[captainblacksmith]

Why are Hispanic Advocacy Groups foaming-at-the-mouth opposed to this, at the same time claiming it will have NO EFFECT? We spend $200 million on an Alaska bridge to nowhere, $300 billion to rebuild the City Under the Sea, and $7 billion to prepare for Bird Flu, which won't happen. The price of this fence is reasonable. Why does Bush keep peddling this "temporary work program" which will only ENCOURAGE more people to sneak in? Bush is incompetent. I'm convinced a Democrat would do better at controlling immigration. And I'm pretty conservative.

The sad fact is many business owners benefit from the cheap labor at everyone else's expense, and they have influence.

[Preachin']

"The sad fact is many business owners benefit from the cheap labor at everyone else's expense, and they have influence."

Actually, most of the rest of us do, too.

Hispanics do most of the labor for new construction here in Atlanta, but homeowners aren't shy about using them to have their house re-painted or re-roofed, either.

I'm all for building the fence, but it's not just the businnes owners fault.