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I realize there are a lot of strong feelings about the illegal alien issue, but the facts are that a lot of the illegals perform work that native Americans just wont do.

This skimpily is not true. Illegals are taking lower wage & entry-level jobs from American citizens, including recent legal immigrants. Are construction, meat packing, auto repair, etc. jobs that Americans won't do? Who did them before the illegals? American citizens won't work for employers who illegally pay below the minimum wage, no benefits & do not pay taxes.

Can you imagine what some of your produce prices in the Grocery store would be if we had Native Americans demanding $15.00 per hour to pick lettuce?

Very little according to this study:

Immigration from Mexico

Among the report’s findings:

• Large-scale immigration from Mexico is a very recent phenomenon. In 1970, the Mexican immigrant population was less than 800,000, compared to nearly 8 million in 2000.

• Almost two-thirds of adult Mexican immigrants have not completed high school, compared to fewer than one in ten natives. Mexican immigrants now account for 22 percent of all high school dropouts in the labor force.

• Though most natives are more skilled and thus do not face significant job competition from Mexican immigrants, this study (consistent with previous research) indicates that the more than 10 million natives who lack a high school degree do face significant job competition from Mexican immigrants.

• By increasing the supply of unskilled labor, Mexican immigration in the 1990s has reduced the wages of workers without a high school education by an estimated 5 percent. The workers affected are already the lowest-paid, comprising a large share of the working poor and those trying to move from welfare to work.

• This reduction in wages for the unskilled has likely reduced prices for consumers by only an estimated .08 to .2 percent in the 1990s. The impact is so small because unskilled labor accounts for only a tiny fraction of total economic output.

Imagine if you did some research into the facts of the cost of illegal immigration.

Reduce welfare benefits to American citizens and they will fill the job market. Those same Americans will become contributing citizens rather than a net drain on resources. Eliminating the freeloaders can reduce our taxes, and close the opportunity for illegal immigrants to fill those jobs.
If those low paying jobs are good enough for immigrants, then they are good enough for American citizens. Especially the able bodied freeloaders with their hands out like they are obligated to be given a free ride.

Anyone who hires illegal immigrants has to be prosecuted, no negotiation. Period! The law is the law. Dereliction of duty by law enforcement and sympathetic judiciary is also criminal actions demanding prosecution.
Also, anyone entering America illegally forfeits any claim on benefits. The money collected from illegals paying taxes and social security should go to general revenue to help pay for enforcing the law of the land, written in plain English, that qualify immigrants.

The economics of the job market dictate wages. There should be no unemployed American citizens. Getting rid of the illegal workers can only put American citizens back to work. That is good for America. We should not worry about what is good for Mexico or wherever. That is why those countries have governments. Let them work out their problems!