[bayourod]

Excellent find.

There is a real problem with racists trying to use discredited studies, such as those by Donald Huddle to cloak their racism under the guise of opposing "ILLEGAL" immigrants. They claim they have no problem with legal immigrants, but only with ILLEGAL immigrants.

When you suggest that their objections can easily be cured simply by making them legal through amnesty, they drop back to the position that since they entered the country illegally they can never be made legal.

Sometimes it's difficult to tell which ones are simply racists and which ones really believe that ILLEGAL immigrants are responsible for them being unable to keep a job. Anyone who can't keep a job in today's tight labor market has serious personal issues. It eventually comes down to them blaming Bush for their personal problems.

[DLfromthedesert]

Oh, so if you kill someone and we pass a law to make murder legal, then it's OK?

[meenie]

If there is a need to have all these advantages that large immigration offers, the law should be changed. Until then, it is illegal to enter the country without proper clearance and authorization and the law should be enforced.

[asmith92008]

First of all, do you really think that someone who showed utter contempt for our laws can be made a good citizen by a wave of Congressional wand?

It would be like if someone stole my car. A law cold be passed to give him title, but he;d still be a car thief. Only now, he'd also know that next time he stole a car, he might get it free and clear.

Secondly, immigrants, legal or illegal, do drive down market wages and benefits. This is simple logic. Higher supply drives down prices.

[Unadorned]

Bayourod writes,

"Sometimes it's difficult to tell which ones are simply racists [...]"

It's not difficult at all, Bayourod: the racists are the race-replacers. You, for example, are a racist -- big time.