

Illegal aliens are in this country from all over the world, including Asia and Eastern Europe. As long as Bush is fair and even-handed when he enforces the law what can the bleeding hearts say?

[GeronL]

You'd see UN members pushing resolutions condemning America

Your kidding right? The UN almost always votes against the US on something of the order of 175-5

[King Prout]

Is a political/media nightmare somehow more to be feared than a real-world cultural and societal cohesion nightmare?

[At _War_With_Liberals]

Mahmoud Abouhalima, one of the masterminds of the 93 WTC bombing, was a citizen as the result of Reagan's amnesty program. He stated that he was a vegetable picker. Never picked a vegetable in his life, but came close to knocking the WTC down the 1st time around.

Every AQ operative will have fake credentials and work history and will become legit ASAP.

How's THAT for starters!