You're either a citizen or you're not

[classicman]

Originally Posted by TGRR

Perhaps you missed reality, you know, where neither major party nor their owners has any interest in doing anything of the kind.

The fact that neither party is in favor of it has no bearing.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes there are a zillion Mexicans coming in illegally, that are just poor starving people that are willing to work hard to support themselves and their families back home, blah blah blah.

Good - get stations built to process the paperwork and get them in legally.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

BUT, if you are a Mexican criminal running from the police, or the army, where can you be safe? USA.
If you are a Mexican criminal looking for money, as most criminals are, where's the money? USA.
If you are a Mexican smuggler, where are you going to smuggle to? USA.

HUGE BUT!

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If we don't know who's coming in, how do we ferret out the criminal element, which is significant and increasingly violent?

That is exactly why we NEED to control this border.