Why do people persist in saying that we need illegal immagrants to do work that American's "refuse to do".  I think that there are many Americans that need work, and are willing to do just about anything to earn a living.
206878
How to solve the border crises, HMMMMM Closing the borders would help. Putting up that wall they talk about.\n\nI am not a lazy american I will do what ever it takes to care for my family. I have dug trenches, I have done the labor that many immigrants do, I even ran a citrus grove and picked fruit right along with the immigrants.\n\nI have no problem with people comming to america. What I have aproblem with is those people who come over here and have their children and let us foot the bill. I get tired of paying for an illegals hospital bill, I am tired of my car insurance rate going up because an illegal is driving with out a liscence or insurance.\n\nLets close the borders, build that there wall at least 12 feet, and get those that are here illegally out of our country.
135079
Well - gosh - I see so many "Americans" lining up to clean, cook and do yard work.  These so called jobs being taken away from Americans (ha,ha) are given to immigrants bcuz they will do them for next to nothing in pay and if YOU were to do any of these jobs you would want $50 an hour with benefits and vacations and sick time and a say in what you do and a title for your job and pay raises etc, etc. You get the drift ???????
221949
No, it did not change my mind. Most who protested are illegals (many were not) and by protesting and leaving the job for a day they thumbed their noses at the very people who gave them jobs (illegally or not, they were given jobs). Biting the hand that feeds you to use a cliche.  Also, they are here ILLEGALLY, that means they are in violation of our laws. I commend those who came here legally and fought long and hard for their citizenship, so we are now just to hand it over because they are protesting? What about all those people who have studied and worked hard to become citizens?  What a slap in their face.
109373
some of the responses angered me. Plenty of Americans get there hands dirty everyday. as this gentlemen asking the question has just proved. but I guess you weren't listening. The fact that Mexicans are doing work for less then base wage is not helping anything. Because there working under the table meaning when they get hurt they go to the hospital and pay nothing factor that it and its much more then base wage. Illegals should be sent back home. My single mother immigrated to this country and did it legal why should she have to pay immigration fee's so you can run across the boarder? Legal means are in place to allow people to enter and live in the united states why are they not used?
173928
I owned a construction business, we did all phases of construction, but too many illegals made it to hard to compete. We did better work, did it faster, had better cust service, yet everything we bid we got cutthroated because the businesses we were doing work for found out that hiring illegals that were " self employed" for 40-50% of our cost was better. They are illegal, therefore don't carry the labor burden and other fixed and variable overhead. If they were gone, those jobs no one wants, will be paying more overnight. For example, with a painting service, painting houses, you could make 1600 a week depending on the size, and thats just for labor, then 15% mark-up on materials. With illegals, materials go for cost, and labor is lower cause they don't pay income taxes, and need to pay for that 1 bedroom apartment with 10 of them in it. So, they do it really really cheap. Americans want these jobs. Not everyone wants to waste time and money becoming over educated. Actually, the most stupid people I know are college educated with no common sence. A piece of paper doesn't mean your smart or properly educated!!
125387
I dont know what planet your from but here in this part of the country McDonalds has adults working there cause there is NO WORK. More than 50% of the population in this part of the country have housing construction or mechanical backgrounds and tradeskills. And yes the ILLEGALS are taking those jobs too! It is a Myth that they are all on the farms or that Americans won't work and dont need any of the jobs they now have. It is also a Myth that without ILLEGAL immigrants doing slave labor our country and its economy will crumble. \n\nWere in our American history have you ever read were Americans and the wheel of commerce in America has ever stopped, come to a grinding halt due to americans saying "aw its broken I dont want it anymore" or " Aw I need to feed my family and work is scarce but I wont work at Taco Bell to feed them" Americans are some of the most industrious and creative people that walk the face of the earth. Were there is a need it is filled, were there is work we work, were there is a gap we create and fill it.\n\nYour question is misleading because the issues debated are not about legal immigrants. The issues are ILLEGALS and the lack of boarder security and the huge flood steaming in daily now from the southern boarders.\n\nWe have farmers of all races that own land in those boarder states. Is it ok that Americans in this country have to take a gun with them to go check their livestock, due to the ILLEGALS swarming in and onto their lands as well? Is it ok that Americans cant find any work and our government shuts the door on them when they ask for some assistance to feed or cloth or house their children? Is it ok that more and more of our tax money is spent housing , feeding and clothing ILLegals in the prisons while our schools for our children can not afford to buy a book for every child?\n\nThis is everyones problem and is not going away anytime soon. Bottom line we have marches going on demanding they have the same rights in ALL areas we do, and demanding that we make these sacrafices and more to ignore their ILLegal status, ignore our boarders, ignore law violations and let them have their way.\n\nPersonaly I do not want to sacrafice the food off my table or clothing my children anymore for people who have no regard to obey our laws to enter this country and show no desire or effort to become legal. And am furious that these people have the gual to demand it, march our streets on our American issues and policies, and wave a flag from their country. What am I sacraficing for? People who demand (not ask) that they have rights to everything here but are not citizens here and still wave their loyalty to their own country while butting into our business? That's ass backwards if you ask me. Now Wrong is right and right is wrong....\n\n\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-PMRb1p42aacMueZmc_FaRn89U4XQsyz9cyAO\n\nhttp://www.humaneventsonline.com/index.php\n\nhttp://www.gvnews.com/shared-content/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
324569
Why don't you start working instead of wasting your time on here saying your stupid opinions.  That's why the illegals are taking the jobs, because of lazy ass people like you who are not willing to work.
333022
lets be honest  yeah the American citizens would work them but only the white lazy crackheads. They would work these jobs but not as good as illegals do because they know if they make a mistake in that specific job they can get fired and they can't afford that. They have kids in their countries. So they work hard to keep their employers happy. Do you really think a us citizen would tolerate cleaning shit, working 10 hours in the sun as a gardener. no because they're citizens and they have opportunities.Just Analise things. No one would do the jobs better than an immigrant.And you said it they wouldn't take shit from their employers. Right? So they would eventually get tired of cleaning shit and they would eventually find themselves quitting. Why haven't i seen citizens doing these jobs right now? They don't want to. They r lazy and most try to find easy jobs. Increase in the wages maybe but remember threes bitchy people that expect you to do the jobs right. No matter how much they pay these citizensthey wouldn't tolerate this.They can never do these jobs as good as illegals.if an illegal can find a job so can a citizen but threes so many unemployed because they don't give it as much time to look for a job that illegal aliens. Just face it the economy would slowly deteriorate.
222282
I AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!Let's face it, American citizens are intimidated, they claim that immigrants are taking jobs. Why is that? oh I know why because the immigrant can do a better job and are still payed a low wage!!!I agree they are kicking our asses GOOD!! and I support them 100%, you gotta give them props!!, and I don't know why people b*tch that they are breaking the law. I bet more than half the people that complain about immigrants have broken the law once or twice themselves. Sh*t even me I was charged for battery that's a violent crime and I'm a citizen, and the immigrant only came here with out no papers. So people stop your b*tching their are worse crime someone can commit for example the war started in Iraq.
147642
why are they protesting at all...its rediculous. if they don't like our laws, but want to work in this country without obbeying those laws, they can just take thier asses right back across the border where they came from. what if we did that in thier country, took thier jobs but didn't pay taxes or get legal citizenship, you think they would let it fly? hell no...
17778
Americans with communications skills like yours really can't blame anyone else for their employment troubles, and anyone who thinks this is washing away the American Dream doesn't have the faintest idea what it really means to be an American.\n\nThat being said, illegal immigration is a problem, and it's a problem for one simple reason. We have an system that turns immigration into a burden rather than an opportunity.\n\nThere's absolutely nothing wrong with the idea of someone leaving their homeland and coming to the US to make a new and/or improved life for themselves and their family. However, our government of the last several decades has created and perpetuated an entitlement society. By creating a 'safety net' that attempts to ensure the welfare of everyone (no matter how unproductive they choose to be), we have turned immigration into a burden that drags upon our nation.
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Each and everyone of us is here because our ancestors were looking for a better life. But what people don't remember is that there has always been a limit as to how many immigrants are allowed in. Remember Stanton Island and what people went through to get here, some were even turned away.So it isn't that immigration is bad or coming to America for a better life is bad, but sneaking over the border is what is bad. I am an ex-Maytag worker, the factory moved to Mexico. America is always trying to fight for the underdog and all the while we are becoming the underdog and then who will fight for us. Our jobs are going to Mexico and Mexicans are still coming and taking more jobs. I would like to know whos Idea it was to say that they are taking jobs away that people don't want, because I wanted my job.
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somebody said about no real jobs and the mexicans issue. This anyway doesnt apply on me I am not mexican, but why I cant find a decent Job. I have my education and i am sure not because of the mexicans but because of the OUTSOURCING. My Job aswell of many other vanished for some CHEAP LABOR overseas (india and china), The issue of the illegal immigrant has been  a problem since forever, but why now it was erupted? Because the Big companies are laying off people left and right, and outsourcing the jobs of others, maybe they knew some retaliation will happen so they erupt and paid money in millions to let media concentrate on mexicans.\n\nBeside that someone said the 300.000 on welfare.... Did you trach how many are not mexicans on welfare and they are capable of working but they dont want to do anything beside selling crack on the streets and hang out arround. You know how many are those? MANYYYY.\n\nWhat about the war thats is not OURS!!! war expense everyday was estimated of 100 millions. Gaz for vehicles, food for soldiers, etc... What we have to do with irakians problems? why we still there? thats beside everyday we lose one or 2 soldiers. These are humans !!! THATS where you lose Money!!!\n\nAnd for those who said now we have laws about immigration I am afraid that you missed totally the point of the person who asked this question. He mentioned the settlers as a prove that all white, yellow, black, brown except what called red indians are IMMIGRANT. You accept that fact or not, this country history return back to 300 to 400 years max. \n\nAnyway americans are offensive to newly immigrant? yes but because of some rules in some companies about zero tolerance against discrimination they dont say it out loud. btw If the americans didnt descriminate against others based on their origin...why there is a law prohibit the descrimination !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anyone here a member of a union.  The jobs they do, these are not jobs that no americans will do, busboy, valet, waiter, etc.  Maybe Americans want to be paid more but hey, when you have a minimum wage, that's to be expected.  \n\nPersonally, I know a lot of international people.  I hear a lot about their problems getting into this country.  To me, illegal immigration is like cutting ahead of all these great people.  Is that fair, hells no, life in mexico isn't great, but the people in mexico can't complain about anything.  They no nothing about hard life.  If we should allow illegal immigration on the basis of them being refugees, then there are millions in Africa who we should bring in first.  There are two ways of doing it, don't let anyone in illegally, or let everyone in.  And I think we would know what happens if we just opened the floodgates.    \n\nIf the people protesting really wanted to be here, wouldn't they have an american flag, not a mexican one.  I'm really sick of the racial preservation.  You want to be proud to be mexican, go be proud in mexico, because if you want to say you're proud to be mexico and you're illegal, you're saying that you're proud you grew up from such filth that you couldn't help but leave(but you still love being from there).
337546
I'm not sick of hearing about the debate on immigration.  It is needed in America.  I agree with most of what you say.  If the American people were willing to pay more for most goods and services business could then pay their workers more and Americans would most likely do the jobs.  No one but an illegal is willing to work so hard for so little money.  The greedy business people and greedy homeowners that hire the illegal to save a few bucks should be fined heavily and maybe even given some incarceration time.
241876
I do not agree with this guy^^^^^yeah they might have been doing all these great things but you have to remember that in those times, mostly all women stayed home and took care of their children while their husbands went to work. Nowadays most women work all day...because a lot of them choose to..to have more money...so if all these women start working the income goes up in a home...the prices for living go up and it's a never ending circle......most of them have NO time to come home, being tired, and clean houses which is usually populated with 2 or more children. So they go and hire a nanny.....and not one who will charge a lot....one who will charge them a lesser amount because they don't want to empty their pockets.......IT's all about being selfish and you know that. Why do companies hire employees who will work for a lower wage?....cause the more money you got the more you want to have and keep....and a lot of these companies have people who invest their money on them and an investor wants results, profits,.....and if the person who is in charge of running the company is not giving them the results that they want.....well they have a great chance of loosing their job to someone who is competent and can give them the output and results the investors want. Don't start blaming all the mexicans for america's problems, as far as I know, mexicans aren't the only people immigrating to america so stop saying it's thier fault. All this blame should be put on the US GOVERNMENT, and you know why! They are aware and have been aware for the past 40 years that there is a shi* load of immigrants coming in through the southern, northern borders....coming in through our ports, and even people who come here as tourists with a passport that never go back.....and they didn't and still haven't done anaything about it...so if you say that americans are so great because they have done so many things for this economy...well where were they when they elected the president and their senators? Because it's the american people who chose them...not us....(the immigrants).....so for this guy up here if you want to blame the immigrants I say do some research before you start typing away....the only ones responsible for this are the Greedy Coroporations/companies/investors and the GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!!!!!
334884
Well, please tell me then, why do they come to the US and start badmouthing the US and her citizens?  Why do they say things like, "We're here to take over the USA!"  Why do they say, "We are here, so get used to it?"  Why do they swing their Mexican flags around, instead of the American flag?  Why do they sing the American Anthem in Spanish, instead of in English?  Don't they know that is repugnant to the American citizens?  Why do they seem to be trying to take advantage of the generosity of the USA, such as stealing SSNs, fraudulently collecting welfare, using the medical system without paying for it?  Why do they yell, "We do jobs you lazy Americans won't do?" when, really, they are undercutting the Americans who would gladly do those jobs for a living wage?  A lot of the jobs they are doing for less than minimum wage would be gladly done by our unemployed or by our high school students, if they could at least get paid minimum wage or better, but when the Mexicans will do them for much less, they take those jobs away from American citizens.  And, the Mexicans can only afford to do those jobs for such cheap wages because they don't pay all the taxes and other deductions on their wages that the American citizens have to pay and they are willing to live with an unbelievable number of people in a small residence, so they don't pay much living costs and still have lots of money to send home.  In my mind, if they were really thankful to be able to come to the USA to provide better for their families back home, they would not do these things.  As well, they would not be protesting in our streets - that really turns the legal citizens against them - don't they realize that?  We feel they should be protesting in the streets of their own country - trying to fix things there, not trying to force us to accept them here.