[kddani]

I'm happy that I live in a part of the country where this isn't really as big of a problem as other places.

However, it has still affected my life. My uncle (that part of the family lives in Tulsa, OK) was killed by a drunk driving illegal immigrant from Mexico. The illegal immigrant fled the scene, and shortly thereafter fled the country before he could be caught.

There was a lot of red tape involved, and no one was ever punished for the death of my uncle. Apparantly this is a big problem in that part of the country.

So personally, it's hard for me to overcome my emotions on issues like this. I'm a fairly liberal person in general, but I do take a hard line on some things, and this is one of them.