Ilegal Aliens deserve the right to work and live on US?
203234
No one illegal have the right to do anything, you must go the proper channels to make anything legitimate for the proper protection of the law and from the Law Example, if someone force themselves into your home, what rights as an intruder do they have, unless you give them permission! Well it works also in the larger scale of things
326192
Rights, what the hell are u talking about. We are Americans and we don't have any damn rights. Illegal aliens from South America enjoy all benefits, which poor Americans should have been enjoying.
207886
Seriously NO.. It is wrong they come into this country and get on welfare which takes away from American people. Why should we pay for Illigal imagrants with our tax money to live here? We need to take care of ourt own not fork over money to people who are not even supose to be here. If you want to come into a country you should not take from that country so you can live there. AND FOR GOD SAKE LEARN ENGLISH. Don't come here and expect us to learn your language..
166103
No, they should not be afforded the same rights. I was part of an interview recently where a gentleman who was in the country illegally said he was tired of being treated like a second class citizen. So I simply told him he wasn't EVEN a second class citizen, because he wasn't a citizen. End of discussion for me. Now, does that mean to treat him like crap? No. But should he get welfare for his children and 10 others living in his home because he's making less than minimum wage? No to that also. Because he's not a citizen. \nPeriod.
670629
I think all legal residents should be against illegal immigration, because it it bad for our society, particularly as it affects our public education and the ability for workers of whatever ethnicity to make a decent wage.  \n\nHowever, I am not too keen on your screen name, to tell you the truth.
177676
Way to go!  Congrats to the friend who got the new job as well!  If the illegals went home, business would be forced to pay a better wage and would entice US citizens to work!
397448
What's unfair is that they do take medical benefits and WIC and they can buy houses. What upsets me is that I was born a citizen of the United States and when I was jobless I couldn't get unemployment benefits (the restaurant that I worked for closed down and I had a son to take care of and I couldn't afford a babysitter). Nor would my caseworker help me with my benefits. My son is the only one getting full benefits, but because of the HUGE Hispanic population that has benefits, a lot of the pediatricians stopped accepting his health care plan. When I go to the WIC office, it's crowded and I have to wait 2 hours just to be seen because of the illegal aliens. And they don't even bother to try learning English. The only reason why they get benefits is because when they work under the table they don't have to claim anything. Then they send the extra money to their relatives back in their country. I have nothing against residential aliens (those who have green cards and are here legally in this country). They worked hard to get here, and they make an effort to learn the language because they want to be here. A lot of people mistake me for being Hispanic when I'm not (Hawaiian-Filipino) but my boyfriend is, and one time I had a Mexican woman who got here illegally offer to pay my fiance $10,000 to marry her daughter to bring her here, knowing that we were engaged. Another thing, about being mistaken for Hispanic Decent I would get upset whenever someone would come to me and start speaking spanish. But anyways, I know a lot of illegal aliens and they work under the table, receive medical and health benefits, and can afford to buy a BMW, a house with a $1,500 a month mortgage, and buy brand name clothes and things, and I was born an  American citizen and I couldn't even get help from my own government. And another thing is that there is a lot of unemployment here too, and they wonder why. I don't know if anything I just said makes sense.
186306
I completely agree with you. I am married to a U.S citizen and  am trying to go though the immigration system legally myself. I have been here for 9 months and I cannot work or drive or leave the country. My husband is working 16 hours a day to try to pay the immigration costs and for us just to survive. I know that we still have years of this sort of thing to go though. So why should the people that came here illegally be given the right to stay. I have no rights here. It's just a slap in the face to everyone trying to do things the right way.
670655
Every person for illegal immigration should be forced to compensate these innocent people who have had their social security numbers and identities stolen by these illegals who invade our country with no care who they hurt. They should have to not only compensate the money lost from their social security accounts after they are zeroed out once the fraud is detected, but every last cent the victims had to pay taking time off work, every cent that went into photocopying documentation, every cent that went towards lawyers and gas driving somewhere to get this mess taken care of, and any other financial expenditure the victim had to cough up. They should also be forced to compensate the victims for the emotional hardships endured. They should have to compensate for the money and time spent trying to straighten out their credit ratings after these illegals have ruined them. They should be forced to compensate these victims for every single hardship related to what these illegals have inflicted upon these people. Currently, the system does not provide any compensation at all and a lot of people are never restored to previctimization status. Oh but these pro-illegals claim that illegal immigration is a victimless crime that hurts no one and that we are whining when we complain. \n\nYou think these illegals care that they are hurting innocent lives? Their loyalty is to Mexico. They proved that during one of the first rallies when they took down the American flag, hung up the Mexican flag, and then hung the American flag upside down underneath it. THAT is how they feel about America. \n\nhttp://michellemalkin.com/archives/004869.htm\n\n\nThen the people who want to appease them pull out the excuses about how people who are not even alive now, and haven't been for hundreds of years, 'stole' the land from the American Indians. Even American politicians are carrying out this traitorous attack on our sovereignty! If this keeps up, the United States of America will become a 3rd world country, just like Mexico! Mexico's problems are not the fault of Americans, but they are becoming our problems because the Mexicans are invading us and bringing their problems with them.\n\nThe illegals make up about 5 % of the work force. The unemployment rate is about 4.5%. Keep in mind that the unemployment rate does NOT represent everyone who is unemployed. It only counts those who are collecting unemployment. Everyone else's plight is ignored. The unemployment rate if everyone was counted would be tremendous. We do NOT have a shortage of labor, we have a large surplus. The more illegals that come in and take our jobs at minimum wage or less (often less) puts more and more Americans out of a job. Most of these Americans are never counted in the unemployment rate if they do not manage to get unemployment benefits. Unemployment benefits are hard to receive.\n\nIllegals draw welfare by stealing people's social security numbers and identities. That means there are a lot of people being directly hurt by these people as well. Innocent people are having their credit ratings ruined, having IRS problems, and social security problems. If someone who has had their social security number stolen gets married, if either spouse dies or become disabled then they can be denied their benefits. \n\nMy family moved to the US before WWII. Those of my family that didn't make it over got killed by the death camps. Our family assimilated to the American culture. We didn't expect the Americans to change to suit us. The illegal immigrants from Mexico are not civilized like that.\n\nThey not only changed the National Anthem to Spanish, they changed the words. They already burn our flag and hang our flag upside down. They waved the Mexican flag during a lot of their protests. Some schools have stopped hanging the American flag and forbidden students from wearing clothes with any part of the American flag on their clothing all to keep from offending the
423649
Yes, definitely this employer should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.  This is one of the things I don't understand about supporters of illegal immigration - they are actually advocating the abuse of the people they claim to be in support of!  Who, in their right mind, would be "all for" allowing people to be used by unscrupulous employers who can force them to work for less than minimum wage, for far more hours than allowed in our employment laws, and if the employer decides to cheat them of wages, they have no where to turn?  Where is the reason in this?\n\nWow!  I just read Andy's response (from Sweden) and I wish the USA could copy the way Sweden handles illegal immigration!
524259
Are illegal immigrants not human just like everyone else. Do they not deserve the same rights. There are certain privelages that we recieve as residents of the US. And more as citizens, that illegal immigrants do not get. To a point this is how it should be. But there are situations when the goverment acts unfairly towards those who, even though they are here illegaly, deserve the same rights that everyone else gets. For example, what about those people that have grown up here, not having legal status, speak the language, have gone to school here, but can not get financial aid because of their status. They had no choice to be here, there parents brought them since they were very young. Would they not deserve the same rights. And many people will answer, that they need to get their residency, however half of these people dont know the process to which you have to submit to even be considered for residency. Its not as simple as many people think, and often times you are still forced to leave the country while your application is being considered. I hope this makes sense, if not and your really intrested in more information, ask an immigration lawyer. They will be able to help with your questions.
300691
If illegals are living next to me, then our country's law enforcement really sucks.  Why have any legal process whatsoever if illegals can live and work freely for years to earn anough money to buy a decent house in a good neighborhood.  Why does our government allow them to obtain a bank account, buy a car, get a driver's license, enroll their kids in our schools, etc.  It is unbelievable when you think of how many failures/breakdowns need to occur for illegals to remain in this country for years.
462350
This is a non bias answer. No you should not be charged for this , but our government actually give these people more rights than they give Americans so what does that say about our government????? Basically it is hurray for the illegals that actually get over here and get in our system and they, the government will actually help them get thier citizenship. I say run over them all......!
139314
They have a right to leave and come here legally.  Illegals appear to have more rights and privileges than American citizens.
607347
I agree that illegals who come to this country and work should be allowed to stay here.  They do a lot of jobs that people who were born here think they are "too good" to have to do.  Those same Americans who won't do the manual labor job for $5 an hour aren't "too good" to go on welfare.  \n\nWe should exile welfare recipients who could work but choose not to, and let the illegals who want to stay here and make something of themselves stay.
208324
The only thing that I have to say is this- EVERYONE should have a right to live where they want to live, EVERYONE should have the freedom that we Americans take for granted and if that means opening the borders than I am all for it, they want the same things we want a honest living a happy healthy family and the right to live in freedom. But unfortunately we live in a greedy world where people are going to do whatever they can, to stop this from happening, it is sad.
536292
If your friends and family just want a better life here in America help them get Visa's and enter this country legally. \nWanting a better life is not a justification for circumventing the law. Illegal aliens forfeited any rights they ever sought in this country the second they broke the law to enter our country.