It's now known that the terrorists were schooled in "how to manipulate the US system" - why can't our pundits and other officials understand this? While I don't advocate a police state or infringement on personal rights, I do think we have to understand the new world we now live in since 9/11. The enemies of America use our weaknesses against us - they've studied us well. The liberal PC crowd has done much over the last several decades to weaken our country - it's time to bring sanity back into the picture. Can we be a free and open country who welcomes LEGAL immigrants - I think so, but only if we start using common sense and SCREEN all who want to live here. Frankly, I would stop ALL visas for at least one year to give us a chance to locate, deport, legalize the thousands of illegals now in this country.
America is made up of immigrants BUT they should - as in the old days - become AMERICANS - not hyphenated Americans. It's one thing to honor the "memory" of your former country and customs - it's another to have that "memory" supercede the customs and country of your new home.