I think using the race card here shows a clear sign that you do not understand the issue.  Since you cannot argue substance, then pull out the race card, I guess.

  If you listened to the debates you may see it as simple economics, and another tool in how governments are trying to protect an artificial economy, and how our politicians are really too afraid of upsetting the voting block of the entitled [or friends thereof] to address the real issue that we have entitlement programs in the first place.  Granted, you could argue our politicians use illegal immigrants as scapegoats and maybe could argue racism/ethnicism if you developed your argument better-but even that is quickly undermined as it is more about convenience than racism as politicians try to pander between various blocks of voters which the set of illegal immigrants have no right to be.
  But essentially the reason immigration is an issue is because we have chosen to allow non-property owners the right to vote, and we may pandered to the working class to artificially keep wages high by reducing the supply of the labor force.

  BTW, Ellis island was an active landfill during most of it&#039;s use as an immigration hub for LEGAL immigration, and our military screened everyone and deported those who were not physically nor mentally fit.  In short Ellis Island was no dream island...err could be wrong, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumenoshima

anyways I tire, and i am starting to have double vision so i should stop here. I neither support the bill nor am I against it, I just think the cure is less government than more of it.