President Obama had to make an executive order to start to fix the immigration system in this country.  There has been a bill in Congress for years to make some changes, but Congress wouldn't bring it to the floor for a vote. The order doesn't grant amnesty as the Republicans assert, and does provide more money for border security.  The Republicans continue to say they won't pass any new immigration bill until our southern border is secure.  But realistically, that will never happen.  Build a wall the entire length of the border and they will still come across. You can't put a border patrolman every ten feet along the border.

And you know what, I can't blame people for trying to sneak into the U.S. and make a better life for themselves and their children.  We are all the same.  The only difference is that I was lucky enough to be born on this side of some imaginary line that separates two countries. 

The Republicans talk a big story about how much "illegals" are so bad for the country, and yet, they provide a cheap labor force for many businesses and do many of the jobs most won't do like picking fruit and vegetables, drying our cars at the car wash, changing the sheets in our hotel room, etc.  Don't forget they are consumers too, something a capitalist nation like the U.S. needs.  They also pay the same taxes we do except income tax. 

And finally, unless you are an American Indian, you are descended from an immigrant the same as I am. Isn't whats good for the goose, good for the gander??