1. Are you actually saying that having any aliens in the country is bad, or just the ones here illegally? 2. Most people who came from Europe in the 17th, 18th, 19th, and beginning of the 20th centuries did not go through the right processes, mostly because there were no real processes. If you were on the right boat at the right place at the right time, you were an American. Nowadays, we have a different system so that we can protect our country. It's apples and oranges. 3. Your blanket statements about immigrants reveal your ignorance. First of all, illegal immigrants are from many countries, not just Mexico. I know some from the Dominican Republic (their kids were born in the U.S.). I used to help teach English at my church to immigrants. Some were illegal, some were not. Some spoke Spanish, some spoke Korean, some spoke Russian. They wanted to learn English. Why? Because it's hard to make it in the United States without knowing English. Your post has the distinct odor of racism to it, which has no place on a Christian website, no matter how conservative. 4. The amazing thing about America is that we have all kinds of different cultures here, and they all make our nation interesting. Big cities in America have, for years, been exhibitions of the wonders of America's cultural makeup. That's why it's almost impossible for sociologists to define "American culture." It's also why we're the envy of the world. 5. Equating illegal immigrants with terrorists is irresponsible and doesn't do justice to the people threatened and killed by terrorists around the world. 6. Economists who have studied the economic impact of illegal immigrants have estimated that if every illegal immigrant were to leave tomorrow, our economy will collapse. This canard that immigrants are just taking and taking without giving back is ridiculous. 7. There are anywhere from 11 million to 20 million illegal immigrants in the United States. That's equivalent to the population of the state of Ohio. Do you have any idea what arresting all those people would entail? I've heard it put this way: it would take over 200,000 buses lined up from San Diego, CA to Alaska to ship them all out of the country. Are you ready for your taxes to skyrocket in order to pay for the most massive law enforcement operation in the history of the United States? 8. Hanging someone for coming here illegally so they can feed their kids? Whatever we do to the least of these, we do to Christ. 9. Building a wall along the Mexican border would be equivalent to building a wall from the Washington Monument to the Sears Tower. How much would that cost? Remember, we are fighting a trillion dollar war in Iraq. Instead of listening to the demagogues, racists, and extremists, we should be finding a practical, fair, and tough approach to this problem.