With all these people wanting into the US cuz, mexico has many issues. Why do we not simply anex Mexico into the US? Or help the people reform Mexico? I mean we are waging a war in Iraq, where some people obviously don't want us over there. Now I realize alot do, but Mexico is right next to the US and they want our help, lets help our neighbors, before we try to help everyone. I also realize that not everyone wants or needs our help.
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heres the thing it seems every time you put a olive branch out there for them they want the whole tree ,does  anyone  else see this? you say  ok we will make the ones here legal and they say no, then couisn carlos cant come ,ok then you say ok you go home and then we will give work visas and they say no we want to be american what the freakin flip you cant make them happy they want mexico and america  read this\n\nShould the American people support an invasion? Why is "Homeland Security" doing very little about the problem, telling border agents to run the other way from illegals? Does this make sense that we should give tens of millions of illegal aliens aid and comfort at taxpayer expense while we are suffering an increased crime rate, high unemploment rates. all for a people that hate and despise us simply for wanting our laws enforced?\nand for wanting our borders enforced ?\n\nWHO will pay for these millions of illegals on welfare when there are NO REAL DECENT JOBS left for anyone here to support a family? If the Mexicans kill off the current working class, then WHO will support THEM? Let's not forget the auto parts plant moved from Detroit to Mexico just a few years ago, that was then moved back to Detroit about a year later. Why? Because after 12 noon they did almost no work. Several auto production lines were in danger of shutdown because sub-assembly parts were late. Is this the future of America? \n\nwhen they are legal they will want higher pay .they will want more goverment aid,more schools will have to be built as more will be able to come and go freely .in short they will have two countries! and we will be overpopulated and there will not be enough jobs  they need to protest their own country make demands to mexico you know that ole saying some men you just cant help, well this is what that feels like. if we give them jobs in mexico it corrupt and will do no good they need to improve their own land instead of looking to us for everything its time they grow up as a nation  and fend for themselves we cant bare the brunt of a whole country being here saying take care of us !
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The illegals are mad here in USA about the immigration issue up before our legislators. But the American people are demanding something be done. Either make them legal so they can contribute their share or make them get out. They should take the money they're spending in Iraq & Afghanistan and secure the borders.\nThe guy your daughter met might have a family in Honduras like a lot of the mexican men here do. They have a wife(gf) and kids in both countries. I see that a lot. I really hope your daughter comes out ok. You're right, they laugh at our law enforcement.
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Mexico is not a poor country, far from it ... they have oil, minerals, and a very healthy export situation ... what is wrong with it is that it is corrupt!  Mexico could well afford to look after its citizens, but it's more convenient to send them over to the U.S. and let the Americans foot the bill!  Don't forget that the 20 billion no doubt untaxed dollars these aliens send home to Mexico form a big part of their national income.  Who foots the bill?  You, the American taxpayer, does .... it is also not fair to compare dollar for dollar what these people earn ... a dollar goes considerably further in Mexico than it does here ... We couldn't exist on the money some greedy companies are paying the illegals, but that money buys one heck of a lot in Mexico ....
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I think this is a great idea. Mexico has alot of resources but I think the problem is leadership. Their president has to do for the people, their government needs to get involved. The people there are tired of their living conditons and they don't like it any better that their families have to be separated in order to cross the border for work. If Bush can help Iraq, who doesn't want help to begin with , rebuilding it and their army, why can't he assist in transforming Mexico in the best it can be. it would benefit us and them.
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i dunno most Mexicans are comeing here. don't get me wrong they are hard working people looking for a better life. but if this continues we will have a border war with Mexico. its already starting. i work construction. most illegals work in this field they already have immigration on jobs at least once a week here they are gonna be weeded out and that's only gonna make more problems in Mexico.personally i think they should make Mexico a territory. like they did Porto Rico. or even make it a state both would profit from this. but like you said the corruption is bad. and they wouldnt want this
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Absolutely agree.  We have made a commitment not to assist Mexico in any way, within our ability.  We have canceled a trip to Belize and will spend our tourist dollars in a friendlier atmosphere.\n\nWe are also spending our money donating to groups like Numbersusa.com, The Minuteman Coalition, Wehirealiens.com, and others who fight illegals in our country.  We would rather spend the 5,000.00 on saving our nation than playing in a country who is declaring war on America.\n\nYou, JD are a powerful, courageous American and my spouse and I enjoy your posts!  \n\nStay strong and keep up the fight!
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You're absolutely right and a great many Mexicans DONT support thier government but there is not a lot that people can do, just as those of us unhappy with Bush can't do a great deal about him. \nMexico's government is HIGHLY corrupt and what's worse, they still have some of the worst racism, with the indegenious native indians being left out in the cold if not horded up and locked away... and most of the immigrants that come over here are the indigenous natives which is why many of them are seeking amnesty.... \nThere is more to the immigration than people have any idea about. I'm glad you brought this up.
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Mexico is doing what no other country could - they are invading us - quietly, making them more dangerous. The Iraqi's don't want to be left alone - they are glad to be rid of Saddam. Don't believe everything the press tells you. If you want the truth about that, why don't you go ask a soldier. Pretty soon they'll be easy to find, walkin' up and down the Arizona - Mexico border...
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The Mexican Government can very well afford to take care of all of its own people. Their oil industry is the second richest in the world next to Saudi Arabia. The Mexican government is exploiting its own people making things hard for them to survive at home and then encouraging them to migrate in droves to the United States. Their agenda is two fold. One is that they want to take back California and Texas and they are using their citizens to come here in such numbers that we cannot keep up with it. They are also organizing the illegals here to protest that we have a problem with their illegality (Mexico would never put up with us doing that to them) and with the financial burden they are imposing on American tax payers. The second agenda of the Mexican government in pushing out their citizens into the United States is that the illegals send back over a billion dollars a year to Mexico and that BOOSTS their economy BIG TIME. (It HURTS our economy BIG TIME). Too many people here have been fooled  into thinking that the poor Mexicans have no alturnative but to come here or starve. NOT TRUE!!!  Vincente Fox is a snake in the grass. He is greedy and uses his citizens to take us over and get richer and we don't even know it.  And we, as compassionate a country as we are, we still should not be used like we are bythe Mexican government.
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Mexico has EVERYTHING it needs to be a top notch nation. except desire. These people either lack the know how or desire to do it. I sense a civil war is going to happen in Mexico soon. The people there need to find their "Neo"
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I think we should not be spending our time and money in Iraq.  If we take some of that money and make Mexico a better place, then maybe they want come here.  Or we can make Mexico one of our states.  Then we have more room to spread out.  Our country is getting over populated.  Canada has their country under control, why can't other countries get their act together?\n\nI do believe in cutting off the welfare.  It is not fair for people to have 20 kids and not do a thing.  They don't even care about the kids they have anyway. All they see if free money.  I'm tired of working my a** off while everyone else is living on easy street.  But I also have worked with illegal immigrants from Mexico and they really do work hard.  I'm just afraid that the Welfare habits will rub off.
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We have problems here to take care of. What about the poor kids living in Appalachia, what about all the families displaced by Katrina, what about the kids who are loosing their dads in Iraq. Charity should begin at home. The Mexicans have had their own country longer than the United States has been a country. They need to make the changes that will bring about a better life in their own country. Why do they come here and demand that we bend over backwards for them.\n\nBilly B hit the nail on the head. The former U.S companies that moved their operations down there should be paying those people a fair wage, but guess what, they went ther for the slave labor. Ford Motor Company will be the next to go there. And they are right, they aren't our jobs, the jobs belong to the companies, they can do what they want. Isn't it funny that the big companies from America are leaving for the slave labor, and now the once unknown automakers like hyundai are opening plants here. They can afford to do that because the unions have been busted and now they can get auto workers for ten bucks an hour. Seems funny that these companies get labor cheaper, they use less people to build a car, they use less materials to build a car now, but the prices go higher every year. \nWell, the Mexicans can survive on their own, they survived a long time before we the United States arrived on the scene. I think they are attempting to destroy us from within, just like the communist said they would. Wake up America. Seal the Borders, shut the gates, stop the invasion.
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The mess belongs to the people living in the United States of America. And the people should clean up the mess. We can force the politicians to annex Mexico into the United States of America. See the plan at http://annexmexico.org
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@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\n\nLeave Mexico alone.  \n\nIt is man-made division anyway!  How would anyone like to be on the other side of the less fortunate.\n\nI think it is usually the ones who are not getting ahead who are really afraid of others taking their patch.\n\nThe successful and purposeful people (not necessary rich) don't worry this much about migrants coming to steal their bread, rice, pasta, etc. They know if they work hard enough, they'll have their share!\n\n_________________________________________\nIt is like the dog that sits put guarding his bowl for his master to top it up, eats whatever is given, not much of a choice; \n\nThese dogs are similar to people who don't travel (besides some genuine cases of dislike for travels), people who can't afford to travel because they are losers waiting around their little plot ready to jump at newcomers who move around for their existence.  \n\nAt least these migrants (I only support legal ones) are doing something positive about their lives - taking charge of their destiny and being proactive for their existence.  They are those who don't believe that someone else own them their living!)\n\n\nVersus the other dog who leaves his bowl knowing where to find food elsewhere, finds what he likes, having choices!  and then when these winners cast their eyes besides them, they see nothing but the same old loser of a 'bowls-guarding dogs'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loser with mentality that because we are born on this patch, we have the rights to sit down and wait to be served??????\n\nThe quicker these mentality of birth rights are put in the right perspective, this world will have less losers.\n\nPeople who keep barking around their bowls are losers anyway.  So they can keep barking, nothing much will change.  \n\nThe hard workers win, it is nature's law, like it or not!\n\n------------------------------------------\n\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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I know what you mean and you have a point there but..... Is not up to the USA government or up to the American Corporation to establish new laws in Mexico. It's up to the Mexican government to make their laws be obeyed and create new laws for the benefits of their citizens. The problem is not the companies that goes to Mexico looking for cheap labor and pay the lease of money or benefits to the workers, the problem is the Mexican government that don't give a shit for their citizens. They are the big problem and they are so inept and corrupted that they rather send their citizens to the USA illegally than to creat new laws for the better of their citizens. Mexico is what the government and the Mexican people wanted to be,,,, what you see.
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This whole thing started just to keep Terrorists out that could cross the sea and come in via Mexico. Then everyone blew it up when they got mad at Bush for not securing our borders                                                                  It's not that people are against them. With 9/11 and all people are on edge. If people come here illegally and expect to get rights like citizens there is a problem. Not every country in the world has open borders. Why should we let everyone in? We don't even have enough funds to help our legal citizens. It is crazy to me that they are even considering letting people have licenses who are not citizens. If they are so proud of where they came from then they need to stop protesting and take their Mexican flags home to Mexico
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Why cook at home when you can go next door and get a "smorgasbord"?\n I've asked that very question many times.If the people of Mexico would make a stand against the way their country is being run instead of running away from it they could do a lot. If they would put as much energy into THAT cause as they do to the cause of illegally entering another country, they would be much better off in the future. Eventually they would be proud to be the generation that fought the corrupt leaders, changed their country for the better. Their future generations would be proud of their ancestors. The USA can't keep spending billions each year on illegal immigrants and then turn around and also spend billions on helping Mexico. If the illegal immigrants would go home, then maybe the USA could put those billions into helping Mexico instead of doling out food stamps and welfare to the illegal Mexicans in the USA. Please don't harp on the fact all illegal immigrants aren't Mexican, I know that. But, right now I am talking about the Mexican illegal immigrant. They are the ones from Mexico. That is the country that borders the USA. That is the country that has MOST of the illegal immigrants in the USA. The other illegal immigrants need to do the same thing in their countries. If all those illegal Mexican immigrants that protested against the USA and all the people who support them went to Mexico City and protested along with the citizens of Mexico who stand with them, they would have a BIG voice!! They can make a difference. Protesting here in the USA only makes U.S.Americans angry. They are not legal citizens, they don't have the rights of citizens, and they only make it worse by protesting.