tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post115212283613077021..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Immigration Fantasyambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1152139865147133072006-07-05T16:51:00.000-06:002006-07-05T16:51:00.000-06:00Terrye,Right now there are about 4.4 million holde...Terrye,<BR/><BR/>Right now there are about 4.4 million holders of LPR status who are of Mexican descent. Lazt year 77,000 were naturalized. They're here to work - not to become Americans.<BR/><BR/>Skook,<BR/><BR/>If the penalty were 60 days of beans, rice and tortillas (and loss of income) then feewer attempts would be made. It is a matter of will, though. And that will doesn't exist at the moment.Rick Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082425215912372067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1152130863745687402006-07-05T14:21:00.000-06:002006-07-05T14:21:00.000-06:00Rick:I think you are a lot closer to right than th...Rick:<BR/><BR/>I think you are a lot closer to right than that nutcase Tancredo is but getting these people to listen to anything other than load em up and hsip em out and wall wall wall is almost impossible. <BR/><BR/>I am not sure how many of these illegals really want to be citizens nor I am not sure how many of them could pay the fines etc even if they were interested. I think a lot of these folks would like to be legal and would pay taxes but people want to make this way too complicated. <BR/><BR/>What I always wondered about is if all these people came here because of some amnesty program in the 80's, what brought those people here before the amnesty?terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.com