Higher reasoning and leadership in regards to fairness to both immigrants and our nation is what's needed. We must strive to seek an altruistic balance between the needs of the individual (both immigrant and existing citizen) and that of society as whole in order to have a nation that is welcoming, while also preserving a sense of nationalism, order, and responsibility to our country. In welcoming immigrants, Hispanics and others, we should consider doing so with better provisions made for assisting immigrants in succeeding and in gaining a better life, but also with clear and rational expectations required of them, so to help them become a contributing part of the American culture and society, rather than a sub-culture and separate society. Our present system creates chaos and anomie, which in turn fosters frustrations and intolerances. Making English the official language is a good start in encouraging an assimilation into mainstream society and culture, and will ultimately help level the playing field for immigrants in becoming more upward mobile. Also, the millions of taxpayer dollars spent annually on printing government documents in multiple languages could be used instead in providing other more greatly needed services for immigrants.

It's needed and good to point out that we need to listen to the Hispanic community more often. They have a voice and deserve to be heard!

This will be a big challenge for the GOP who have spent so much time bashing immigrants. As recently as the SC primary they were on this issue with a lot of hateful invective. Too bad these committed "Christians" don't bother to follow the words of Scripture about "welcoming the stranger."