The politically correct thing is not to mention the racial/ethnic component of what is happening, legally and illegally. The fact that you state "I for one, don't give a damn what race, religion or nationality people are" is an example of what I meant. You don't want to be labelled a racist by mentioning the ethnic component of the problem. We are not being invaded by millions of Swedes or Irish. It is similar to the political correctness surrounding the identification of who the terrorists really are, i.e., militant Islamic fundamentalists. We must avoid profiling and continue to wand blue-eyed grandmothers.
"No other First World country has such an extensive land frontier with a Third World country. The significance of the long Mexican-U.S. border is enhanced by the economic differences between the two countries. “The income gap between the United States and Mexico,” Stanford University historian David Kennedy has pointed out, “is the largest between any two contiguous countries in the world.” Contiguity enables Mexican immigrants to remain in intimate contact with their families, friends, and home localities in Mexico as no other immigrants have been able to do. "
Have you read the The Hispanic Challenge By Samuel P. Huntington?
I agree that illegal immigration needs to be stopped no matter where it comes from, but where it does come from, primarily from Mexico and Latin America, does matter. And so do our legal immigration policies, which are changing dramatically the demographics of this country. There will be growing political tensions and consequences as this elephant in the room grows and grows.
Two Sides of the Same Coin The Connection Between Legal and Illegal Immigration
As someone who agreed and just applauded what ElkGroveDan wrote, I must disagree with you. It has nothing to do with race or origin, or what newspaper they read! The same issue would exist if they were Swedes or Chinese or aliens from Mars! It has nothing to do with political correctness or Islamic fundamentalists. They are ILLEGAL, meaning they defied the laws of the United States by entering the country, and many of them continue to do so. No country can financially withstand an onslaught of lawbreakers and underground economy workers in the presence of huge government giveaways. It's about survival of the U.S.A.