The solution is multi-faceted.

First, build the fence. Electrified or not, build it. Along the Canadian border too. Also inspect 100% of containers, where some illegals come in from overseas ports. This will help with other aspects of homeland security too.

Second, bring home the Army from Iraq and place them on our borders. This is the proper job for a country’s army, not going off into foreign entaglements (per George Washington) to secure the world’s oil supply for ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco, and Shell.

Third, publicly arrest the CEOs of companies that employ illegal immigrants, make them do the TV perp walk, try and convict them and send them to jail for 10 years, and fine their corporations a million dollars for each case of employing an illegal immigrant. That’s $500 million for the meat-packing house that employs 500 illegals.

Fourth, offer an Amnesty program–for illegals who agree to return home. A thousand dollars in cash, payable as they exit the country. Fingerprint them on the way out so that they can be identified in the future as illegals if they choose not to come back through legal immigration means.

Fifth, raise minimum wage to $15.00 per hour, and require that all coprorations that use seasonal or unskilled labor provide health care insurance for their employees. Then Americans will want to do the jobs that allegedly only illegal immigrants will now do.

There is no will to do these things in either party, because no one wants to take the political fall for rising consumer prices that will occur if we place the cost of doing business on the corporations instead of having it rest on our local governments (emergency rooms, subsidized housing, etc.).

So either accept things as they are or vote to change them. Half-measures that offer winks and nods to corporate interests do not work.

Jose drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage free house and has a lot of money to spend. Carlos only brings in 2 to 3 dollars a day.

Carlos asks Jose how he can bring home a suitcase full of $10 bills every day.

Jose says, “Look at your sign.” It reads: “I have no work, a wife & 6 kids to support”

Carlos looks at Jose’s sign. It reads: “I only need another $10.00 to move back to Mexico”

Of course, I have a problem with how we treat animals as lesser life forms, because not only who are we to judge, but once you divide yourself into catagories of ‘better than’ and ‘lesser than’, you won’t ever stop doing it. Value ALL life and these sorts of outrageous comments will cease to be supported.

No doubt Wayne. Very few employers have faced legal troubles for illegally hiring illegals- barely a slap on the wrist when caught. Business interests have gotten everything they wanted- from ridiculus tax breaks to near slave labor. The illegal floodgate was opened to level the playing field in a globalized economy IMO. The middle class standard of living had to be lowered to compete with the serfs in the rest of the world. Illegals might be considered a weapon in the war on the middle class.

I’m about as “progressive” as can be until it comes to this issue. I’m a strong union man (skilled tradesman) whom is bothered more than most by the weakening of the unions that made the middle class. Like unions or not, they are (or used to be) the check & balance of corporate greed run amok.

The problem is that no political party really cares about unions anymore. The rethugs have nearly won their undeclared war on them and the democrats could care less. They honestly seem to care more about Fred & Joes ability to get married than their ability to make a decent wage.

In a sense I can’t blame the democrats too much though. They can’t count on a solid union vote anymore. BushCo et al has been genius in propaganda and emotional issue twisting. They actually convinced many I know that the democrats were going to take their guns away, turn their sons and daughters into “queers”, abort any fetus they could find, and do all this while hating Jesus and those who serve in the military because they are immoral! Sad but true.

Talk about tolerance. Maybe one day you’d like to take a look into that behavior – that is, if you want to win any elections in near future.