[Dysart]

So far we have no support on this thread for "free" health care for illegals. It's a tiny sample, granted, but I say it reflects the wishes of most.

[theBuckwheat]

It is not that I don't have compassion. I fully support my wife, who is the Director of Client Services of a local charity.

However, we have a crisis that threatens our national sovereignty, our safety, our health, even our national identity. That crisis is caused by our almost open border, particularly on the South.

We are being flooded with Mexicans, some of whom carry diseases, some of whom carry drugs, and most of whom are coming here, not to become Americans, but to get jobs.

If we want American to remain American, we must control who gets in and how many we let in. It is that simple. The issue is the rate at which Mexicans and other South Americans can assimilate into our society. When too many people come in at too high a rate, they don't assimilate. Instead we see exactly what we saw a few months ago in LA: people who want to make parts of the US into Mexico.

They came here for the lifestyle and the jobs. They don't have a clue as to why Mexico is so poor, but they sure wave the Mexican flags at immigration rallies. Yet, they now want the US to be Mexican once again. Go Figure! This is not assimilation, it is invasion.

Exporting poor and uneducated people is the deliberate policy of the Mexican government. We must do whatever it takes to regain control of our borders, and that must include reducing the reasons these people sneak into the US in the first place.

[brytlea]

Oh wait...where is the faithful OBL????
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