[LS]

Pukin', you're 180 degrees off. Immigration is THE issue that the 2008 winner will take---border enforcement. Whoever grabs that issue and runs with it (Tancredo is just too small potatoes---I mean, whichever major figure) wins. It's that simple. So, yes, we can be right and win.

[Froufrou]

Immigration is THE issue that the 2008 winner will take---border enforcement. Whoever grabs that issue and runs with it.

This is my take on it, too. What it's too late for is Shamnesty ala McCainnedy style. $1000 fine?! Ridiculous, when they wouldn't pay the $75 for a Visa in the first place. We need a guestworker registry. If you're caught without being registered, you can never, ever be here as an immigrant. Period. EVER.

[Protagoras]

Border inforcement is precisely the recipe for failure IMO.

If you want to have fewer Mexicans coming (escaping) to the US, conditions in Mexico need to change radically. They live in a corrupt kleptocracy, and until that stops, they will continue to escape. They need the freedom to succeed or fail. They need the rule of law. If they were truly free, they could stay home.

The US needs to make it clear to the Mexicans in charge, that either they fix the problem on their side of the fence or they can forget about "help" from us.