Only doing the JOBS Americans won't do?

It should make a difference. I doubt that it is impossible for people from Mexico to come in legally and do the picking in the fields or work as maids for wealthy families or in factories doing piecework, and many of us who are European born, did come legally and some of us did do these jobs and even many Americans and Canadians in my country still do this type of work. I doubt that saying the illegals are committing more crimes will make a difference. For once thing society will blame it on that they are poor and oppressed and they do not have decent jobs and live in poor neighborhoods, but it stands to reason if a whole lot of people come in illegally, the criminals come in too.

I agree with you that immigration needs to be addressed. We spend billions of dollars on services for illegals, but even more for the poor in our country. Hundreds of millions spent each year processing illegals through our criminal justice system. However, crime is all the same. We have crazy people American born as anywhere. Our crime is the worst of any country and I don't think Mexicans are to blame for that.

That is complete b***s***. Americans do want those jobs. Many Americans want work and money, but employers want to hire illegals because it is cheap labor. Employers do not have to pay illegals the kind of money that they have to pay citizens. Illegals are committing crimes, but the system does not seem to care. Decent Americans have to suffer at the expense of people who are not from here. People who want to live in America need to be here legally.

I hope they think twice about giving them papers. I don't want them here and I'm hispanic! They're just coming over here to rob, kill, and commit crimes. At least some come to work the jobs that Americans won't do. But still our prisons are freaking crowded.

I think all illegal aliens are criminals, simply because the word illegal already says it. They have already broken the law by jumping the border and therefore are criminals.

When I think of illegal immigrants - no matter where they are from my blood just boils. I think of all the hassle and paperwork - the number of trips I had to make to the US Embassy in Liverpool England to be allowed to get into the USA to join my American Serviceman husband. My oldest child was born in the UK. We went through a big hassle to get her an American passport even though her father was a US citizen. My husband had to make a sworn statement that he would not allow either one of us to become dependant on the State or Federal government. It took us about 4 months to get it sorted. I say if they are illegal - catch them and send them back where they came from. Strengthen our borders and keep them out. Spen the tax dollars keeping them out rather than feeding them when they get in illegally. Rant over - LOL

anything illegal is wrong... that's why it's called illegal. i am from the philippines and i always have dreams of going to america to work one day. but i want to do it legally. i hate to be hiding from the law. things done legally will be more beneficial for me than being there working illegally. plus, i won't have benefits if i stay as an illegal alien only. i got your point here redyellowblackdog. and i hope others will get the point, too. i hope those illegal immigrants in your country will try to make their papers lega. it might take time but it's better compared to what and where they are now... anne

I am from India and working as network engineer.I think so many Indians are working in the IT field there and mojority of Indains in your country are working legally.It is a dream for every Indians to come there and work there.I am totally against illegal migration and it is the duty of your government to stop it by strict laws.

I will start by saying I am a Canadian.But it seems to me that there are MANY illegal immigrants whose sole crime is that they were born in a poor country and tried to escape that way of life.But if you have 1 person doing a crime while 99,999 others are working hard,then that is the the case that makes headlines.That is like saying all teenagers are bad because one disrespected you.The US does have an immigration problem.So how about tightening the borders to stop people from just running into the US BUT increase the #'s allowed to legally immigrate.Instead of basing it on money(who can afford to buy their way into the country),look instead at what skills etc they bring to the table .How about looking at job sponsorship as well?I agree something has to be done,but the answer is not just one thing.

You aren't kidding! Before the invasion, our farmers were farming their farms perfectly fine without any help from illegals. 13 Americans are killed every day by illegal aliens driving drunk. This website has a whole catalog of illegals and the crimes they commit here - in OUR country, against OUR citizens, on the taxpayers dime. http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/text/criminals.html

I think if the companies that are hiring the illegals were heavily fined or seized, the companies would think twice about hiring them. The companies get a break hiring them and paying cash, b/c they don't have to pay the insurance or taxes to have them and the illegals get paid in cash so there is no record of their income plus they don't have to have anything withheld or pay any taxes. AT PEACE WITHIN

There you go getting my blood pressure up again! I have nothing against someone who does things the right way and comes to this country but for those who just want what they want and dont care about the country they say they love so much. I have little pitty for how hard they have worked while they have been here. The place where my oldest son and two of my nephews work is full of illegal immagrants and its not farming but factory work. Every time INS shows they all run and hide. The sad thing is the owner has never had a thing happen to him which goes back to what I said before if they put up real jail time for owners of comapnies who hire people in this manner than we wouldnt have a problem. Looking at the proposed immigration plan literally makes me ill. Ok by these standards I should be able to rob a bank and if I dont get caught just pay taxes on the money and everything will be forgivin, give me a break! I am not even gona bring up the issue of security and borders.

I live in a town that's seen an upsurge in the Hispanic population the last few years. When it comes to crime there's a statistic that's changed dramatically. The outstanding arrest warrant list is comprised of 80 to 90% Hispanics. One problem is that hardly any Hispanic pulled over for a traffic violation has a drivers license. I don't know what they do use for ID, but the local law has stated they have a problem because a lot of these people have more than one name, so the law doesn't really know just who they have. There was one case where the inmate tried to pass himself off as a minor & later on it was found out he was someone else completely in his mid 20s. Since they have no real ties here, they get arrested, bond out of jail & skip town. And yes, the court reports in the local paper are now comprised of mostly Hispanic names & I'm told our jail is predominately Hispanic. If things are as bad as they are a 1000 miles away where I'm at, I couldn't even begin to imagine the circus that goes on in the southern border towns. As for the federal govt doing anything to help them out, it'll probably be to little to late. Like usual.

I'm an indian.I really don't know about the extent of the problem over there. But we have a similar problem over here concerning illegal immigrants from neighbouring states. Most people look at this emotionally and tend to over react. But I must say that "Illegal Immigration" should be banned for one simple reason because its "Illegal".

You better watch out or people will start calling you racist just like they did me when I pointed out that 30% of our federal prisons are full of illegal Mexicans and yes they are mexicans and if that offends anyone I am sorry. It has been reported that many times that the Mexican Federalies are bringing prison buses to our border and dropping off their prisoners and telling them that they are pardoned as long as they don't step foot back in Mexico. Of course they are going to do crimes here. We have stuff for them to steal. Oh but I hear people saying right now "Oh they are only trying ot better their lives". Well next time you have an illegal break into your house don't come crying to me just shrug your shoulders and say they were just trying to better their lives.

As a matter of fact I found a mistake in your comment below the first response. You see your first sentence is a run on. Instead of a comma try a period. Like that. Like this. Like after this too too. Oh and I found a lot of them in this comment: I's only pretend hillybilly as I weren't born'n heres in Arkansaw. I jist act like and think'n lik hillybilly. Tanks fer repsnse. :-) Be glad to correct any incorrect information I posted. Find any? I would help you correct the grammar but then how will you learn? Oh and by the way it's spelled T-H-A-N-K-S. Any more questions their Hitler?

Well you're just a little racist slice of cheesecake aren't you wonderbread? Too bad my kind doesn't have hillybillies like yours maybe you'll have something to really talk about that grosses you out.

Is the statistics taking into account the total population of the area? It seems to me, more often than not illegals are attracted to bigger cities- better chance of finding work, better chance of blending with the populace, etc. It's only logical that Los Angeles is going to have a higher crime rate than say Kittery, Maine as the size of the population is considerably larger.

The problem is so huge that it will take billions of dollars to fix it and that's the biggest part of the government's problem right now. If we weren't in a war that was putting us in debt for the next century then maybe we could fix the problem along with a crumbling healthcare and public education system.

Jobs that Americans won't due. As a high school student in the 90s I would have worked in a field for 10-12 dollars an hour down south. However, I could never find a job that would pay that high. I always settled for a job for about 6-8 dollars an hour. I don't think that argument is very good. Yes, and you are right the increase of illegals the increase of crime because how can the government track you if their are not papers etc?