Go to the health deparment of any large city in the Southwest or California, and take a look at the people lining up for free health care. It's true, you can't tell an illegal immigrant just by looking, but on the other hand, you'd have to be an Oprah not to be able to recognize the probabilities in those crowds.
The United States must follow the examples of other nations around the world who have encountered the onslaught of illegal alien invasions from other countries. America is no different from any other country - it DOES NOT have UNLIMITED resources for the people and they are now taking away from what rightfully belongs to American citizens.
Ask your congress zombies why America should be any different in how they handle illegal immigration and what they are going to do about it.
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The United States should do what a judge in Ireland did. He said the baby could stay or go home with the parents, but the parents were being deported, they were illegal.
I think America has proved to the world it has a big heart, but when its legal citizens are going without, something has to change. The laws need to be tightened, not slackened.
I love immigrants. I strongly support immigrants. Immigrants are all those from another country who are here legally. By definition anyone here illegally is not an immigrant. Someone here illegally is a criminal and we have to deal with them as such.
We owe illegals nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Point 1 - If the law isn't just, then change it.
Point 2 - If someone disrespects 1 law, why would that person respect the others? Specifically why is identity theft good because "an undocumented worker is paying taxes"? What about those that can't file their taxes correctly or draw from their own retirement savings properly because someone else decided to jam them up (oh, but it's an undocumented worker). This doesn't even cover the felonies perpetrated by undocumenteds. I listened to a mother on the radio tell a horrible tale about an illegal alien who was caught and about to be convicted for molesting her 6 year old son. The judge decided not to convict so that the illegal would not be turned over to INS and then (gasp) deported. Of course the judge did not give a hoot about the child!
Point 3- To what extent do any aliens warrant participation in entitlement programs designed to assist US citizens?
Point 4 - If the author really cares about humanity, why are you covering for corrupt regimes that rely on illegal immigration to the US to stay in power?
You tell me. Is our country's land mass one of the richest in the world. We no longer have oil. The gold mines are gone. So, what are these people coming for?
The country didn't make this the richest country in the world. The people of this country made this into the richest country of the world.
From the article, I gather that people are coming for welfare, legal and illegal alike. So, how long will we remain on of the richest countries in the world?
Unfortunately, some people just don't really seem to understand the difference between legal and illegal. Just a big blur.
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No, but some of those that do have that degree are way too thick headed to see it......
Exactly right. Charity begins at home. If we don't take care of our own children, what kind of parents are we?
"Why people are getting upset with illegal immigrants"
No need for a whole essay, the title cites the reason in the word just before the last one.
IIRC Ireland recently amended it's constitution to eliminate anchor babies. If you are illegal or seeking asylum your baby born on Irish soil is not automatically Irish citizen. We desperately need the same law or amendment.
I'm upset by the volume and the lack of diversity in immigration, legal or illegal. Too many people from one country or one culture makes it too difficult for them to assimilate and if they're from a 3rd world country their economic impact will be negative. It doesn't matter if they come through legal or illegal channels.
Rush had an interview with Newt Gingrich today, and among the things they discussed was immigration. The first sensible words about that issue! Newt wants all borders secured in a professional, sensible manner. Porter Goss, head of the CIA told congress recently that he expected terrorists to drive across the border with a nuke in the truck/car. So in the aftermath of 9/11, leaving our borders, including sea coasts unsecured is insane, and the chickens will come home to roost mighty fast if a large city gets nuked here and it's proven the terrorist drove in from Mexico with a nuke in the trunk of his SUV. As for illegals already here, Newt says, send them home to reapply legally. They get a green card with a thumb print so we can track them and they pay taxes. If they break the law, they're deported post haste, no shilly shallying. Sounds reasonable to me. Let's hope they're listening in Wash.
I put the salient part in bold. As I've said elsewhere, one problem with illegals is that they give employers an incentive to keep their salaries off the books. I mean, what tax ID or social security # do you put on the W-2 or 1099 for an illegal? And when salaries aren't reported, taxes aren't paid - either by the employer or employee. So guess who ends up footing the bill for the lost tax revenue? Why, the poor sap who actually obeys the law - the middle class.
How about deducting oh say one hundred thousand dollars of aid for every illegal from that country that
is caught here. I'll bet that would slow it down!
The United States should do what a judge in Ireland did. He said the baby could stay or go home with the parents, but the parents were being deported, they were illegal.
As I read this post, the TV news is reporting that 14% of the nation's emergency rooms have closed during the past decade due to the uninsured. They report a full 30% nationwide go to emergency rooms for non-emergency conditions.
As regards anchor babies, it seems to me that the judgement most posted as grounds for declaring children of illegals as "citizens" was one about their right to education. Is it not also true that American citizen parents are responsible for their offspring until their 18th birthday? Deport the illegals and their children. At 18, these same children, if they're so damn interested in an American education can pay international student tuition.
That was the only thing the Irish judge had wrong ... the children are the charge of the parents and, as such, return with them ... PERIOD!
I think I've got this thing analyzed. What we have here is a perfect storm of an offensive agains America.
It's a three pronged attack. The Leninist Liberals in the media, education, and government hold us down. The terrorists harry us on our flanks. And the illegals come straight up the gut from the south and we can't do a damn thing about it.
I think we're handling the terrorists pretty well, except that they can use the same conduit as the mexicans. But sucking them into Iraq and Afghanistan and killing them has been pretty effective I think.
We have to shut down the media and do something about the quislings in the government. I don't know what or how. But the first amendment doesn't give you freedom to relentlessly attack the government.
And securing the border becomes more critical by the day. I don't know why Bush refuses, but we have to get it done whether he likes it or not. I think the vox pop is becoming a tsunami of rage against those who refuse to protect the country, so there may be some hope there.
Three lines of attack. We're on the defensive. We have to find a way to get on the offensive.