The whole problem with this is that there is no reciprocation from the other countries.
Take Mexico. (please) We cannot go down there and purchase land, yet our government is through FannieMae and GinnieMae offering discounted loans to people who cannot even legally reside in this country.
The freebies have to stop. We need to stopfeeling sorry for people who we let into this country because they have less than we do. They come here for a better life, YOURS!!!!
Question: Are you ready to give it to them??? and where do you plan on going???
I wouldn't say that's the whole problem, but it is hypocritical. Mexico sees nothing cruel about maintaining its own borders but is indignant if we want to do it.
The issue has become complex. Maybe we can have some influence on getting Mexico to clean up its corrupt practices and develop its economy so that its citizens will want to stay home, but the only thing we have any real control over is what happens within our own boders.
Because of terrorist threats, I think our priority should be on controlling who comes across our borders. Then we can work on seriously monitoring and fining companies that hire illegals -- none of this token stuff. And if someone doesn't have the right papers, don't give them benefits. No papers, no welfare. If we eliminate the magnets that draw people here, that should help. I know, for example, that it would do me no good to go to Mexico illegally because I would get nowhere. I couldn't hold a job, get government support, own land, etc. I sure wouldn't want to spend my remaining years in a Mexican jail with corrupt jailors. As you said, there is no place for us to go if we allow our country to be bankrupted.