Is illegal immigration the USA's biggest problem?

Greg N

Absolutely not. Anyone who believes that it is the "biggest" problem either doesn't know what they are talking about when it comes to immigration, or they fail to analyze facts correctly.

I think economic issues, the war, and the prospect of socialist-style policies being shoved through Congress to be larger problems.

(Note: Yes, I know immigration is a factor in the economy. Some say immigration helps as much as it hurts, but let's say for a moment that immigration is a net loss for the economy. If it is a net loss, and it's clearly one part of the economic problem, why are politicians, not even Republicans, talking about it? I think the answer is because the immigrants are not a significant issue when it comes to hurting our economy.)

Luigi

NO!! Debt is.

Evelyn j

have you not been watching the news??

no it's definitely not.

crazybeaner3002

No not really the biggest problem that the us has to overdeem it is the economy, morgages for houses and the auto industrie. That is are top 3 because houses are sold and bought everyday and gives our economy that consumer confidencet to waste money and be confident that the us is doing a good job of what they do with the money. And the auto industrie makes billions a day and yet we have low percent of money flowing into our banks and goverment which means low cash for people less jobs and less money which will become an inflation which it already is and soon everything you know will be more exspensive. Like a soda for $1 it will be $1.75 for a can which means more money to waste and less things to but which will cause the end of the econamy world and all we know it and eventually fight one another for things and cause riots and stealing in shops and maybe even in your own home so immagration is not our top problem. Sorry for the long explinaion? :(

LeighAnn D

No! There are quite a few things more important right now.

Chuck P

The economy is the biggest problem at this time, however the illegal immigration is adding to it by leaps and bounds.

jamie

no not at all
we have far bigger problems

T Stone

well .. it is a major one . when you have about 8 million taking from the health-care, schools, and other systems with out paying back in to the systems . Yes that hurts ..more than anyone admits.

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Not even close.

poLIteman

This is a major problem but not the biggest. Our Economy first and endless wars second. Immigration might be third.

lastdamnresponder

It's in the top five,

Pfo

It is a big problem, or perhaps I should say was because after the economic crisis, illegal immigration has been declining. Many are actually leaving because the jobs are drying up and the money isn't as good as it was.

tropics11

Do you have children or know someone that does? I would say drugs, tax payers paying for their medical needs, violence. They have to many kids and we end up paying for their breeding.

left the forum

Of course not.

The only people who are making a big deal about that are called racists, because they are only full of hate and the priorities of those haters are far away from reasonable, decent, unbiased people. As per you can see,.people who put immigration as top priority are really obsessed with that issue. Sick minds. Specially when they attack only one population.

StoneCold

Does not matter... It's still a problem!!

Wrong Greg N!! - Estimates of the size of the United States portion alone of the underground economy range from $500 billion to $1 trillion.

http://www.jahsonic.com/UndergroundEconomy.html

Micky....the resurrection

Yes, it is.

One Deist

Yes, sir it is not just economically but morally as well

I had tried to send a response to your email but it won't send.

The economy is the biggest probelm at the moment. BUT illegal immigration has a huge part in it. It is half the problem in California for instance since the state put half there debt caring for illegals in social programs.

Bobby Ray

NO!

We have the war the we are finacially supporting

We have the Mortgage Crisis

We have the lumping economy

We have millions of Americans losing their jobs.

That's the reason why Amnesty for illegal immigrants was pushed back. Everybody knows that illegal immigration isn't as bad as people think, or they would have tacked that first.

Illegal immigrants are tax payers and consumers, so if we deport them all, we would really be in a world of hurt.

No Amnesty

Not the biggest problem at the moment.. But it will soon be once again..

Reason..

Illegal immigration causes labor surplus, thus causing wage stagnation.
When the government prints 850 billion dollars for this stimulus you will see the affects of inflation or hyper inflation begin.. Prices of goods will go up as will those of services.. If you have pay stagnation in the same period(caused by the illegals) then you will see bigger discrepancy between upper and middle classes.

Within a year of the bail out you will see this become a major issue.. If the illegal supporters dont push for reform before then.

Jason M

Economically-Yes

Morally-Abortion

pollo

No sir absolutely no #1 economy #2 war #3global warming #4 health care issues #5 security employment it looks like immigration is not priority

LoNgHaIr

I would have to say that the economy is. The no 1 reason our economy is so bad is free trade agreements followed by both Legal and illegal immigration. So i would say it has a direct affect on our biggest problem the Economy.

Bubba

No it's not. The biggest problem with US immigration however is the dysfunctional immigration laws that don't work, especially for those wanting to come LEGALLY to the US.

For example, nurses, who do not require labor certification to obtain a green card, have to wait about 4 years to get a green card because the employment-based category 3 is backed up with applications to 2005. Check any visa bulletin. This a profession considered to be in severe shortage in the US. Most professions have to participate in a "lottery" to obtain an H1-B visa to have the "luxury" of working in the so called "land of opportunity."

The US needs to stop touting itself as the land of opportunity and greatest country on earth since it is a closed club with opportunities only for wealthy US citizens and those married to US citizens (since they obtain green cards relatively fast.) Especially when other first-world countries like Australia, New Zealand and Canada have immigration programs that work. These countries also provide their citizens with a national health care system.

Would it be that hard for congress to sit down and iron this out? No. But it doesn't happen.

Dirty Martini

Our biggest problem? No. The soaring national debt pretty much qualifies as our biggest problem.

ANd illegal alien criminal leeches contribute to it.

Making illegal immigration a big problem .

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