With so much talk of immigration, illegal or not, I think it's important that to understand what I think to be an important point of the entire issue. Exactly how hard is it to obtain citizenship or green card status or whatever? I'd think with NAFTA's loosening of the border and the ease of immigration (and the HUGE financial advantage to immigrate to the states from mexico) we'd see less and less illegal immigration. I am starting this topic because I don't understand the process and was hoping someone could help clear this up. Is it so hard that it's turning many of these illegals away from the process..since there are many companies that will hire them anyways? Or is it an easier process that they are just simply bypassing?