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"I mean, geez, people said the same thing about the Irish in the 19th century. Said they'd over run us, that they were all lazy crimals. They'd ruin the country!"

Others have pointed out the difference, but I think it needs emphasized. It has nothing to do with xenophobia or prejudice.

First, it is a huge security risk to be allowing in unscreened immigrants these days. I would include students here on visa, BTW.

But even without that, the other factors... assimilation, education, welfare... The drain on medical care alone is enough to say This Has to Stop.

The early Irish immigrants were akin to those from other countries today - self-supporting, some even professionals who could contribute much, but who are held off even after jumping through the bureaucratic paper-chase.

All the while, others are illegally sneaking over our southern border to simply wait for the next amnesty, or birth a baby (for free - and some receving months of $$$$ neonatal care) to know we wont send the parents back.

And they pay next to nothing back into the system they drain, many of them even sending their earned $ back to Mexico.

Have I taken advantage, knowingly or not, of cheap lawn care and housekeeping? Probably. But I know that as a country, it is penny-wise and pound-foolish.

And what about the waste of $ we do spend on nominal border control? Winking and nodding behind the backs of the men patrolling is just a poor way of doing things.