Simply, illegal immigration is an issue created to get Republican voters riled up enough to vote when Republicans don't have much they can successfully run on.

It's a non-issue that no one really expects to solve or has any intention of doing anything productive on.

1. When in the last 6 years has there been anything done without big business backing it? Guess who hires illegals. Look at the Walmart busts - each one nets hundreds of illegals, but there are just a handful every year.

How many Walmarts, Targets, Sam's Clubs and other employers are there that hire illegals? The number investigated and the number hiring don't add up.

Someone once likened their approach to throwing garbage at the wall and seeing what sticks with the public. I assume immigration didn't capture enough, so they came up with gays, now flag burning.

I wonder what's next if polls don't pick up. i've been playing that little game for awhile now - and it's true.

2. Twice as many illegals cross the Canadian border (per U.S. border patrol figures). They just can't be seen as easily. That does make this a race issue.

The numbers from the U.S. border patrol are published on a congressional members website. (I'd have to hunt it down again - I'm not a proffessional. Should be easy to google).

3. Arizona already has a 'guest worker' program. I discovered this gem from a current class action lawsuit found at www.findlaw.com. The workers are charging that they aren't being paid. The farmers set up another company (to avoid these issues) to bus workers back and forth across the border. All those 'illegal' immigrants working in the field - aren't illegal.

What surprised me is there is very LITTLE oversight from the State Department of these charters.

4. A little history reminder - Every single hijacker was LEGALLY in this country with VISA's ISSUED by the State Department.

They weren't illegal immigrants, they were officially APPROVED. So how come 9/11, homeland (in)security, and everything else is now wrapped up as illegal immigration?

The State Department, however, have made few productive changes. They still can't track or find a majority of visa's they issue. (A little more history - it took public outcry, 2 years after 9/11 for the State Department to restrict Saudi Visa's at all).

There's several security oriented websites that have scathing reports security measures made by consultants have NOT been implimented,
charged they wanted a specific outcome suggested, and have done little to produce more than the public impression of 'security' (or hassle, like at the airport).

It doesn't take constitution busting procedures / implants / RFID's to improve security. Other nations face higher level threats, more often and still don't resort to the invasive measures - and there's no contest, they have better security, for much less cost.

I worked at airports for over 10 years. Real improvements were opposed or scrapped. They kept the 'show'.

5. Illegals (Mexican's) haven't been found in significant numbbers on any public benefit roll. That doesn't make sense. When a person signs up for public benefits, the State can start tracking everything - Illegals are kind of 'allergic' to that kind of scrutany.

I talked to several illegal bus boys and the SS numbers are protected. They pass the numbers on to family members or to friends.

They pay taxes. Many don't file for a return because that could lead to an audit. Funny thing about the I.R.S., if you pay but don't file for a return, no one questions it. From what I heard, it's possible the I.R.S. may still have 90 year old bus boys paying in on a SS number.

It seems to me, if they were serious a few paperwork checks on available information would produce more effective results.

But, that's IF they were serious.

6. Besides, Mexicans have universal healthcare already in Mexico. Why would they want to go here? I got that information from a study done in Texas wondering why so few eligible for Medicaid were interested in getting it.

It seems they prefer healthcare in Mexico (citizenship is NOT required. U.S. citizens can sign up for $400/year and according to ex-parte boards, at the specialist level the quality is the same or better than what we are used to).

In Arizona, someone only needs to cross the border to see everything from dentists to surgeries offered. They can't be that bad with charters crossing the border just for healthcare.

Maybe WHO is right and U.S. healthcare has fallen below a number of third world countries. It's certainly a myth we have #1 in the world.

Americans with means travel to Thailand for the latest. Mexico City will offer the latest state of the art global facility and it will be open to universal healthcare - that is if Bush doesn't figure out a way to get them to privitalize it first.


9. I watch network news for the first time in quite awhile and it must have degenerated further (because I used to believe it). I could only take a week. Even within the same broadcast, stories could contridict each other and no questions were asked. The only investigative leads supported the stories. 90% + of national news was directly what had been given out on a press release (I looked a few up) as written.

To be fair, the White House isn't the only one offerring pre-packaged news, but they are the one making various statements that oppose verified publically available information and do so unchallenged. Are people that gullible?

Based on the few comments by anchors, they certainly are. I used to think news persons had to have some level of intelligence or questioning ability and that seems to not be part of the job anymore. Then I realized, the last time I'd seen them in the field reporting was usually the weather report.

With a better sense of humor, I could have equated them with the Onion and John Stewert, combined. This would have been much more interesting to read too probably.

10. We need to start understanding much more about foriegn economies and how we fit into the picture - largely because the U.S. is a debtor nation too.

Under current agreements, the Mexican economy CAN'T grow. Illegal Immigration is a by-product of OUR policies. No nation has improved their economy since Reagan first developed them.

The way we treat them, will have a lot to do with the way we can expect to be treated.

Maybe we should try and listen, first?

11. The IMF issued a warning to NOT offer anymore tax cuts, our defect threatens global stability and within 48 hours, Bush announded another tax cut. That's a good clue where this administration is heading.

Everywhere I look for documented information does not produce what most American's would call a 'rosy economic future'. Remember, NO nation has improved their economy under current debtor nation regulations - that includes us now.

There is a CIA processed used to 'de-stabilize' a country and step by step, Bush has initiated the same process here. This is history folks and it's happening again.

This isn't just about Mexico, this is also about us.