Hmmmm...yet the welfare rolls, the emergency rooms (for non emergency medical treatment) are full of illegal/legal immigrants. Not to mention the free schooling (by way of non payment of municipal/state taxes by illegal immigrants. Seems to me that many immigrants are surely not too proud to 'take' these services.
There is some truth in both observations, and I'm not sure what it means. I have occasion to visit local soup kitchens as well as local emergency rooms. I rarely see Mexicans at the soup kitchens, but they fill the emergency rooms.
"There is some truth in both observations, "
I think you've got it. There are problems with immigration, both legal and illegal. They also provide some benefits to us that we otherwise would not enjoy.
But immigrants are not the anti-christ and neither angels nor devils.
There are major problems with the incompetent government bureaucracies. They can't handle their current duties. Turning them into the next BIG GOVERNMENT program to throw money at will solve nothing.
The irrational statements on both sides do not help us move toward either more freedom nor more security.