The first thing we need to do is to make the Social Security card as secure as the average debit card, interactive with a data base. You want a job? Swipe here.

Second thing to do is to make the penalties for hiring an illegal and being an illegal the same. Of course, right now they are the same...Nada.

And the third thing to do is to crack down on these little nazi rabble rousers and self appointed border gardians before somebody gets hurt. Unlike some more famous minorities, the Mexicans are not passive people, as the demonstrations proved. You can see what might happen by looking at the recent California Prison disturbances.

Dear Ms. McFeatters,

It seems that the U.S. constitution, the U.S. lower and middle working class, and our national sovereignty mean nothing to you. I have fixed your errors in your article below:

The heated issue of what to do about the influx of illegal immigrants into America is threatening to become a dominant issue in presidential politics. That would be dreadful for this nation. (THAT IS JUST WHAT WE DO NEED!)

With 8 million to 12 million immigrants illegally living in the United States, the clamor is loud for changes in immigration law. But there is no consensus on whether there should be a guest-worker program or a dramatic new effort to keep out immigrants through enhanced border security or an all-out push to force those here without documentation to leave. (TRUE - NO CONSENSUS - There are the SOCIALIST like yourself and the greedy businesses and the church who are out to destroy the United States, and there are REAL CITIZENS who value our constitution, rule of law, and the cultural and economic integrity of our nation.)

Senate Republican leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, a likely candidate for president in 2008, has clearly played politics with immigration, tying the Senate into knots as he argues for tough curbs on immigration. He believes that voters want a crackdown on illegal immigrants. (THEY DO! AND MORE SO EVERY DAY AS THE GOVERNMENT'S BETRAYAL BECOMES MORE EVIDENT!)

Other Republicans, such as Sen. John McCain of Arizona, also a likely candidate, warn that the nation needs immigrants as well as a secure border. (RIGHT) McCain argues that those here illegally should have the option to work toward citizenship if they register. (WRONG)

Others say illegal immigrants (ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!!! Foreigners who wave signs saying this is their country aee ALIENS not immigrants, and they are here ILLEGALLY) should register, pay fines and work here temporarily but eventually go back to their own countries. (JUST GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRIES)

Some Republicans, who see the huge potential in winning over Latino voters (NAD LOSING THE MAJORITY OF ALL OTHER VOTERS), are worried that a harsh approach on all illegal immigrants, no matter where they are originally from, would send Hispanics into the arms of Democrats, who have traditionally wooed them more vigorously than Republicans. (RIGHT - THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOW DONE WITH THE BLACKS - SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF CHEAP UNSKILLED LABOR WILL ADVERSLY AFFECT THE LOWER INCOME BLACKS THE HARDEST according to real research done by the center for immigration studies www.cis.org - check it out and get educated on the subject)

But the nation's 42 million Hispanics are increasingly politically sophisticated, with the result that neither party has a lock on their vote.

In the middle (NOT THE MIDDLE - BUSH IS A FAR RIGHT FASCIST who believes in what Mussolinni called a 'corporatocracy' ) is President Bush, who says that, yes, the nation needs tougher laws to deal with illegal immigrants, (YES) but that, yes, the nation needs some form of accommodation to help employers unable to supply their labor needs with legal U.S. citizens. (NO!)

The chaos on Capitol Hill over immigration is a sign of how extensive the discipline breakdown has become in the Republican Party, with the White House no longer able to control what happens in the GOP-dominated Congress.

The Senate appears to prefer a moderate approach that would permit illegal immigrants to get in line to become citizens, meanwhile working, paying taxes, contributing to Social Security and learning English. AMNESTY, AMNESTY, AMNESTY!)

The House wants to make it a serious crime to be in this country illegally or even to go to the aid of illegal immigrants. Thus, someone who rents to illegal immigrants, treats them medically without reporting them, or employs them could be subject to jail time. (THIS IS DESPERATELY NEEDED)

Millions of people in this country without the right papers would be permanently ineligible to become citizens. (ABOUT TIME) What hope would they have for a better tomorrow? (NOT OUR PROBLEM - IT IS MEXICO'S PROBLEM - SHOULD WE ALLOW EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM COMING TO THE U.S. COME? HOW MANY PEOPLE IS THAT?)

Naturally, the debate is spurring protests around the country. The last thing we need right now as we fight a war abroad that many people find chillingly and uncomfortably close to breaking out into a religious war, is a nation torn apart by violent clashes over who should be permitted to be a U.S. citizen and who should be kicked out. (THAT"S RIGHT - WE SHOULDN"T BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE LAWS THAT FORBID ILLEGAL ALIENS - WE NEED TO ENFORCE AND STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING LAWS - NO NEED FOR DEBATE)

Already a survey of Latin Americans legally living in this country reports a new rise of anti-immigrant sentiment. (OF COURSE - HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIT IN LINE AND FOLLOW THE RULES AND THEN THE MANAGEMENT LETS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR PUT PEOLE AHEAD OF YOU - HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?) That should worry everyone who lives in this polyglot of cultures that long has viewed itself as a melting pot and gold standard for the world on how to get along. (A 'POLYGLOT' is not the same as a MELTING POT. A "POLYGLOT' SOCIETY MAKES MANY FROM THE ONE - E. PLURIBUS UNUM WHICH IS THE U.S. MOTTO MEANS MAKING ONE FROM MANY - YOU ARE EQUIVOCATING OPPOSITE TERMS). Do we no longer welcome those who want to work hard, contribute, improve the lives of their children and help make this country great? (WE DON'T WELCOME INVADERS - AND THAT IS WHAT THESE ILLEGALS ARE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!)

On the other hand, a post-9/11 nation cannot permit its borders to continue to be sieves, letting in anyone who wants to scramble under a fence in the Vermont woods or cross a dry riverbed from Mexico.

In all this turmoil there are a few certainties emerging. It is physically, morally and politically inconceivable that the United States will or can eject the bulk of foreigners already here illegally. Even if the House bill became law, it could not be enforced fairly and would merely cause widespread fear, anger and revolt. YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE NOT 'CERTAINTIES' - THE LAW SIMPLY NEEDS TO DENY BENEFITS TO ILLEGALS AND LEVY SEVERE PENALTIES ON THE EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE ILLEGALS - THE ILLEGALS WILL LEAVE THE WAY THEY CAME, ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET)

However, some sort of national identity card is coming. (NOT IF I CAN HELP IT) So is a form of temporary-worker status. (NOT IF I CAN HELP IT) And it will become more difficult to become a U.S. citizen. (IT IS DIFFICULT NOW - EXCEPT WHEN YOU GIVE AN AMNESTY AS YOU ARE PROPOSING)

But any presidential candidate in 2008 who makes it his or her business to inject vitriol into the emotional immigration debate and divide the country even more should be scornfully rejected. (ANY CANDIDATE WHO MAKES REAL CONTROL OF OUR BORDERS AND PROTECTION OF U.S. JOBS A PRIORITY WILL WIN, WIN, WIN - this I am sure of!)

Ms. McFeatters - why do you hate your country so much?

MY RESPONSE (UPPER CASE) TO Comments Posted by wishnevsky (in lower case)at March 31, 2006 09:32 AM

The first thing we need to do is to make the Social Security card as secure as the average debit card, interactive with a data base. You want a job? Swipe here.

(A NATIONAL DATABASE ALREADY EXISTS TO CHECK SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AGAINST BUT EMPLOYERS DON'T USE THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THEN THEY COULDN'T CHEAT)

Second thing to do is to make the penalties for hiring an illegal and being an illegal the same. Of course, right now they are the same...Nada. (WHAT IS THE SENSE OF THIS IDEA? THE EMPLOYERS NEED SEVERE PENALTIES SUCH AS HUGE FINES, FELONY PENALTIES, AND POSSIBLE CONFISCATION OF THE BUSINESS. AFTER ALL, THEY DO THIS IN CALIFORNIA IF YOU ARE CAUGHT WITH A POT SEED IN YOUR CAR - CERTAINLY DISPLACING U.S. CITIZENS IN THE WORK FORCE AND AIDING AND ABBETTING ILLEGAL ALIENS IS AT LEAST AS BAD)

And the third thing to do is to crack down on these little nazi rabble rousers and self appointed border gardians before somebody gets hurt. Unlike some more famous minorities, the Mexicans are not passive people, as the demonstrations proved. You can see what might happen by looking at the recent California Prison disturbances.

(A THREAT HUH? THIS PERSON THINKS THAT CONCERNED CITIZENS WHO ARE EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, OR MORE ACCURATELY THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY AS A CITIZEN, ARE 'NAZI RABBLE ROUSERS'! TALK ABOUT VITRIOL - CALLING RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY, AND LAND OWNERS, ALL CITIZENS IN GOOD STANDING NAZIS ILLUSTRATES THE PERSON'S LACK OF ABILITY TO DEBATE WITH FACTS. IT IS DUMB TO THREATEN THE LEGAL POPULATION WITH REBELLION FROM ILLEGALS - THE ILLEGALS WOULD BE FINISHED IN NO TIME - THERE ARE OVER 200,000,000 FIREARMS IN THE HANDS OF OVER 200,000,000 VERY PISSED OFF LEGAL CITIZENS WHO ARE GETTING MORE IRRITATED BY THE DAY BY THE TRAITOROUS ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BILE FROM ILLEGAL APOLOGISTS SUCH AS YOURSELF)