[billybob]

Nice try, but for decades the authorities have known of the problem, but only addressed it in a token manner. There are now many thousands of Americans whose parents arrived 'illegally', whole sectors of the community who didn't bother to pick up a green card on the way in, and whole industries that rely on cheap labour to supply what their legitimate customers want at a price their customers are willing to pay.

The whole issue focuses on one easily-identifiable group. Because I am white and speak good English, I could most likely fly in, fail to leave, buy an identity and stay indeffinitely. This shameless playing of the race card against Hispanics encourages the perpetually self-righteous to tar all Hispanics with the same brush.
How long before we see them rounded up in dawn raids and shipped out without any further trial? How long before a Hispanic family born in America "accidentally' gets shipped off to a country they've never been to and has to spend a lot of time and money establishing that they have every right to be in America.

Hitler had the Jews as his rallying point for the disaffected. Bush has the illegals. Stop the rot now. The illegals have always been an issue, but there's far worse that needs to be addressed first. Like having an incompetent and dishonest President.