[mookiemookie]

On one hand this doesn't do anything to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. It doesn't do anything to keep illegal immigrants from taking up school spots and scholarships from legal residents.

But on the other hand, deporting someone who entered the country illegal through no choice of their own, with no understanding of the consequences of this choice that was made for them, no other life or means of making a life someplace else...I don't know how much sense that makes either. I suppose it's a good thing that they have an opportunity to become legal where they didn't before.

Pretty conflicted about this. I see both sides of the argument. But in any case what's worrying is the number of ways that both Bush and Obama have come up with to circumvent the lawmaking process. These legal loopholes that let a president pretty much do what they want are not the way the system is supposed to work. Whether or not you agree with what they've done using these processes, it sets a precedent for future presidents. I shudder to think of the policies that a President Palin would enact using signing statements and the like.