Doug R, please read Art Brooks's last post. He beat me to the punch on that "lawful contact" phrase and what it may encompass.

Bill D, I really don't want to take on the whole immigration issue within this thread (which is more about the idea of everyone, including citizens, having to carry and "show papers" on command at all times). But I agree that it's important for any "amnesty" for illegals NOT to allow them to jump line in front of people who have been plodding their way through legal channels for years.   

I also think it's important not to let immigrants - whether illegals or "guest workers" - drive down wages in the US for workers across the board.   

I know "we" love our cheap produce, etc., but if those low supermarket and Wal-Mart prices are purchased at the cost of virtual slave labor -- whether within our borders or in "outsourced" off-shore factories -- then I say we need to rethink our values and priorities.

Maybe if produce and other consumables were not so easy to get hold of so cheaply, we Americans would purchase less and waste a whole lot less.

FWIW, I don't always find the produce, eggs, etc., from the big agribusinesses all that much cheaper than what's available from small local farmers.