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Im not happy about amnesty either,but it was an inevitability.Im not ready to condemn Bush for it either.

I have mixed feelings about the amnesty issue. I can't really believe all the tin foil hat brigade's notions that Mexicans are moving here as part of some concerted effort to slowly take over the whole country.

I think they just want to have the same kind of opportunity to get ahead, that we all do. It sure won't happen in Mexico, but I am NOT condoning illegal immigration either.

I am kind of pragmatic about it, similar to Darlin's point of view. Since they are ALREADY here, let's brand 'em and let 'em start paying taxes to the Man like we all have to do.

We also need to make sure that millions more don't get here in the future too.

I think my everyday tin foil hat is pretty - but I was going to make a new fancy one for an Easter bonnet.
I don't like the Spanish language here in Texas. Every time I go to the mall Ihear more Spanish spoken than English. While at the health department yesterday with Gabe, Gabe and I, the nurse, the receptionist and a family from India were the only people speaking English. If a family from India can learn English and speak it, why can't the Mexicans? Oh, one little Mexican boy - very cute, about 8 - spoke perfect English to his baby brother, but his parents only spoke Spanish. Gabe and I thought his parents should be speaking English to him and encouraging him and the little one - but to them it is more important that the children speak Spanish because they do not intend to fully assimilate.

Agreed,The mexican illegals for the most part are commiting crimes.I know,I know,some do,but not enough to focus all of our anti immigration efforts solely on them.Any arab male aged 13-75,however should be denied entry with extreme predjudice.I was in SEA-TAC last night taking a red-eye home to STL.Most of the foriegners I saw (SEA is a big Intnl airport and port of entry)were of Asian extraction.But there were a lot of Arabs there.I dont think we can ban everyone from coming here,but we sure as hell should stop the arabs coming in.

..."We also need to make sure that millions more don't get here in the future too. "...

Hmmmmm......seems like that is a sweet refrain from ca 1986, right? About every 15 years that tune becomes a little popular ditty, only to fade away into obscurity for a few more years...perhaps next time we hear that sweet refrain, it will only be 10 - 12 years.....given the size of the population now, there would probably be a real need to recognize and offer amnesty much quicker next time....especially with two Republican precedent setting administrations.

" I can't really believe all the tin foil hat brigade's notions that Mexicans are moving here as part of some concerted effort to slowly take over the whole country."

It wasn't very long ago that I was unaware of just how deliberate they are in their intent to take over, and certainly this is true for some part of the country although most of the country is experiencing the effects of it. Consider these statements by high profile Mexican/hispanic leaders (including some who are American):

Augustin Cebada, Brown Berets:
"Go back to Boston! Go back to Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims! Get out! We are the future. You are old and tired. Go on. We have beaten you. Leave like beaten rats. You old white people. It is your duty to die.. Through love of having children, we are going to take over.

Richard Alatorre, Los Angeles City Council:
"They’re afraid we’re going to take over the governmental institutions and other institutions. They’re right. We will take them over. We are here to stay."

Excelsior- The national newspaper of Mexico:
"The American Southwest seems to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a single shot."

Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas:
"We have an aging white America. They are not making babies. They are dying. The explosion is in our population.. I love it. They are shitting in their pants with fear. I love it."

Art Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party:
"Remember 187 (proposition to deny taxpayer funds for services to non citizens) was the last gasp of white America in California."

Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor:
"We are politicizing every single one of these new citizens that are becoming citizens of this country.I gotta tell you that a lot of people are saying, "I’m going to go out there and vote because I want to pay them back."

Mario Obledo, California Coalition of Hispanic Organizations and California State Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Jerry Brown, also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton:
"California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn’t like it should leave."

Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General:
"We are practicing "La Reconquista" in California."

Professor Fernando Guerra, Loyola Marymount University:
"We need to avoid a white backlash by using codes understood by Latinos."