This Q is mostly for the anti's on here but anyone please answer..?

Joey's back

I think it is only a minor (very minor) problem.

betterdeadthansorry

It is a major problem for the USA that needs to be dealt with now, but I would not go so far as to say that it constitutes a grave and lethal threat to the survival of the United States as a country... this infamy only goes to two entities in recent history: the old Soviet Union (during the Cold War) and the Islamic terrorists (today).

srstephens

No, I think the government is our biggest problem, but illegals are not to far behind on the list.

Racism is NOT ALWAYS that bad

Illegal immigration is a problem anywhere, not only in the U.S.

caysdaddy04

No, illegal immigration is not the biggest problem we have. However a few of our major problems can be traced, at least in some way, to illegal immigration. For example...

1. Terrorism. While most illegals are not terrorists (at least not until some rich Muslim offers them money to bring bombs over the border), many terrorists are able to enter the US in the same manner that the illegals do. By defending our borders better and denying entry to those who don't belong here, many of the terrorists that seek to cause harm to Americans will be kept out of our country.

2. Economy. While illegal immigrants are not as big a drain on the economy as say, the war in Iraq, every little bit of savings helps. If we can prevent even 100 illegals from crossing the border, the US government will save anywhere from $10,000 to $1 million (I've heard estimates of the cost being $100 per illegal per year, up to $10,000 per illegal per year, depending on how many illegals are currently incarcerated). That may not seem like much, but $1 million would be a $1/hr raise for almost 500 employees. Now, imagine if we could save $1 billion (100,000 illegals). That's a $1/hr raise for nearly 500,000 employees. With the savings from not having to support illegals, we could raise the federal minimum wage and benefit REAL AMERICAN CITIZENS.

3. Drugs. Many drug lords will send a mule (drug-runner) with a group of illegals heading toward the US border. If they succeed in getting through (which they are most of the time), then the drugs can be distributed in the US. And many times, the mules will get caught ON PURPOSE, because they then receive a FREE RIDE back to Central and South America, where they can pick up more drugs and repeat the process. By cracking down on illegals entering the US, we can also prevent some of the mules from getting here. And while the drug lords are creative and will eventually find other ways to get their product to the US, it will make them work harder and spend more money to do so.

4. Gangs. While there will always be gangs, by reducing the number of illegals that enter the US, you will also reduce the potential membership in gangs. The worst gang in Los Angeles isn't the Bloods or the Crips, or even one of the many Latino gangs, but the Vietnamese gang that rules northern Orange County. They are considered the most ruthless and deadly, yet are also the most stealthy as well. And judging by arrest records, they are also mostly illegals. So deporting stowaways on cargo ships from Asia (which is how they usually get to the US) would help keep the Asian gangs at a more controllable level.

There are a lot of other issues that are not affected by illegal immigration, but as you can see, I have found at least 4 issues that can be helped by defending our borders better and making sure that the people who do immigrate to our great nation are doing so LEGALLY.

John F

When I read the news each day rarely does the question of immigration (legal or illegal) make the headlines. Other concerns have been and continue to be more important: the economy, the environment, invasion of Iraq, and now, the new Secretary of Defence is saying that the U.S. of A is loosing the war.

The short answer to your question is no.

Any time a politician is having problems he or she will look for headline grabbing items to deflect the public from them. Raising "illegal" immigrants will get them good headlines. For example, we have the spectre of the Homeland Security building watch towers and fencing the boarder, and patrolling from the Atlantic to the Pacific with blackhawk copters - on the north boarders and the south boarders. The purpose of all this is to catch the terrorists and any illegal immigrant that wanders into their net. The reality is that terrorists do not sneak across the boarders - they fly in (first class) from Saudi Arabia.

Judas Rabbi's daughter.

There are many bigger problems than immigration. Like global warming. polution etc... immigration is like a really small problem next to those

juicyfruitishandsome

no,its not. there are many many bigger problems in this world....

Sabrina

I agree with Jd. Not all Mexicans are La Raza but at least 50 percent are, And how can you tell? You can tell by how they look at you. look in their eyes and you can feel it. They hate white people. They can't wait to take over and get back at us for what their ancestors went through or what ever the are thinking we did who knows with those racist groups.

longroad

It really depends on where you live. The border states a major problem, larger cities throughout US a problem maybe, but no major problem

J G

jbj115

I truly believe that this problem will become a turning point in this country's history in the form of a civil war, unless something is done immediately

FoxAmericaLover!

It has been an issue for most since 1986! Now that the problem of illegal aliens flooding our country is bouncing into States not on the border, more are aware.

Instead of calling it illegal immigration,
we should be calling it a Foreign Invasion,
because the consequences of this Invasion
are as Terminal to our Freedoms
and to our way of life
as any act of Terrorism
ever perpetrated against us!
The United States is being invaded -
FOREIGN INVADERS.

Antonio Gramsci was a young Italian Communist
who died in one of Mussolini's prisons in 1937
at the age of 46--
He Conjured up the notion of a 'quiet' revolution
that could be diffused throughout a culture --
over a period of time --
to destroy it from within.

He was the first to suggest
that the application of psychology
to break the traditions, beliefs, morals,
and will of a people
could be accomplished quietly
and without the possibility of resistance.

The American people need to understand
that the United States is under attack!
No, not by Iraq or Iran, but by MEXICO!

(For The Past 25 Years Or So)
The U.S. is being Invaded
by People from Another Nation -
They Aren't Citizens --
They Don't Pay the Taxes --
Their ALLEGIENCE is to their HOME COUNTRIES.

The MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
Has Been Deliberately and Systematically working
To Destabilize and Undermine
The very Fabric and Framework of American Society.

The Mexican invasion of the United States
began decades ago as a spontaneous migration
of ordinary Mexicans into the U.S.
seeking economic opportunities.

It has morphed into a campaign to occupy
and gain power over our countryâ€”
a project encouraged, abetted, and organized
by the Mexican state
and supported by the leading elements of Mexican society

http://www.limitstogrowth.org/WEB-text/aztlan.html

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21309

Our southern neighbor is not shy
about expressing its intention
to conquer the American Southwest,
which Mexico regards as territory lost
in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo in 1846.

Mexican children are taught in school
that the United States stole that land,
which they call â€œAztlan.â€
Absurd rantings of political extremists?
Considerâ€¦

â€¢ In 1997, then-President Zedillo proclaimed that
â€œI have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation
extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders.â€

Mexicos President Vicente Fox
Has superintended over the biggest invasion
of the United States in our country's history. -
That's right, Invasion!

A close, personal friendship
with President George W. Bush
has given Mexicos President Vicente Fox
the opportunity to purposely allow
(or even send)
Millions of Criminals, Thugs, Anarchists,
and Potential Terrorists
to swarm over our southern border
in breathtaking numbers.

(Nearly half of all illegal aliens
currently living in the U.S.
came here since Bush became president in 2000.)

Folks,
There Are More Than 20 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS
In Our Country

More Than 85 Percent Of Them
Came Over Our Southern Border

AND...They Are Still Arriving -
At A Rate Of Ten Thousand Per Day

Iran Does NOT Have An Invading Army
20 Million Strong In The USA
Mexico Does

Which is a greater DIRECT threat
to national security in the United States...?

Mexico or Iran?

El Presidente Vicente Fox's administration
has embraced this reality.
In fact, increasing the number of Mexicans
working illegally in the United States
is among Mexico's highest foreign policy objectives.

Thus, in orchestrating this war on America,
the Mexican state is representing the desires
of the Mexican people as a whole.

What are these desires?

(1) Political revanchismâ€”
to regain control of the territories
Mexico lost to the U.S. in 1848,
thus avenging themselves for the humiliations
they feel they have suffered at our hands
for the last century and a half;

(2) Cultural imperialismâ€”
to expand the Mexican culture
and the Spanish language
into North America;

and especially

(3) Economic parasitismâ€”
to maintain and increase the flow
of billions of dollars that Mexicans in the U.S.
send back to their relatives at home every year,
(40 BILLION UNTAXED US DOLLARS)
A major factor In keeping the chronically troubled
Mexican economy afloat
and the corrupt Mexican political system cocooned
in its status quo.

These motives are shared
by the Mexican masses and the elites.

According to a Zogby poll in 2002,
58 percent of the Mexican people believed
the U.S. Southwest belongs to Mexico,
and 57 percent believed that Mexicans
have the right to enter the United States
without U.S. permission.
Only small minorities disagreed with these propositions.

$$40 BILLION Dollars - With a B - ANNUALLY-
In effect,
they are LOOTING the Treasury of the United States
as surely as if they went to Fort Knox
loaded up all our gold bullion on trucks
and drove to Tijuana with it.

40 Billion Dollars
Is Mexicos Second Largest Source Of Income
Second Only To Mexicos Oil Export Revenues

MEChA and the LA RAZA movement teach
that Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah,
New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington State
make up an area known as "AZTLAN" --
A fictional ancestral homeland of the Aztecs
before Europeans arrived in North America.

As such, it belongs to the followers of MEChA.
These are all areas America should surrender to "La Raza"
once enough immigrants, legal or illegal,
enter to claim a majority, as in Los Angeles.
The current borders of the United States will be extinguished.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=13863

-- Jose Angel Gutierrez,
Professor, University of Texas, Arlington-
Founder of the La Raza Unida political party -
"We have an aging white America.
They are not making babies. They are dying.
The explosion is in our population . . .
They are shitting in their pants with fear...I love it.
We have got to eliminate the gringo,
and what I mean by that is,
if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him."

-- Art Torres
California Democratic Party chairman -
At the Latino Summit in Response to Prop 187 at U.C. Riverside (Jan. 14, 1995):
"Power is not given to you, you have to take it!
People say to me when I was on the Senate floor,
when I was in the Senate,
' Why do you fight so hard for affirmative action programs? '
And I tell my white colleagues:
because you're gonna need them.
Remember, 187 is the last gasp of white America"

Other Members Of These Groups Include:

-- Cruz Bustamante
Former Lt. Governor, California
Bustamante's refusal to condemn MEChA
contributed to his defeat by Arnold Schwarzenegger
in the 2003 gubernatorial race.

-- Richard Alatorre
Los Angeles City Council -
"They're afraid we're going to take over
the governmental institutions and other institutions.
They're right...We will take them over...
We are here to stay."

-- Gloria Molina
Los Angeles County Supervisor -
"We are politicizing every single one
of these New Citizens that are becoming Citizens
of this country . . .
I gotta tell you that a lot of people are saying,
"I'm going to go out there and vote
because I want to pay them back."

-- Fernando Guerra,
Professor, Loyola Marymount University -
"We need to avoid a white backlash
by using codes understood by Latinos . . . "

-- Augustin Cebada
Brown Berets -
"Go back to Boston! Go back to Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims!
Get out! We are the future. You are old and tired.
Go on. We have beaten you. Leave like beaten rats.
You old white people. It is your duty to die . .
Through love of having children,
we are going to take over".

-- Jose Pescador Osuna
Mexican Consul General -
"We are practicing 'La Reconquista' in California."

Taken From "Excelsior",
The national newspaper of Mexico,
"The American Southwest
seems to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico
without firing a single shot."

Are these just the words of a few extremists?
Consider that I could fill up many pages with such quotes.
Also, consider that MANY Of these People
are mainstream Mexican leaders.

http://www.theamericanresistance.com/race_industry/true_agenda_transcript.html

Posing as Harmless student groups,
MEChA And LA RAZA tend to be dominated
by immigrants' children and descendants,
not immigrants themselves.
But the views of most Mexicans (70 Percent)
aren't far away from MEChA's.
The major players in the Hispanic lobby
deny any racist motives.

They openly state they have
"The armor, the infantry and the artillery"
to wage war here.
This video PROVES beyond any doubt,
the people marching in our streets
under Mexican and other foreign flags,
over pending immigration legislation,
are engaged in a WAR against our nation.

The U.S. Government has failed its duty
to protect this land from these invaders;
invaders who are openly stating
they intend to takeover a portion of this land
and carve out their own "Mestizo nation of Aztlan."

Click below to play the video
http://tinyurl.com/pqzpe

Pay Attention Folks !!!
These are the ENEMIES!!!
And you had better get your HEADS out of your ASSES
And WAKE UP
before you Wake Up
and Your Country ISN'T YOUR COUNTRY ANYMORE!!!

If WE THE PEOPLE Don't Stop It,
It is going to Destroy us ALL Eventually.

They're claiming that the Issue is Immigration.

But their own actions reveal what is in fact
a Determined Effort to Force Americans
to accept Large Foreign Colonies in our midst,

!! OH NO! were being invaded
by Dishwashers, and Fruitpickers,
and TOILET SCRUBBERS!!!!!

You Can Try to sell the image
of the sweet, hard working Mexican people
someplace else
because I Know Better,
And I Aint Buyin It .

THATS What I Think....
Any OTHER Questions???

For caysdaddy04 (Below)

The Center for Immigration Studies estimates
that the average AVERAGE Mexican illegal alien
costs U.S. taxpayers a whopping $55,000 each
ANNUALLY

Some bargain, eh?

~k~r~h~ (Asker)

I'll Bet Your Sorry You Asked, Huh ??

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jake

Yes, the biggest for some of us in our life time, how we deal with this can last for years.

wicked_sexy69

Absolutly not. Just look at all the things that this country has gone through in the past five years and you will see that illegal immigration should be on the bottom of this governments list. They should be consentrating all of our resources on fixing the damage from Katrina, on getting all of our soldiers home from a pointless war. On helping all of the homeless and the hungry. Instead here the government is, contemplating the deportation of people who are mostly here to work. To provide a better life for their families. Is this not what this country is all about- A better life??? Do you honestly think that illegal immigration is the biggest problem in the United States???

Stormchaser

Be nice. It is the Season to be jolly! Send the Sierra Club and the ACLU Christmas Cards, Hanukkah Cards, New Years cards for the next year. Send them faxes, emails, and letters in every language. Load them up with phone calls, and lumps of coal telling them how much you appreciate their efforts in contributing to globalization, erasing sovereignty and personal /privacy laws and their promotion of Imminent Domain, which deny you the right to own property. These are the pillars of any democracy...two to three tons of mail will let them know how much you care for them this season.

CrazyKaycin

Illegal immigration may not be our BIGGEST problem BUT I have already lost my job (which closed down and moved to -guess where- Mexico). Now I have been out of work and looking hard. But I live out of the city in a small town and there are so many illegals that it's impossible to find anything close to home.

So No maybe I'm anti, But trying to help my husband support ourselves and three children! I have a reason to be that way.

If you want to come! Do it legally! Then I wouldn't complain (as much!)!

inzaratha

It definitely is in AZ. 1. It increases the population which we really don't need as there is too much traffic anyway. 2. It increases crime. 3. It increases drug trafficking. 4. It lowers the amount employers are willing to pay, if they can get illegals to do it for 10 why would they pay you 15 or 20 an hour?
5. It increases illiteracy dramatically. 6. It increases the amount of kids in school that tax payers need to pay for.
7. It increases all welfare services and health care that tax payers need to pay for. 8. It increases pollution because illegals have cars that don't have the same emissions controls. 9. It increases your likely-hood of having an uninsured motorist hit you and your insurance rates going up because they have to pay the whole thing. 10. It is a Really scary UNSAFE and unsecured door for terrorists and criminals to enter.

I could go on but you get my drift.

WriteAndWrong

Yes, my biggest fear is for the future of America not the present, I dont want America to become what Mexico is today!~ this is where my discontent comes from. I grew up in a neighborhood that was 99% Mexican descent, and i know first hand what they are like, they arent the worst thing in the universe, but they do have racism, and violence and adultery and crime~ more than I have seen in any other population outside of blacks (with all due respect for blacks) they have come along way!!!

mommato4boys

Real big problem!!

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It's not the biggest right now but it's still up there. It doesn't have to be at the very top to be an important issue. Rape isn't at the top but I'm sure you wouldn't like that very much.

gotaken

lets get for real, who you think pick all the oranges, cabagge, lettueces, clean the mediam in the superhighways, the toilets in the mall, the chicken you got at MAcD. immigrants is what make this country, illigals might no pay taxes but they should as hell get tax when the purchase goods, and when was the last time any merchants turn you away beacuse you did not have you birth papers with you. ok if are not cherokee, or native americam, pure. pick your bags and leave. upps. houston we got a problem...

Yes.

Bonzai Betty

Yes its one of the only REAL issues. We are too busy focusing in on other countries rather then paying attention to our own. Those illegals use benefits designed for American citizens, and those are benefits that are greatly needed today. Healthcare and Education being some of the biggest. We have no right to give any hand outs to anyone else when we let our own go without.

corezink

We here in America have many problems right now because of who and what is in Washington. Bush is pushing hard for a one world government and open borders. Just this week our Senate has open up Social Security to illegal aliens. This will deplete the SS funds much faster than previous estimates. I've worked 44 years and paid into the Social Security benefit program the whole time and not because I wanted to but it was automatically taken out of my wages. I will not live long enough to get back anywhere near what I paid in in the benefits I paid for all my life. Now they are giving away this money to people who have never paid into the program. Why do you suppose they are doing this? Why do you suppose Bush wants amnesty for all illegal aliens now? There are an estimated 11 million illegals here now and they are all eligible for my money. Does this make me mad? Your damn right...

Cuerno De Chivo

no+ immigration is part of live...

SittinPretty!

I believe it's a problem yes, but not the biggest problem in our country I dont think.

UBER + MENSCH

Mexicans and limp-wristed bleeding heart liberals say "no".
Everyone else says "yes".

ccastro_82

I personally don't think it's the biggest problem.

I've found that most illegal immigrants are some of the hardest working people in this country and basically do it for next to nothing.

While it's illegal, they are only here for the same reason any of us are here. They're here to try and give their families the best possible life they can.

Bigger problems? I'd say drugs, gangs, obesity and crime are bigger problems than somebody coming in to try and make a living.

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