re: #26 ralphieboy

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.

This is kind of like saying there is a checkout stand at the store for legal buyers, but there’s no place where shoplifters can pay for the stuff they take.