The question that you originally asked has been answered. Of course this type of discussion has a tendancy to take on a life of it's own, so I'll throw in my 2 cents. First of all, I served in the US army infantry for 12 years so I respect the fact that some of your relatives served. I think that people have problems with illegal aleins, aside from what has already been posted, is that it is ILLEGAL. All of us who are not native americans, are immigrents who's family's had to go through the LEGAL process to live & work here. We are also supposedly under terrorist attacks that could breech the borders while posing as "undocumented workers". Personally, I don't understand why people who live in countrys that are corrupt, that could modernize, that are rich with resorces (my god, that sounds like what we are becomming) take back your own country and make it work. If I went to your homeland will they give me health care, a job and housing even though I can't speak that country's language?