What I DO care about… BECOME LEGAL ! ! ! Learn our systems and about the country you’re going to take advantage of, PAY TAXES, and learn our language (I’m not saying you have to abandon the language of your motherland.) I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

And if you don’t want to pay taxes or register with the government – then I don’t think you have anything to complain about, or any right to ASK for anything. You’re a guest.

My parents were BOTH immigrants. They love this country and the opportunities it afforded them. But they NEVER asked for a hand out. They had too much pride. And – they made it work for themselves.

I agree with you in some respects, but I can’t say that I blame the immigrants for this situation.

After all, they come to the United States looking for a better life, just like people did 100 years ago. The difference today is that they’ve got a whole bunch of people telling them that, rather than working hard and making a better life for themselves and their children, they should look to the state to take care of them.

Given the fact that this is pretty much the same system they were used to in their home countries, one can hardly blame them for taking advantge of it.

I see immigrants like the ones you talk about all the time. But I also see other immigrants who come here and work hard and build businesses, whether it’s a contractor, or a dry cleaner, or a restaurant. They’re not asking for handouts, and they aren’t complaining when they have to work 16 hours a day.

That’s why, on the whole, I still think immigration is a net-plus.

We are talking about a woefully uneducated group of people who wish to import their statist values into this country (some even want to re take the Southwest and create their own country, though I do not think its as large of a segment as some would have us believe).

I know that some would call these comments xenophobic but someone please show me where I’m wrong. I am also very aware that most of the problem is caused by the welfare state (but we know how liklihood of us ever eliminating the welfare state when everything is moving more in that direction) and illegal aliens are simply taking advantage. My point is illegal immigration is not a victimless crime. One way or another, we are all victims of this illegal invasion through higher healthcare costs, increased crime (American prisons are full of illegals who commit both violent and nonviolent crimes), and corruption of our political process (being an American citizen should mean something shouldn’t it?).