I personally feel that you illegal alien supporters should see a doctor for some Zoloft or something to control your emotions and maybe base opinions on facts instead of your emotions. I also urge them to donate all of thier salary to charity to help all of these "less fortunate" Or don't you feel you can live here free also?\n\nAnd by the way, try not paying your taxes, or driving without insurance.
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No emotion here...none at all.  Just common sense.  I don't like the "hate Mexican rhetoric"....plain and simple.  If that makes me a "pro illegal alien yahooer"...so be it.  \n\nThere are two side to every situation....I will not spout hatred to make my side heard.  And by your last sentence...well that is what you are doing.  Contact your representatives....VOTE, call, email, make them know you by name.  That is the way of change.....posting hatred on Yahoo answers isn't.  \n\nI also want to add....I am deeply sorry about your accident.  My prayers to yours.
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I'm not sure, but i think they need it.\nThe government should pay for treatment.\nHey "Wise guy", everyone is not like you.\nIt doesn't mean they are weak.\nYou just might not have a heart to think of terrible things that go on for this country.
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I feel your pain.  I hate to sound like everybody else, but suicide does not solve anything.  I am not a therapist, I am simply a guy that knows exactly what you are going through.  I have been dealing with a severe case of depression for a coupple of months now.  I also have had some pretty dark thoughts about how things would be if I was no longer around.  I know you said you don't want to see a theripist.  That is exactly the same way I used to feel.  I at one time felt very alone in this  world.  I thought the entire world was hell-bent of making my life harder than everybody elses.  I would see happy people out and about and it made me want to throw up!  All I wanted was to just have one day where I did not feel any pain, physically or mentally.  I was not wanting to be the richest most popular person in the world, I just wanted to be happy... I did not think that was too much to want out of life.  One day I found myself sitting in my car looking for a good place to put an end to my suffering.  For some strange reason, I just drove home.  The next day I woke up and made an appointment with a theripist to try to get some help.  I have been seeing her for a few months now, and I am feeling pretty good.  I also was perscribed Zoloft.  I used to be against just "masking" symptoms with Meds, but I really do have to say the Zoloft really does seem to smooth out the bumps of everyday life.  \nBack to you... I know you feel all alone in your depression, just know it effects many more people than you would think.  It really does help to talk about what you are feeling with someone you feel comfortable with.  You say you are not afraid of death... I used to say the same thing, I used to think I had already lived "enough" life.  That is untill My best friend from college died a few weeks ago.  We were both the same age, It hit me like a ton of bricks... I have not lived a full life yet.  There are so many things I have yet to experience... I realized I was not ready to end things.  Sure I still get "down" from time to time, but the therapy has taught me to work through things, and not to always put emphisis on the negitive of every situation.  It may sound like a line of pure crap... But Positive Thinking really does work!  You are in controll of your life... try to look for the light at the end of every tunnel.... I assure you, things can get better, but you need to be willing to let those changes happen.  \nI hope I helped you out.  If you ever want to chat to somebody that has been in the same situation you are in, you can always e-mail me jam961@yahoo.com  Sometimes it is easier to open up to a sympathetic ear.  I wish you the best of luck!  I really hope you start to feel better.  Just remember, you are never alone, you have all of us here on Yahoo Answers to talk to.
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Yes, I wrote the President, the Vice-President, Congress and Senators.  I got several form letters, but I did get a hand written note from Senator Bozeman.\n\nhere is a copy of what I wrote.\n\nThe negative impact of illegal aliens in my life.  I wish I knew where to start.  This article \nhttp://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/mexicoflag.asp\nhas prompted me to write.  I am beyond disgusted.  \n \nI feel much of the blame for illegal aliens in Northwest Arkansas rests squarely on the shoulder's of Tyson Foods.  They have built and/or expanded plants  in Berryville and Green Forest knowing full well the population could not support the demanded work force.  I believe they systematically recruited illegal aliens and turned a blind eye to obviously sketchy or fraudulent paperwork.  I worked for Tyson Foods from 1988 to 1994.  I personally saw the treatment of longtime employees degrade when the illegal aliens arrived.  I personally was unable to get a job at Tyson's a few years ago, inspite of an excellent attendance and work record during a previous tenure.  \n \nAs a former reserve (volunteer) deputy sheriff and reserve (volunteer)police officer, I have witnessed the negative impact of illegal aliens on our justice system.  It is so difficult to convict many of the offenders because their identies are so fluid, unless you personally remember an individual - you have no way of knowing who they really are - and even then you can't be sure.  They drive with out driver's license and insurance.  They allow their underage children to drive.  \n \nArkansas schools were struggling when they only had to teach in one language!  Now with the influx of the children (many of whom are American citizens - by virture of the geographical location of their birth) of illegal aliens schools are stretched to the breaking point.  \n \nThe public service system is reaching a critical point.  According to one article I read the deficit per illegal household was in excess of $2000 and expected to reach $7000 if undocumented aliens were to gain legal status.  I believe the Social Secuirty system will cave under the weight of the illegal aliens turned documented workers.\n \nI don't know exactly what the answer is, but we have turned a blind eye far too long.  Something must be done.  I realize there are no easy answers, but I am not willing to become a MexAmerican.\n \nI don't believe that voting is a priviledge or a right.  I believe it is my patriotic duty to vote.  And I vote NO to allowing persons who entered this country illegally to stay.  I am not anti-immigration.  I simply believe that any immigrant (regardless of nationality) should have to follow the correct proceedures or face deportation.
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what your doing right now is reaching out for help,  our gov. feels that if your not a crimal,or a threat to yourself or the community, your on your own, I pray that someone see this and can help you!!!ASAP
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This is the country of free speech. I feel sorry for the people who are trying to escape to a better place but they\nneed to do it legally. The people who are pro-illegals\nalready have it good. They live here. I say if they want to\nsupport illegals then they should whip out their wallets and let the\ngood times roll.
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Be careful friend. Talk like that in here can get you called a racist. Illegal immigration has ruined the town I've lived in most of my life. We can't even take care of our own in this country, but we are supposed to give everything we have to the illegals? We have no health care for so many here, too many are homeless and/or unemployed. All I can really say is would you feed your last bit of food to a stranger and let your kids go hungry?
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what do you do as a job? i found that i had to change my attitude in a lot of different areas of my life. i don't know exactly what i'd suggest for you since i'm not sure what type of work you do. are you religious at all? that is something i got away from and i found myself sinking deeper and deeper into anger and despair. have you talked to your doctor about it? i have had to stay on an antidepressant. my family has a history of depression. sometimes we just have chemicals in our brains that are out of whack. it is hard to deal with life if your brain isn't working properly. i have made myself always look on the bright side. i dont' know you, but as a starter, you can be happy that you have a roof over your head and at least some type of employment. i honestly know how you feel. please don't consider killing yourself. i don't know how many times i made passive/aggressive attempts to harm myself. i was wreckless and i did not care at all. it's an awful feeling. i really suggest you talk to a doctor. psychological sickness is the same as physical sickness. some people do not understand that. there are methods to heal yourself. please talk to someone. i'll say a prayer for you.
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I used to blame illegals for this stuff but now I am lashing out at the government, at all levels! They are the ones that come up with this stuff to begin with. I cant blame someone for not wanting to come here and grab free candy. I would do it quicker than superman can p!ss. I was turned down for medical aid but yet i was told by the medical claims office, illegals qualify. Along with unmarried girls (sluts ) alcoholics, refugees, and drug addicts. Go figure the government is handing everything out to everyone except to the majority of middle-lower class families.
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i'm with you man, plus they do pay taxes when they buy stuff. \nin my opinion it's just wrong to tell people they have to stay in a situation that they themslves feel is hurting them. you can't help where you are born, but you can do what ever it takes to improve your own life, and the lives of those you love. i think people don't ever try and put themselves in their shoes, to imagine what it would be like to be a poor sugar cane farmer looking for a better life, and being denied a any legal chance to change things.  of coarse we have to have rules and procedure, but we should be more leanient and compassionate to the situations of all the worlds people.
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I think you are a very compassionate person. A lot of people are against illegal immigration simply because it is "illegal." However, in reality they go on with their lives each day with little or no problems coming from illegal immigration. I know several immigrants (legal and not) and all are very hard workers and really nice people. I understand that not all of them are this way, but I've had nothing but nice things to say about them from my own personal experience.\n\nI do agree that we need to get a handle on illegal immigration, but we shouldn't be hateful towards those who are coming here illegally. They don't come here thinking "Oh, I want to be illegal, I want to hurt Americans and their economy." They come here to make better lives for themselves. Everyone wants to know why they can't just come here legally. Not only is it not as easy as everyone thinks to come here legally (you know this from experience), when you're completely poverty stricken and your children and family are starving, I doubt you're really going to be willing to take the necessary steps to coming legally. A lot of time they're in very desperate situations.
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Just to let you know there's not only one but many who share your views. The problem is, the Representatives you voted for doesn't care at all or else, they'll not even consider giving those illegals their rights to live here! Try to contact the government representative and tell them how you feel or else, they might be thinking we don't care at all as to what happening now and even our future!
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You have made a point, although in a very insulting way.\n\nDifferent people are mad for different reasons:  \nI, personaly, am not scared of the hard working illegal who sneaks across the border.  It's the drug dealers, criminals, etc, that slip in along with you.  We need to seal the border & reform immigration law so we can let the good, hard-working people in, & keep the scum out. (we have enough scum of our own - we don't need more)\nI am also concerned with those who don't learn Engish.  I think everyone should learn a second language, but that includes immigrants (illegal or otherwise).  Learn English!\n\nBut there are people who feel threatened by people who actually have a healthy work ethic as well as those who just don't want any more "beaners" in America.  Please don't lump me with either of those groups.\n\nOne illegal alien in particular was a salvation for my boyfriend's family. His mother had a stroke & needed full-time live in care. The only Americans he could afford would quite after one week, sometimes just leaving without telling anyone leaving his mother alone for hours.  She could have had an episode & died!  One lady actually stole all the jewelry, including her wedding ring, before leaving.\nIn desparation, he finally found someone who had a cousin here illegally who was willing to do the job.  She became part of the family.  After 10 years of excellent care, his mother died.  That was 2 years ago, & we still consider her family.  She usually spends Christmas with us.
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I agree, they are not legal, we should not provide them with housing, medical expenses. At those rallies they should of check residency and green cards,and if your not a residence then kick them out!
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Those of you who sympathize with the illegal immigrants are thinking with your hearts. Do you think for one minute that I have no heart? I do, but I have to think with my brain. If I were them, I'd come here, too. But the fact of the matter is that these people are breaking the law by their mere presence.\n\nTo those of you who say that they are only here to do the jobs that no one else would do. THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE!!! My father was put out of business by them!!!! He was a private contractor/painter. They charge so little for their spray paint jobs on people's homes, and they are able to do that because they have no liscence to do contractor work and no insurance and pay no business or income taxes...their costs are lower because of these things. And do any of you know any high school students who would like a weekend/evening job but can't get one at McDonald's, etc? I do! And many other places that would have hired them in the past just don't, because they can hire undocumented ILLEGAL workers. And let's not forget that they don't come here alone...or if they do, they soon send for their family...wife and 4 or 5 or 6 kids...or maybe they just bring 2 and have the other 3 or 4 here on TAXPAYER MONEY!!!! And then we have to provide healthcare and education to them!!!!\n\nI don't think that these women who stay home with their kids are lazy. I TOO AM A STAY AT HOME MOM...and I do realize that many view it as a luxury. The problem is that they have babies at our expense. They file for MEDI-CAL (here in Calif. that's the publicly funded "insurance" for poor people...and my family doesn't make enough money to afford insurance, but we don't make little enough to qualify for this, but if someone with no papers walks into the office and says "I'm illegal and have no papers," they are not turned away, they are given a plastic card that entitles them to VISION, DENTAL, HEALTH, HOSPITALIZATION, and PRESCRIPTION BENEFITS that my family cannot even afford, and how is it being funded? MY HUSBAND'S PAYCHECK!! They get food stamps, section 8 (almost free housing) and crowd our Head Start (free preschool) and public schools.\nYou say that they improve the economy? The only people benefiting are business owners, the rich moviestars and CEO's who can afford them as nannies and gardeners and can afford to go to the car wash and out to dinner, and the rest of us have to suffer living among them and sending our kids to overcrowded failing schools!\n\nThat's the reality of it.\n\nHey, abbby23 (BELOW): I don't suck, and I'm not ignorant of history, but Mexico's ownership of California and other South Western States is just that: HISTORY! Does Mexico want it back? For what? It can't even take care of the states it has, that's why you guys are all coming here! You think I don't know that I am from immigrants? Of course I do! But don't pretend that you (I'm assuming you're Mexican, because of something you say, but if not, no harm intended) aren't half immigrant in your blood...yep, read your history, girl, your daddy came to this continent and raped yo mamma!! don't like to think of it that way, do you? The point, anyway is that this is NOW, CURRENTLY, and FOREVER a LAND OF LAWS. IF YOU WANT TO COME HERE, WHY NOT FOLLOW THE LAWS. I will admit that I feel a little bit guilty, seeing that I know and love quite a few Illegal Immigrants...but the opinion I'm voicing here is from the point of view of what is best for the U.S.A. not for the people I know. Naturally, I don't want my husband's uncle - who is here illegally (not to mention his wife and two of his daughters, and several of my husband's cousins, etc.) I don't really want them deported. They're great, hardworking people. But the citizens of this country need to draw the line and get people to follow the laws. If I blatantly broke laws like Illegal
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This is a very interesting question, and of course have more than just common sense involved on this.  I understand good and bad feelings, but just let me tell you a little bit about me, then probably you can change maybe not all your feelings but at least you can know the human part of one of that "illegal immigrants".\nI came in here to California in 1994 and since I came, I have been discovered how hard is to get a good lifestyle because the language barrier, also the culture and laws and why not, the racism but not from americans, racism from the people who came from other countrys who have some good economic position.  Is like when the salmon goes back to have their eggs agains the water flow.  After few years I decided to learn English for myself, and also to give something back to my "host-country" then because I really like the emergency services I got involved into the American Red Cross as a Disaster Services Volunteer (I have to respond to shelters or places like that when is needed), also I'm a communications volunteer for the Los Angeles Fire Department, I'm volunteer for a Search and Rescue team who help LAPD and LAFD assisting in medical stand by and search for elders and/or kids who get lost and recently I went to the school to have my Emergency Medical Technician certificate just to assist any person in case of an emergency.  In the last months I found a kidnapped girl, I assisted in 3 traffic collisions helping the victims to keep breathing and avoid shock.  My personal vehicle looks like an ambulance, I have emergency lights, all my first aid kit, whatever needed for first response and also I'm trained to help my neighbors in case of an earthquake.  In my professional life, I work in a company as a Graphic Designer and I'm starting my own company.  I'm reporting my income tax every year, I keep my money here in the country, my kids are on the Honor Roll on their schools ("I'm a proud parent of.." stickers are in my car's bumper next to the Fire Department sticker is) and also all the time do my best to be friendly with everybody.  But... I'm an illegal immigrant.  That's true; for administrative reasons, I cannot reach any protection status here.  But, I don't care, I'm living here and I have to serve to this country like my own one because this country make possible for me to have a decent life style to grow my kids and to be a good person. Like my batallion coordinator on the fire department say: "you do more than others, who are americans, do for this country".  Do you still have bad feelings agains ALL illegals? or I can be at least the possibility for you to think a little bit about what other immigrants do for this country?
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Pancha, you want everyone to see things from your point of view and you are so frustrated when people can't.  However, you, yourself, don't give an inch.  You refuse to see things from the other perspective.  You won't admit to any of the reality of the reasons many people don't feel the illegal immigrants are more of a benefit to the country than they are a hindrance and drain on resources.  I've followed you on here for weeks and you don't give an inch!  You want everyone else to understand where you are coming from, but you refuse to even admit that some of the things the people from the opposing view to yours are saying are true.  If you want people to open up to your point of view, you need to open up a bit to their points of view, too.  I don't agree with everything JD has to say, either, but a lot of things he says has merit.  He has very obviously done a lot of research on the issue.  I see the two of you at opposite ends of this issue and both of you have some good points, but neither of you are 100% right.  You need to try to be more broadminded about this issue, Pancha, and less emotional.