Requiring this as part of an "amnesty" program for would-be citizens is the foot in the door for a national comprehensive biometric ID program. America becomes Fallujah. It's insane to import poverty when there is more than enough domestic poverty that needs solving. Just goes to show that the only thing Democrats have more sympathy for than poor Americans is poor non-Americans. Ultimately, the debate about illegal immigration is not about economics, it's about nationalism. Does the nation belong to the citizens of the nation, or does the nation belong to the whole world? The current defacto-policy of open borders is no longer tolerable. The Democrats should be happy that so many Senate Republicans and Bush pander to business insatiable desire for ever cheaper labor. Because on this issue Republicans are missing a chance to deal a death blow to the Democratic Party since illegal immigration hurts black people most of all. Cracking down on illegals could provide a golden opportunity to split the 90% lock the Democrats have on the black vote since the Democrats seem to care more about the illegals than they do about black citizens.