What are your thoughts on illegal immigration?

gokart121

The only way immigration can work is if we have a set of laws that govern the process. Illegal immigration is going to put millions of would-be immigrants at risk of all kinds of problems,
including first and foremost having a bad reputation, less rights as employees, NO representation in our political process, and
and and. I think that there's a connection between high crime rates and illegal immigration, I think if you get started on the wrong foot in this country it's not easy to get turned around, to 'go legit', because you always have this issue hanging over your head. I support enforcement vs. illegal immigration because
I feel that there HAS to be some kind of realistic standard.

We know that other countries in the world have serious problems. Having everyone pile into the United States at will is not the right answer to their problems, nor does it promote law and order, which is part of the underpinning of our national value system that lets people get ahead in life.

(The United States of) America is now 230 years old, this year. In our evolution as a country, certain practices have been established as lawful, and acceptable. Illegal immigration is not one of these lawful and acceptable practices.

I further hold that if foreign aid were more structured, and results-based, we would have a better way to actually help other countries that are facing issues like overpopulation and resource shortages, 2 of the factors that drive people to acts of desperation like walking 200 miles to seek a better life. Countries like Mexico need to be much more pro-active in seeking the betterment of their citizens' working and living conditions, but there's no direct way for our country to wave a magic wand and 'make it so'. That kind of initiative has to come from the people and their government as well.

The world has a population now estimated to be over 6.5 billion souls. Population in the last 100 years has grown exponentially, estimates claim that there were roughly 1 billion people at the beginning of the 20th century. Modern technology, once thought to be the universal panacea to hunger etc., has yielded instead
a non-sustainable and non-self-supporting population base in many countries. Growth has now over-taxed many countries' capacity to feed, house, and take care of their own, making them chronically dependent on imports and monies from other countries, because their own economies will no longer do the job of supporting their citizens. These are negative trends which are beyond the power of anyone, including our country, to solve quickly, or simply. Education is the best counter to poverty and shortages, not simply building project after project after project etc. You could populate the entire state of Nebraska with indigent illegal foreigners, and not make a dent in the daily inflows. It is estimated that some 2 billion people live on less than a dollar a day, if not more. That's 1/3 to 1/2 of the world's entire population, basically living like dogs, for all intents and purposes.

The United States has money. Well, sort of. People are quick to brag on our economy etc., but what people forget is that times were much different in america, as recently as the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl is a great subject for study there...
what's also not frequently mentioned is the massive debt that's now accrued at the rate of 2 billion dollars per day, plus interest on the pre-existing 8.4 trillion in standing red ink.

My point is this: At some point, emphasis needs to be placed on people anchoring themselves where they already live, and figuring out how to become more prosperous, more independent,
and stop just trying to sneak under/over the wire in hopes of A Better Life In America. We have homeless in america already, and that number is growing and growing. And, increasingly the ranks of the homeless are being filled with...illegal immigrants.
Desperate people do desperate things in desperate times.
A man with nothing will do almost anything to get SOMEthing.
Our crime rates are climbing, our prison population is booming,
building new prisons in america is its' very own growth industry these days, and simply in-filling the country with foreign citizens
who never gave our immigration laws a second look isn't going to solve these problems.

I feel that more needs to be done at our borders. Our agents and agencies need to be directly and clearly empowered to do their jobs competently, and thorougly. I feel also that we should put more effort into more productive forms of foreign aid, that investing in other nations is a superior path to take over laissez-faire immigration policy.

Appeasing the pro-illegal activists is tantamount to aiding and abetting from a legal standpoint. We either have laws, or we don't. If we tolerate chronic and repetitive abuses of our immigration laws, what laws will then be upheld, will other, more serious crimes then find minimal interest/resistance in america?
Bill Clinton and others have used the phrase 'slippery slope', implying that once you take a certain stand on an issue, it's all downhill from there. I'm inclined to believe that amnesty-style immigration policy represents the first step on such a slippery slope, and is a poor, poor answer from those charged with representing the interests and the futures of the american public.
The rights and privileges we enjoy as americans will diminish
if american citizenship is handed out like a party favor. It's unconscionable that such citizenship simply be sold to whomever, no questions asked, sign here please, congratulations you're now an american. That's very slip-shod, very unprofessional, and while it may represent a politically expedient solution to the immigration issue, which revolves largely around the sheer number of illegal immigrants in america, now estimated to lie somewhere between 12 and 20 million, potentially a foreign army within our borders, at best an economic drain and at worst god-knows-what, I think it's Pretty Damn Important to enact and enforce some no-nonsense legislation on the issue, and do it post-haste. What's truly amazing is that it's taken this long for anyone to say or try to do ANYTHING about it...

MIKE J

Send them back immediately, America needs to stop with the self-imposed guilt. Too many people feel responsible for the misfortune of people in Mexico. The majority of them that come here hate our culture.

steveinprague

round them all up and ship them all back to where they came from.

uuuuuuh, its illegal.

fed gov and illegal immigration

well i welcome the legal immigration and don' t see why the government welcomes illegal immigration as they put us in this present situation. why don't we vote out the senate and congress and administration for doing this to us? why is the law so strict on us legal citizens with laws to be obeyed. figure? the cost of the illegal's in our schools, hospitals,welfare, and many other perks are breaking us, and the government just don't care or listen to us. fire them, vote for the next guy!!!!!!! bob

xamayca.com

Whatver. Watch 30 Days by Morgan Spurlock on FX. It was very informative but barely scratched the surface. However it did have one important point:

Walk a mile in someone else's shoes before you get too comfortable in your own.

Man

It's bad.

darlene793

I think the boarders always should have been better protected. They could have set up buildings and rotated the military all along. It would be a good job for the new recrutes instead of sending into the hell hole they are in now. They need to crack down and start checking the I.D.s on the streets and workplaces.

Yo!

It needs to be stopped immediately!

brainiac

umm...they are illegal...breaking the laws.Send them home and fine those who hire them.

Seriously I can invite you into my home, but I have rules. I will not open the windows and doors and turn my head and let you come in and take or do whatever you want.

The rules are there and they are not unreasonable. There will be a huge turnover in Congress this year because of those that are voting for amnesty. Our own Senators and Reps encouraging illegals to come and break our laws. With 12-20 million or more, it should be considered an invasion. It will be an interesting November...

justanotherengine

I think it SUX.... THATS RIGHT>>>> IT SUX !

michaelyoung_airforce

it's ILLEGAL!!!

ric6k9

send them back

Spirit Walker

It MUST be stopped!

Jill B

I would suggest reading a good article on immigration, titled "Immigration Has Different Impacts". You can view it at:

http://www.sandiegolawyerforyou.com/san-diego-immigration-lawyer.htm
http://www.san-francisco-oakland-bay-area-lawyers-attorneys-directory.com/
http://www.sacramento-ca-lawyers-attorneys-directory.com/articles.html
http://www.la-orange-county-lawyers-attorney-directory.com/los_angeles_orange-county-legal-services.htm
http://www.dallas-fort-worth-texas-lawyers-attorneys-directory.com/dallas-legal-services.htm
http://legal-advice-library.info/blog
http://www.san-antonio-texas-lawyers-attorneys-directory.com

http://www.las-vegas-nevada-lawyer-attorney-legal-injury-defense-directory.com

im hurt :(

i have no thoughts,if it weren't for the illegal immigration America wouldn't be America,they were here before any of us. they are our Forefathers. Do you understand what i'm saying? I'm not saying it's right for them to hide and come here, but they are also looking for a better life,they need help that's why they came here.The only thoughts i have is a positive one.Have a nice day!

M T

It is illegal so our country is not overpopulated not because we do not want immigrants that is what formed this country. People can still apply for visa's and become citizens so they should follow the procedures. What I do not agree with is the people who hire illegals and take advantage of them by giving them poor pay and hazardous jobs. The ones getting over here are ultimately the employers who employ them. If you did not hire a illegal they would not come.

WildThing

They should all be deported and sent back across the border. If they want to be here, let them go through legal channels like everyone else who wants to live here. And that includes learning to speak English.

angels_among_us

I think they should all be sent back and made to come back legally.

stupid.liberals

I think that it's wrong. I believe that anyone who wants to come into this country (USA) or any other should do it legally.

I also don't believe in amnesty or any type of worker programs. Go home and get in line with everyone else.

I am happy to welcome immigrants into my country so long as they are legal.

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