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I like Mr. Tancredo. However, I disagree with him on this particular action of his. Illegal aliens are here because the american regime over the last 30 years has facilitated that they be here. All these people did was come north to live when the US in fact allowed it.

I think we should stop illegal immigration by requiring employers to validate via modem the credibility of documents that the government already requires for employers to check. You see government requires employers to look at and photo-copy documents to assure that these people are legal. The government does not require validation of said documents. Therefore, the illegals can buy fake documents on the black market easily. If we merely require the employers to do the last step and actually validate, as a credit card company would require, then the problem is 90% eliminated. Without this step, the whole enforcement system is dysfunctional.

If we were to do this as Reagan preferred, but liberal repubs and liberal dems wouldn't allow, then new illegal immigration would stop. We should also, as reagan also preferred, to forgive existing illegals if they've got any roots, such as on the job for even 1 year.

We should not throw little kids out of schools because their parents have been hired illegally. As a people we must remember that the children of these families are growing up here. We should let them stay.

Our country can better be itself and improve job prospects for its citizens by merely shutting off the flow of new illegal immigrants. After all, since 1970 about 25% of mexico is el norte. I'm with tancredo if he wants to shut off the flow. But not if he wants to do things like this.

"I wish I had him here, face to face. I'd ask him, 'Do I seem like a bad person? No, just a law breaker. Does my son seem like a bad person?'" said Apodaca's mother, Maria Madrid. "All I've ever wanted is that my son fulfills his dream" of going to college. They have universities in their home.

Former Gov. Dick Lamm, who backs stricter immigration controls, said targeting one family rather than overall immigration policy could backfire.

"This violates people's sense of fairness," Lamm said.

What is fair about a lawbreaker getting rewarded while others that follow our laws must wait years to come here. Has he seen how long of a wait it is for people following the rules that want to come here. What is fair about letting someone who broke the law get the reward while other who follow the rules don't?!