Bill--

I'm sorry:   "go home" and get in line is just wildly off-base.

1)   As I indicated earlier, many have been here so long that "go home" to "country of origin" is a feeble joke.

2)   If you ever make "go home" and get in line a condition for path to citizenship, no illegal immigrant will ever come out of the shadows voluntarily.   Would you, in their place?   I would not.

3) Since they will not voluntarily come forward and "go home" how will you enforce this?   Informants? You know what direction this is leading.

4) If they did all magically get whisked "home", you'd see what a huge hit to the US economy that would cause.   Not anything that should be wished by a thinking person.


It's clear that the proposals put forward by Genie, Art, and I, among others, are the only sensible ones.


Among other things, again, as Genie and I have already pointed out once today, any person truly concerned about illegal immigrants forcing down wages of US workers should be in favor of a path to citizenship for illegals. If they were legal they would not be vulnerable to unscrupulous employers paying less than minimum wage, or otherwise mistreating them, then holding the deportation threat over their heads if they complained. All workers would benefit.