The issue of ilegal inmigrants it's not that complicated...

Well you obviously have not watched your family suffer as a result of these people and their "hard work" when your family goes from having work to not having work. I have and I have seen what it has done and I have no compassion for the people who come here illegally and I never will. Granted everyone has a right to live and a right to work but if you want to come here come here the right way. Do the paperwork, wait your turn and come when you are given permission not when you damn well feel like it. I am one of the people who will be watching the border each and every day when the Texans get the site back up and running and I will report each and every person I see coming here illegally and when I have the chance I will report those who I can who have already made it here and are stealing the food from the mouths of my children with their illegal actions by coming here illegally, using social security numbers that are not theirs and any other illegal method they have in order to obtain work illegally. Merry Christmas? Not this year, care to know why?

They are illegal.. They are breaking the law!! We go to any other country illegally, we would be thrown into there jail. If we go to another country, we will not be able to get a job without filing citizenship to it. I dont think its right for the other way around. You break the law, you break the law, thats that. They shouldn't get treated any different than any other criminal who breaks the law. Self Defense is not illegal, you can kill in self defense. So my theory, you want to live here, take the time, and get your green card. Thats what the citizinship papers are about. If they really wanted to live here, they would go through the process the legal way. Its not like we make it impossible for them to get a green card. Many of my friends have recieved theres. Its the illegal immigrants who make immigrants look bad. So I say, you find them, you deport them, you find them again, you lock them up in jail for 5 years, and bring them back, and each time, just add 5 years to there sentence, till they learn to do it the legal way.

Do you realize how DISGUSTED naturalized citizens from Mexico and other countries are about this issue? Why would you want to disregard the law instead of following it to become Legal. My hardest part with all this is the arrogance of the illegal aliens wanting our welfare benefits, social security benefits, earning and job possibility benefits, freedoms and priveleges without legally doing there part like all of us Citizens do. They've filled up some of our schools so greatly that the kids here that deserve the education can't even receive it effectively in English.

Thank goodness somebody believes the way I do! I think if an illegal is caught they should have their records checked, etc.. and if all comes out clean and they have been a model citizen they should be allowed to stay and started on the legalization process. If they are caught and records, etc.. are checked and they have committed a crime of any type they should be immediately deported. A lot of illegals come here to survive and provide for their families. Entering illegally is wrong but some don't have the time to wait, their families will not survive the amount of time it takes to get legal or they cannot afford the cost of getting legalized properly.

I think that choose a side of this battle is uselless. Well, I am brazilian. I am stdying in two univesities at same time. A private (where i'm studying marketing) and a public (where I am studying Portuguese Language). I consider myself a reliable person, a cultural evoluted person. ANd i consider that maybe Brazil don't give me the needed feedback to grow up in professional and personal career. So, what i want to do? Migrate, yes. I speak 3 languages, one of my hobbies is phylosophie, another is music. I am not a criminal, not even a sick person. I think i had so much to do to a country like USA. But i am fearing to suffer by genophobia. Since September 11, american people are fullfiled of moe. Think about Brazil, we are very grartefull to the Italians and japaneses that help us to built the 4th bigger city in the world, Sao Paolo. Yes, I think imigrants should be legal. (Illegal could be a risk to state control) But I think that the US government should pay more attention in skill, in education grade and qualification deegre of the inmigrants. WHat really happens its a hostillity made by americans against inimigrants. We can be honest, cult, and inteligente people just like you.

I disagree. While they may have the best intentions they are still a strain on the economy. Even with hard work, one might assume that they then need transportation. SO they buy a car, well you can't get insurance without a license.. you can't (in most states) get a license without citizenship, so this leads to major issues. Furthermore, they require health services. These services must be paid by the tax payers as most illegals have no form of health insurance. I could go on and on, and will if that is requested (please send a private message to me to let me know that you would like further clarification).

Right now if the governor told them all to go back to Mexico and come through the immigration process to become citizens, do you think they would? Of course not, but yet you say they are all law abiding people. If the illegal aliens are such good people and are really giving back to the community as law abiding citizens would, then do the right thing and become a Naturalized Citizen like the many illegal aliens have done and still do. If they've crossed the moral line of disobeying the laws once just to get here, apparently they don't truly plan to abide by the laws of the land at all. They've chosen to hide in seclusion out of fear of the consequences of their actions of being here illegally and yet now they feel since they got away with it so far that they actually have rights as a True Law Abiding Citizen ( born or Naturalized). How can you possibly have compassion for this arrogance and disrespect for USA?

I would hardly call tearing down the American flag in a small town in Southern California then raising a Mexican flag on the courthouse there while running the American flag upside down below it, respecting our laws. That is a declaration of war. Many of them are coming here and killing, robbing and molesting our children. I'm sorry some of them didn't feel like coming through immigration the right way, and I'm sorry their country sucks, but we don't need that here. We have enough problems right now. If one of us went into their country illegally, that person would be in a Mexican prison for God knows how long. Hmmm...is that fair? When my baby cousin (8 years old, close enough) was molested by an illegal Guademallan (sp?), do you think they locked him up for it? Nope, they didn't even look for him after a week. He's probably hurt God knows how many little girls by now. So don't come at me telling me we owe the illegals, we don't owe them anything but a free ride back to their home.

I totally disagree here. Someone breaking into a home and someone killing in self defense are two totally different scenarios. Illegal aliens are doing just that, breaking in. Under the theory you presented, if someone breaks into your home and cleans before robbing you, the burglar should be allowed to keep your valuables and your home because he did a better job than the owner. Why should they be allowed to break the law? There is a legal way to become an American citizen. Our ancestors did it. All immigrants should be treated fairly. Unfortunately, illegal immigration does hurt America. Yes, these immigrants provide inexpensive labor and hard work. Many of them are law abiding. When these immigrants seek medical care, it falls back on the citizens. If welfare does not cover it, those unpaid bills are passed on in the form of higher rates. Many illegal immigrants are somehow receiving aid. Those who are arrested are increasing the corrections cost. Illegals do not pay taxes, but utilize services funded by taxpayer dollars. It is very simple. If immigrants wish to stay here, they should be required to become citizens. No more free anything. No free medical care. No free schooling. If they are not citizens, there will be no freebies. If someone is found to be illegally in this country, that person should be given the option to become a citizen. (Yes, the process should be streamlined and made more efficient.) If the person refuses, that person should be immediately deported. I am hard working. I should not have to provide tax dollars for those who sneak into the country.

I disagree totally. True, a lot of these illegals have been here and have worked hard for years. Most of them have stayed out of legal trouble, most likely for fear of being caught and being deported. But they broke OUR laws when they entered our country; why should they stay here when so many other people have to wait on lists to be granted entry into the U.S? As for the person who commits murder in self-defense and then ends up being protected by U.S. laws because he is a victim: the big difference is that this person is a U.S. citizen legally, and is entitled to be protected by our laws. The illegal immigrants should not be protected by our legal system- they are criminals. They should return to their own countries and continue their upstanding status and hard work while they are waiting to file the paperwork and interview for legal entry into our country. In the meantime, someone with the moral integrity to do the right thing should be granted immigration status. Another important consideration is that instead of worrying about the poor criminals who come here illegally, let's think about the diseases that they could be bringing here. All LEGAL entries into the U.S. must pass a medical exam, which includes testing for HIV, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis. The illegals could be here spreading God knows what, and they are generally in hiding, so they tend not to seek medical care even when they are sick.

1- The broke the law. 2- They put strain on our economy in general: health care, work force, etc 3- They aren't all innocent, lots of illegal immigrants become criminals 4- They don't pay taxes and aren't assimilating or contributing to our society. That's how I feel about the issue.

Illegal immigrant`s Is Not Good For Any Country specially Those country Who IS Under-developed ANd Going To Be the Developed Country In country like India,Pakistan,China,America in America there is more Bad situation of Illelgal immigrant`s but It IS a crucial part of any country so the government should take a serious step to solve this problem I n my point of view people should realise that why they migrate towards another land illegaly And These People Realise tis proble This world Will Become more conjusted And become the Small Hell on the planet

You describe people who are legal aliens, respect the laws and have with green cards, etc. Illegal aliens are the ones who don't respect the laws, they dont't pay taxes, use emergency medical facilities (give birth), send their children to our schools all for which we pay taxes. I was once a legal alien came to the States, after working for the US government in Africa and Europe for 12 years, 8 of them married to an American but I came here legally and am now a proud American citizen. I absolutely do not believe anyone who has come to this country illegally deserves to stay and live from taxes which I pay into.

I think not. It's still against the law. Mean, do we allow others to betray our own country by that? nah.. i dont think so. But hey, i wish there are no more boundaries between countries and oceans.. so that.. haha so that we could just pass by anyone's place. good idea huh?

All around the world exists the same problem. With the entrance of immigrants, you can;t know from the beginning, who are the nice guys and who are the bad guys. And you end up characterising badly all of them. Too bad!

they came hear ilegal and shoud be tread like the law bearker that they are they shoud be jailed and made to work to pay the state back for the cost of sending them home and if they come back thay go to prison for one year them made to work to pay what ever it cost to houes them in preson and to be sent home they can work in the fealds to pay the state back what is cost for them they get on mone it all go to the state to pay there bill off

I think that when God made the WORLD he did not think about placing limítes for the peoples who lived in it. I do not understand why the people cannot go for where they desire to go, to live where they desire to live, life where they want to live... This is not to be free

I agree on what your saying but what about the people waited honestly for years and now of sudden just because you have a majority of illegals who come here demanding citizenship.