35,000 who are working towards their citizenship versus 6-12 MILLION who are leeching off of our social services and bringing them to their knees. That a good deal?
I think you made a big assumption when you assumed that all the Mexican illegals are all using social services. And if you probably studied who actually received social services, you would find that the majority of them are not illegals.
It is our fault that we make it too easy to get these social services without any requirements. For example, I say that if you are on welfare, you must earn the right to receive it. You must earn it by volunteering to help others, serving your country in some capacity, etc. The states, like California under Gay (no typo) Davis, allowed this to happen to their states. They could have stopped it if they had wanted to.
Instead of all this gripeing and complaining, we should be coming up with constructive ideas that would make this work that is somewhere in the middle of both extremes (close the borders/let them all in without any consequences). A few people have already made some suggestions along that line...alllow Americans to buy property in Mexico.
How about some other suggestions such as:
1. Allow only the worker in, families must remain in Mexico until a specified period of time (1 year perhaps) where they have continued working full time in the U.S. without any crimes.
2. Taxes on their wages must be collected by employers. If they need to send the rest back to Mexico, then they can.
3. Mexico must reimburse the U.S. for any health benefits they receive in the United States (such as emergency trips to the hospital).
4. Mexico must agree to imprison any Mexican citizen (in Mexico) if the U.S. provides proof of the crime that they have committed.
5. Mexico can be sued by a United States citizen if Mexico does not stop/prevent any former prisoner/criminal from entering the U.S. where they then commit a crime against a U.S. citizen.
6. They cannot vote in the U.S. 8. They must pass an English language test. No more Spanish brochures in elections for non-native speakers. This must be a requirement for all immigrants.
9. Coyotes who smuggle in people will get the death penalty if caught, as will drug dealers from Mexico (non citizens).
10.And more....