"...as long as there are better jobs in the US than in Mexico, immigration from Mexico will continue--if not legal, it will be illegal. Walls, fences etc. are just a challenge to be overcome."

             Ron - I think that's kind of a defeatist take on the thing. All you have to do is to start throwing employers who hire illegals in jail and confiscating their property, and the problem will stop.

             As far as your take on the drug thing, I agree with everything you say. The whole "war of drugs" idea is stupid.

             I did read the comments the Pope made. This Pope seems to be like that Watts guy who was in the first Reagan Administration. Everything that comes out of his mouth seems to make somebody mad.