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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))4/28/2010 3:50:15 am PDT

re: #24 sattv4u2

Just a few minor corrections

there is no system in place to admit, register, identify and track immigrants who have come to live and work in America.

Incorrect. we do it every day. People are here legally with student and work visas (not to mention travelers and those awaiting citizenship).

Immigration is a national problem,

ILLEGAL immigration is. Immigration itself is and always has been welcome

You are correct that there is a system for registering legal immigrants. But as long as the border remains porous, there is no system for admitting and registering other immigrants: they simply come over and blend into to the local populace and we have no way of tracking them.

The Arizona law is a flawed, desperate attempt to come to grips with this problem.

And yes, I meant ILLEGAL immigration.