We already have immigration laws that are being completely ignored.  The US Border Patrol is asking to enforce the current laws, even though they are extremely undermanned.  Local law enforcement is asking for enforcement authority, as well as, border states, property owners near the borders, hospitals, schools, jails, and workers are all asking for enforcement.  Why do they, the brainless politicians, think more complicated laws will improve anything when they can't even enforce the ones we have now?

No law enforcement officer (except BICE) can ask about residency status. Local police cannot ask a man who commits an armed robbery, rape, murder, or drug dealing about their residency status and have a very difficult time positively identifying illegals in our criminal justice systems. If we cannot accurately identify people who are in our country, then this doesn’t enhance national security. They should not be allow to remain in our country, they should be deported.

As an important part of "comprehensive" immigration reform there will be 24-hour identity/background checks.  Oh, right.  I am soooo sure that the government is capable of that.  Yet, the GAO says the Social Security Administration has 246 million "discrepancies" with name and social security matches.  (These discrepancies date back as far as 1937, but are still all unresolved.)

Inefficiency Perspective:  The US State Department is overwhelmed, surprised, and unprepared for the increased number of passport requests since one recent law change  -- our government is requiring US citizens to have passports whent they enter and return from Mexico, Canada, and the Carribean but they still want to leave most fo the 2700 miles of Mexican border left unprotected.  Currently, the US State Dept. is asking for patience for passports - as foreign travel is being screwed up.  People who applied for passports in January 2007 still have not received their passports yet. 

-- And yet, they say, "Trust us!  We can fix the problem with "comprehensive" reform."   No, thanks.  Just enforce the laws as they are currently written, then we can talk about "comprehensive" reform.