[Arizona Carolyn]

If numbers are accurate a family with the head of household being uneducated (no highschool degree) costs the American Taxpayers approximately $22K per family per year. That money has to come from somewhere, why not pay a reasonable price for goods and hire American's for the jobs rather then encouraging people to come here illegally and work for lower wages?

The employer benefits (until he gets caught) the low-wage worker gets a better quality of life than in Mexico/South America, but someone is paying the $22K per family per year so someone is paying the higher price for these goods and services, there is never a free lunch.

The last election hispanics went predominately democratic in their voting so the GOP as a whole is not likely to benefit from this migration by picking up more voters.

[kabar]

Agreed and this issue transcends partisan politics. I have concern about the political impact, i.e., increasing the number of Dem voters making us a permanent minority, but I am more concerned about the long term effect upon our economy, national identity and shared sense of endeavor. We are sowing the seeds of our own destruction.

Also, a lot of these earnings are being sent out of the country, over $20 billion a year to Mexico, exceeding their revenue from oil sales, and don't benefit the US economy. The low wages also depress American wages at the lower end of the income scale, thus increasing the wealth gap and reducing the middle class. If it continues, we will have the profile of a third world country.