Reply #11: I understand the sentiment but

[sui generis]

We need to consider declaring an amnesty and we really do need to make it harder to be an undocumented immigrant here, in a way that's not inhumane or dangerous.

And we need to address our border issues.

There are pockets of latino ghetto all over Dallas, of extraordinarily poor people who have been here for generations without learning english, without sending their kids to school, without any standard for seeking U.S. citizenship except that the grass is greener here.

I can personally tell you that the great majority don't vote, don't identify with a political party, and aren't engaged in the political process or civic education. They are just getting by. The last issue that actually spurred the Dallas latino community to get out in droves was gay marriage - voting against it, and I see 2 out of every five yard signs supporting Republicans, when they ARE engaged in the political process.

They're here. Their kids are dating our kids, they're bringing their Mamitas and Papis here, they are finding employment and happiness and hope and a better standard of living than they ever had in Mexico . . . even in the ghettos here.

We have to bring them in and get them paying taxes and contributing to the village. If the problem is immigration, then deal with the mechanics of immigration, not with the immigrants who are already here. Sending them back is simply NOT an option and anyone who doesn't live near a latino community cannot comprehend how impossible, how dangerous that would be to our social fabric to even attempt.

If the borders are the problem, then focus on solving the border problem. We can't unmake the past or the present.