"But those willing to place part of the blame for Sept. 11 on the illegals that Bush would like to place within the reach of our immigration bureaucracy are confusing the issue. As much as we have a right to be afraid of fundamentalists who want to destroy America, keeping out the millions who want to be part of the American dream won't make us safer.

If anything, the rigidity of our current system has helped create a chaotic situation that can potentially allow terrorists into our country. The notion that we can prevent future attacks by making it hard on poor people who come here to do the jobs that Americans are uninterested in doing is farcical. Current law has drastically restricted legal immigration to this country. And in the best tradition of market economics, this has created a situation where the law is routinely flouted."

Marketly speaking, if there are jobs in this country that people aren't willing or able to take, people will come from somewhere to take them, regardless of the law or of what we'd like to think about it. So to me, at least, it makes sense to help them and make sure that they don't get abused by these lovely corporations. I like Maddox's idea the best personally.