I just have a few observations about the hoopla surrounding the immigration debate.
One: the news reports assume that the vast majority of the crowds are illegal aliens, without any real attempt to validate the assumption. Given the nature of the political rhetoric surrounding the immigration issue, the media's typical sound-bite oversimplifications, and the limited English skills of the population in question, I'd say the odds are just as good that the crowds consist of legal immigrants and others who have been duped into thinking that their status is somehow at risk.
Two: when folks like Fox News say that they see "mostly American flags" in the crowds, yet the photos accompanying the articles show, at best, approximate numerical parity between U.S. and non-U.S. flags, it's easy to draw the conclusion that the mainstream media is wearing blinders of one sort or another, or perhaps they just have their collective head in a dark place.
Three: Listening to the rhetoric, you'd think that we have no immigration process on the books, that people either enter the country illegally or not at all, so obviously building a fence along the Mexican border would mean the end of immigration en toto. Give me a break. What about the millions of immigrants who have entered this country legally, according to existing immigration law, in an effort to secure a better future for themselves and their children? These folks are being pushed to the back of the line, ignored by the press, the People, and the government. It is yet another example of the lawless garnering preferential attention, and causing problems for the law-abiding.
For a moment, forget about the fence, forget about the logistics of deporting millions of illegals. If we would simply stop giving them services that are funded by U.S. taxpayers, and meant to serve only U.S. taxpayers, that would go a long way toward stemming the flow of illegals into the country--not to mention the fact that it would actually be fair. No more free medical care, schooling, transportation, driver's licenses, etc. ad nauseam. (That policy in itself might not stop terrorists crossing over, but I'd wager a citizen's well-placed .30-30 or 12-ga. round would do the job on those boys.)
Hrmph.