Barbara,TN. I wander if your friends are really from England. Most if not all Western Eureopeans do not require Visas to come to the U.S.

I can tell you with 100% certainty that the British do not require visas to come here just as we are not requried to have visas to go there.

I think it is a good thing that they Republicans killed the immigration bill. Cant wait for us to have a democratic congress, senate and president when we will have a more sensible bill that will not split families apart.

Like I said I am pro immigrant and at the same time for sensible immigration reform.
These politicians want to treat immigration like the we are in a crisis mode. Our lives go on whether there are illigal immigrants or not.

Like I said I am all for immigration as my people migrated into this country years and years ago.

We were never asked by the Native Americans if were here ligally. Nor were we asked to speak their language or make it our official language.

The immigration issue only seems to effect people of color (Haitians, Hispanics etc.). In a perfect world ran by perfect people everyone would be here legally and there wouldn't be any need for welfare and other government assisted programs. But unfortunately this country has a tendency to focus on the wrong issues at the wrong time. Our healthcare is out of control, you have to actually decide if going somewhere is really important because of gas prices, people our barely holding on to their jobs. As a country we have to fix the problems that effect ALL Americans everyday and not focus on a "problem" that's been around since the begining of time.

Donald Campbell, yes, we are all immigrants here; however, there is an enormous difference between arriving legally and crawling across the border under the cover of night. I will give two examples.

I had a friend from Estonia. During WW2, he and his family were liberated and sent to a camp, in Europe, run by the U.S. Military. There they stayed until a Church group in Ohio agreed to sponsor them to come to the U.S. They lived with one of the church members for one year, during which time they learned English and found jobs. A success story.

The other example, we had friends from England visit us in California. Before they could get a visa, they had to prove they had valid car insurance (to cover the rental car), valid drivers' licenses, adequate medical insurance, roundtrip tickets, adequate funds for lodging and to post bond that they would not, in any way, become a burden to the U.S.

When we start making the illegals furnish all this, then I'll feel much better about this guest worker program.

What about the Candians? I am sure they do the same, but picking on the Mexican kids make better ratings.

I agree that they all should pay their way. If the kids are not born in the USA the parents should pay to allow them to attend our schools.

I thought the only fair and balance news was from Fox News...lol..

OUTRAGEOUS! WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO REPORTING THE FACTS?????

What a biased report of one of the most important domestic problems facing the nation today. The fact that you blatantly edited a comment from the US Customs and Border Protection official on what was asked of the students about their residency when they crossed the border was bad enough, but you forgot to mention that the vast majority of these children must be taught in Spanish because they can't speak English, and that they get free breakfasts and free lunches because of American programs designed for poor students who don't get a good meal at home.

How about asking who pays for the buses that take these kids to school? How can they just get on them and be delivered to public schools?

I would also like someone to ask the El Paso ISD employee why he thinks we should throw a net over the school. Wouldn't it be easer to throw a net over the damn bridge and see who is coming across rather than sending them through the fast lane???

OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!

I hope you will do the same for the Canadian border. I drove a couple of years ago to Canada to visit my Neice who is a Canadian. I was shocked when I ran into rush hour traffic crossing from New York state into Canada.

Almost all of those crossing to Canada were Canadians with American Passports crossing the Border home after a day's work in New York.

Probably the same is happening with their Citizens crossing to come to shool here.

I am all for granting legal stay for the millions of people who are here illigally including Hispanics and other immigrant goups.

I am tired of all the news media showing Mexicans as the culprits.

We are all immigrants here. Why was it okay back then for a European to jump on a ship and dock at Ellis Island and be granted citizenship and not okay when the immigrants coming in are now mostly non europeans.

I totally agree that there is need for immigration reform but we just can't deport 12M+ people. Grant them legal status and then write strict immigration laws.

Finally there are people who say they are a burden on the American Tax Payer. I blame these politicians who wants to secure their jobs for this mis information.

We should learn from Spain where they just granted legal stay to millions of immigrants and the effect it is having on their economy. Taxes are up; there is job growth; there is also growth in the economy.

These people here in the U.S also pay taxes just like all of us and when we eat breakfast or lunch or dinner we need to ask ourselves who are these people who make it so affordable. Not to talk of housing or our Grandparents/Mothers and Fathers in these Nursing Homes....