The main point of that post is that our neighbors to the south of us have some VERY stringent laws – yet – they expect us to keep our borders open to them and to not enforce any of the laws the we have.

Some of my commenters did take some pretty hard core positions. Personally, my feelings are if you come here legally and go through all the right steps – you should be afforded all the same rights as an American citizen – even if you don’t have citizenship yet. But, that also means you suffer all the same consequences as Americans should you commit any crimes. This country was built by immigrants. To turn people away and to force such strict rules would defeat the purpose of our way of life – freedom and prosperity for all who want to make an honest living.

It’s the one’s who come here illegally or try to circumvent the process that are not welcome. But, I’m with you on this – if these were our laws – no one would feel welcome. Maybe that is why no one moves TO Mexico any more!

American Idiot – hmmm – can’t recall any of our discussions. Given that I didn’t immediately cringe at the sight of your name – I would have to say that any disagreements that we had – we probably did come out of it still respecting one another.

Thanks for the post.