[Wyody]

Pan, , I can usually present my own thoughts well enough for most to understand ... and there is often the occasional bright-star that actually "gets it". Not that I'm that "deep", just that there is usually a page2 between my lines. Thanks for the effort, however. No need to waste time twisting things to fit any irrelevant "points". I'm entertained by most of your postings just as they read! No need for me to try and tell folks what you're saying - I might get it wrong. Peace.

53, your story reminds me of exactly how many illegal aliens I've actually known. It just might be zero. Anybody else known someone here illegally? Everybody I've known from Mexico has been carded and so, I have no real take on what drives others to do it illegally. I've known people who were Border Patrol agents, even considered doing it myself at one time. I've known legals ... I did know one fellow who'd been in this country for like, 60 years - went to school here and had even retired from the military and then retired from a second federal job - but when the hoopla started a very few years ago, he was sweating being deported 'cause there was one piece of paperwork he'd never turned in decades ago. He didn't get sent away - don't know if any problem ever came up ... and not sure whether to think of him as an illegal or not - he's my uncle!