[Preechr]

There is no reason we couldn't set up a system where immigrants could be thoroughly vetted within about 60 days upon entry into this country. If we want to get all uptight about it, put one of those tracking anklets on em, like they use for people under house arest, or maybe even stick em in one of our closed down military bases so we can run them through a citizenship boot camp.

Concerned about overloading our social welfare systems? Put their citizenship on a provisional basis for five years or so where nothing is free. Worst case scenario, they can always run north to Canada's open arms for a free lunch. Worried that they won't learn the language? Require it as a condition of full citizenship. You can do the same thing with healthcare by requiring them to purchase and retain health insurance. If we can submit them to the red-tape they currently are subjected to, I think it's pretty safe to say we could do whatever we want and get away with it.

Any legitimate concerns anyone has about immigration can be addressed rationally. That is not what this little crapfest is about. Our legislators are not working on fixing any problems right now. They are creating a boogey man to be burned in effigy for the elections. Those that cannot govern with leadership based in reason manipulate with fear and prejudice.

As I said before, we have a bad tendancy toward persecuting anyone we can whenever we can gin up an appropriate seeming excuse to do so. OUR rights are God-given, but everybody else has to get them from us.