Policy

Wannabe President to Wannabe Americans: Get in Line

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Last night, presidential wannabe Mitt Romney offered illegal immigrants the exciting opportunity to "Get in line with everybody else." Various other contenders for the Republican nomination have suggested that America's conflicted relationship with her illegal immigrants could be resolved if only border crossers were willing to go home and "get in the back of the line."

Thus, a quick reminder of what happens when you try to immigrate to this country on the up-and-up, from our October 2008 issue (Click for big PDF version):