Why do Americans stand by and do nothing when our gov. lets illegal immigrants into our country?

rsantos19

And how do you propose we stop them?

Albert F

communism rules!! People are too ignorant to make their own decisions, so we need someone really smart to make them for us like stephen hawking.

Emmanuel Goldstein

I have entered America three times now via JFK. I'm a white man with a Scottish accent but was still made to feel like a terrorist. Got my finger prints taken, and a lovely picture of my eye ball whilst i held my shoes and belt! Your problem ain't with letting people in, it's with getting them out when it's time to go.

Toxxikation

I want this to be a Communist nation. But the wants of the people cannot be met by the Government, because if they were, everyone would be rich, no one would be fat, and everyone would be the President. The government doesn't care about voices like ours. ACP is the way to go. Vote for ACP in '08

erik c

let it be why care theres enough room for every one every one deserves to be where ever they want to be just stop caring so much whats going on out there and focus on what you have

Bosun

Ask yourself, did I vote for that? Well if Bush is you man then ask him, he threw open the gates so certain folks could get cheap labor and on top of that charge them taxes that offer no returns!

jse3_1962

BECAUSE IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN WE ARE NOT REALLY FREE THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY IF WE ARE FREE THEN HOW COME WE HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE GOVERMENT FOR EVERYTHING WHAT ABOUT THE INOCENT INTIL PROVEN GUILTY IF THAT IS SO THEN WHY ARE THE INNOCENT PUT INTO JAIL WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THEIR GUILTY SENTANCE AND WHY IS THERE TAXES AND WHO GIVES THE GOVERMENT THE RIGHT TO RAISE TAXES WHY ARE THERE POLITICITANS MAKING MILLIONS A YEAR WHEN THE REST OF US HAVE TO BEG FOR FOOD THE ANSWER TO YOU QUESTION IS SO SIMPLE BECUASE THE AMERICAN GOVERMENT DONT WANT OTHER COUNTRIES TO KNOW HOW THINGS REALLY ARE OVER HERE AND HOW WEAK OUR GOVERMENT REALLY IS OUR ONLY CHANCE IS IF ALL AMERICAN WILL STAND UP AGIANST OUR GOVERMENT UITS TIME WE ALL SAID NO MORE!!!! NO MARE RISE IN TAXES WE NOT GONNA PAY FOR YOUR HIGH PRICED OIL LETS ALL FISH AND HUNT AND GROW OUR OWN VEGTABLES IN OUR GARDENS HECK THE DID IT BACK IN THE DAY AND THEY SURVIVED SO WHY CANT WE I HEAR THAT FIRED MEXICAN IS REAL GOOD BUT ITS KINDA SPICY

belistvor

imagine how would you feel if you had to fled your country so that you could eat, EAT ANYTHING! maybe than you woudn't be so judgemental. in my country, (eastern europe) we have a saying for emigrants: "stomach after the bread". and you have no idea what it is to eat dry bread (bread with nothing with it = dry bread, other saying of ours) so dont be so angry with these people.

fendor

We Americans are ignoring glaring issues such as this one because we are all too crazy busy to seriously lift our heads and take notice. Who has time to research policy.....to keep track of what politicians are doing next and the real reasons behind it all? On the whole (as shown by election '04), the average joe is voting against his own best interest and not even realizing it because all he's doing is soaking up whatever the media is telling him. And the media isn't concerned with showing all sides of issues anymore....they focus on drawing people in with entertainment and controversy. People eat up the figures on everything from unemployment, to illegal immigration without questioning how the figures were arrived at and if they are being shown the whole picture. Our lives have gotten so complex and fast-paced that we're like ostriches with our heads in the sand.
And, as far as I'm concerned, the American public's best interest has been side-swiped time and again lately. Immigration decisions are just a small part of it all.
Look at the reasons behind it all.....the more illegals in this country willing to work for anything.....the less pressure to raise minimum wage.

cowboy1202@sbcglobal.net

duh!!! Have you heard of the minutemen? Thats why they are at least putting national gaurd on the border.My wife is a legal immigrant from Canada and it really pisses me off that these beaners think they have a god given right to come and go as they please.Stand in line you taco benders and maybe even I would give you respect.

Thy RaVeN

You're wack

grrl

What would you have us do? Shoot the illegals? Check every brown skinned person for a green card? We can't police the country. All we can do is show our disgust at the polls. Govt doesn't care what we think. If they did G.W. wouldn't be president, now would he? Remember the "Popular vote?"

Huevos Rancheros

What can you do? You can report them and they will do nothing. You can't shoot them. You can't go up to them and tell them to leave because the ACLU will be all over you for violating some made up right that they might have. I think they should just enforce the laws that are already in place to get rid of them. Fine the people hiring them and deport the ones they catch. Whats so hard about that?

sealRborders

Not ALL Americans are standing by doing nothing!!! CALL, WRITE,and e-mail your congressmen,tell them NO AMNESTY,and NO GUEST WORKER program for ILLEGALS!!!! All illegals must be DEPORTED, not REWARDED!!! They are starting field hearings on immigration,to get the American public's views. GO to the meetings,and TELL them how you feel!!! I call my congressmen WEEKLY, and so are others!! Tell them you are WATCHING to see how they vote on this issue,and you WILL remember,at election time!!! Start a petition,or go to grassfire.org and sign one!!!

cantcu

I think it's because Republicans are making enough money off of Americans backs, they would rather make more money and screw the Americans! Face it. Republicans are greedy, selfish, narcissists!

Texas Co. Hired Illegals to Make MREs

McALLEN, Texas, Oct. 28, 2005
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(AP) A Texas employment agency was sentenced to five years of probation for hiring illegal immigrants to work at the nation's top producer of military battlefield rations, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

The Tollin Group was also fined $20,000 and ordered to pay $414,000 in civil penalties Wednesday. It has been barred from Department of Defense contracts for three years.

The San Antonio-based company, which does business as Remedy Intelligent Staffing, pleaded guilty in January to hiring illegal immigrants and trying to cover it up by falsifying employment eligibility forms. The workers were hired for Wornick Co., which makes MREs _ or "meals ready-to-eat."

The investigation was initiated in February 2003 after an al-Qaida operative was arrested with information pointing to McAllen and Wornick as terrorist targets. Wornick had been awarded a $47 million contract to produce more than 1.1 million MREs for U.S. forces in Iraq.

The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force ran background checks on Wornick employees and found hundreds of temporary employees with fraudulent documentation.

No direct link to terrorism was found.

Cheap wages, no benefits, hundreds of American jobs taken, a 47 MILLION dollar comtract to make 1.1 MILLION MRE's.

Lets see, thats a little over 4 million dollars per MRE. Pretty good, don't you think??? What a rip off!!

Oobily Ghepp

Why do we stand by and do nothing when our government lets in an illegal president? When did Bush actually win the election?

simplyenigmatic25

If we start to complain about foreigner's rights then we look bad and our government never wants to look bad. The government tries to level the playing field and treat everyone equally - but people who are not citizens or even resident aliens should not have the same benefits. Other countries do not privilege foreigners the way that America does - in other countries you become a citizen or resident before you can start to reap the benefits of that country.

you got mail

hmmm... you are right!... those stupid Canadians!

free2mix001

I really feel sorry for u and ur country.Even the British government faces the same problem,but I think they are now taking a lot of measures to curb illegal entry.But the truth is that u can only minimise the number of illegal immigrants,u cant completely stop it.
About the issue of 'rights',though am not saying the American government should not favour the rights of its citizens,I think its okay to favour that of the foreigners too while they are there ,coz we'd expect the same if we went to another man's country.

LENSTER

I think in general its historical precedent. The more we value our various "freedoms", some legit (due process), some not (polygamy), the more we feel (because we have felt for a couple of centuries) sorry for the newcomer (s) ...

CG G

because their poor and they need money.give them a brake, i know they broke the law but they need "MONEY"!.Mexico has a poor economics, but, i know they dont use the green card but so the illegal Chinese immigrants in new york. so theirs trying to inforces the law, but, that's all they can do.

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