I think all this protesting is ridiulous. they come here and get all the free govt.benifits while we true americans work,so they can take our tax money for their children. Then eveything they get here they want to take back to their country. They complain about our president our laws then maybe they should stay where they came from. obviously their countries must not be that great to come here. I mean why are the immigrants that are already citizens worried about it? I don't think that the children they have had here are ever going back to their old countries to live especially if they were born and raised here.
200536
They need to come up with a compromise solution.  I am a naturalized citizen, I can appreciate how hard it is for the illegal immigrants.  The problem now is that all immigrants legal and illegal are treated badly.  Do you know that since Bush Administration took over the process of getting a US green card has stalled totally.  I got friends and coworkers that have been waiting for 5 years.  What is up with that?  I think immigrant should be treated better, if we are the nation we say we are.
152150
ok u know what?... i'm going to be honest with u.. cause this is actually making me crazy!... i've been talking about this issues for more than weeks now..  had big arguments with my father because of this... my famyly came to the united states with visa.. after a couple of years the united states granted us the residence... to all this.. my parents had been paying taxes since they arrive to this country and decided to stay... this is the case for many people.. that dont actually are from MEXICO .. for your information and for many others that are going to read this.. let me tell u this... many people that happen to come to the united states are also from south america and central america... and many "north americans" tend to label everyone as MEXICANS... this bring disconfort to many people.. i think u should start thinking about how u think about this....\ni know many people that work and do a lot for this country's economy.. and i do agree that many people that want to be legal here don't deserve it... and those should be returned to their own country... \ni also think that many people living here need to get educated and realize that if they're going to protest for their legal status.. they shouldn't be taking their countries flag because of course.. we're talking about USA... not mexico, guatemala, el salvador and many other countries.. they came here.. they live here and they should learn to speak english and become civilized people... \ni also think that the idea of singing the national us anthem in spanish was a bad idea.. i know it was done with the best thoughts but i agree when they say that the anthem it's something that should be sang in the language of the country... i would feel offended by something like that too.. and i ask for an apology to those that agree with me...
263754
I agree with you. Illegal is just that, Illegal! I think the police and Immigration should have been rounding them up and sending them back to wherever their "home" is really at, the day they all protested. It would have saved us a fortune because we wouldn't have had to hunt them down. If a person (citizen) has broken the law in this country, our court system allows bounty hunters to go after them and they allow our police to run "stings" to catch them and lock them up, but when they make it easy for them and are marching in OUR streets and protesting in OUR country, they do nothing to try and round them up. You want to march and protest and try to change a government, than do it in your own country, not in ours! Go home and come back legally and you will be welcomed.\n\nCindy T.......Snug? If you mean "smug" than the asker has a right to be smug. They did things legally and it is NOT fair to all the people who have come here legally to allow these criminals who enter our country illegally, knowing full well they are breaking the law, to stay in this country. They have children in this country hoping that they will get preferential treatment and amnesty since their child is an American citizen. I think that any person who has entered this country illegally and they give birth in this country, should be sent back to their country with their child, and when their child is 18 years old, the child may return to this country as a citizen. I don't think these people should profit from their crime of entering this country illegally, just because they make sure they give birth to a child in this country. That child is then entitled to welfare and health care in this country even though it's parents are here illegally. It is the taxpayer that pays for all of this. \n\nS.S.
140006
They are a strain on our government.  They need to go home.  If they are not satified here go home.  PLEASE.\nI am glad they are staying home on Monday,  maybe the american people can get something done without them being in the way at the grocery store and doctors offices, gas stations.  If they are here illigally our governement needs to step up and start guarding our borders.  If they can't speak our language, before they are allowed here one of the requirements  should be they speak our language, we should not have to spend any money commidating them.  They get all the hand out.  \nWe need to stop it now.
165927
This country was built on immigrants and this will continue.  I believe that it is important for those who come here to be legal pay taxes and truly yearn to be an American.\n\nThis includes learning english and becoming part of the American Culture and not forcing the culture that you come from down our throughts.  \n\nThe problem with a majority of Mexican immigration right now is that there is a large percentage of those who come here who:\n\n1.  Refuse to learn English\n2.  Get here and learn how to use the system to get free social services\n3.  Do not pay taxes because they earn money under the table\n4.  Celebrate the country that they come from rather than the one that they ran to.\n\nI think that the Mexican Immigrants who are out there waving the Mexican Flag are proving that they do not deserve to be here because they are embracing where they came from rather than where they choose to now live.\n\n****  Hint to Mexicans living in the US if you want to become citizens it would be a good idea to wave the American flag if you want to stay  ******\n\nThe families that came through Ellis Island in the past centrury did so with nothing but a promise of freedom there was no guarentee of a job, place to live, welfare, or other social program.  They were given nothing but oppurtunity and Freedom and if they did not make it they starved to death.\n\nThey had to learn english and you should to and they did not try and live seperate from us they wanted to become us and that is a major difference.\n\nThat said many, if not most of the immigrants from Mexico are hard working people who we owe a debt of gratitude to for taking the very hard jobs that most of us would never do.  I want you to stay but I want you to become an American.
387727
Oh boy! Im glad you broke the ice! This has been bothering me too! Right now until the elections are over,nothing will be done. They are all focused on campaigning and basically looking good.Half of them are spending 3 times as much just commercializing themselves and If they get into office they are only going to make 1 times worth of the cost they spent out! I dont mind people coming to my country BUT they need to do things and respect the country like an american citizen.Dont misconstrue,they can still cherish and keep their respects to their own heritage. But they dont need to look at me funny when i put my american flag up by my front door!!!They need to learn our language,just like we do in their country. THEY NEED TO PAY TAXES!!! Thats the part that really makes me mad there! And the majority of them sneaking in here are living off of our government!?! Now if they are here illegally and our government is signing them up for all kinds of welfare,they should be taxed from that! The whole reason people come here is for freedom and a better chance for a more meaningful life. You see them driving these beautiful cars around and the average hard working tax payer cant even afford it,and the tax payer deserves it! I have heard of local factories with thier employees having social security cards from the 1930's and the people who have those in their wallets dont look a day over 25! But i think something will give soon,we cant ignore it much longer. Its going to take a group other then the government to put something in action. Right now the government has too many wars,not enough eyes or money to keep it all under watch. These people should put america right beside the place in their hearts where they have a place for their own country,make a stand for whats right and fair,walk up to the offices and make their own selves leagal without threats! Our country is not a free ride,its a home to alot of different types of people. If you are here illegally,you are not being fair to us!
555710
People are waking up just as I did.  It's not immigration, it's colonization.  Our country is at stake, and those we send to lead us act like the leaders of the free world, where they make decisions for eveyone else and against us to pay for it.  They must really believe we have too much and have to spread it around, and ultimately perhaps cede states back to Mexico.  I could see where that is part of their plan by lying to us about colonization and ignoring the real issues.\n\nAnybody up for a future civil war?\n\nTHANK GOD THAT ARTICLE STATES THE TRUTH THAT THERE IS NO JOB AMERICANS WON'T DO IT'S A SNOWJOB.  OUR LEADERS WANT TO ABATE OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS.  PLAIN AND SIMPLE AS THE NOSE ON YOUR FACE.\n\nNow, 73% are happy they qualify for child care.  I wonder what the numbers were before colonization.
130114
First of all, they are not immigrants- they have no intention of staying here and becoming citizens. They come here for the work.  Immigrants are the honest, hard working people who built this country.\nThese people are being allowed to stay because of politics, plain and simple.  I have not quite sorted it all out, but I know that it has a great deal to do with 'deals' between the United States and Mexico.. for those illegals anyway.  As for those from other countries, it is anyone's guess why it is allowed to continue.  Personally, I believe the politicians in this country have closed their eyes to the problem for so long that they have allowed it to grow out of control.  Now, because there are somewhere around 12 million illegals in this country, certain ones in Washington have come up with the "Guest Worker' program.. to allow these illegals to stay and work.  What I don't understand is how they justify this.  If these people are so honest and hard working, then why is the VERY first thing they do is break the law?  If you or I were to break the law that way, we would be in jail faster than you can say Cinco de Mayo.  Our senators and congressmen and women fail to acknowledge the fact that the American people are becoming more and more agitated on this subject.  The result could be that these elected representatives can be voted OUT of office just as easily as they were voted in.  The list of problems these illegals have brought to our country is longer than I have time or inclination to type here, but I will tell you one thing.  If we, as Americans, don't raise our voices and DO something about this problem, we will be the ones to suffer more than you can even imagine.
670885
I think things have become much more tense since the Immigration March a month ago.  The immigrants see the move to deport illegals as insulting--rightly or wrongly--and the whites are resentful of the demands made on them.  Things will get worse.  But the short answer is that they don't want to go back because they know life will be worse for them if they do.
176955
Honestly, my opinion is that the illegal immigrants should be forced to leave. The operative word in the whole situation is illegal. It's against the law. They have no right nor standpoint to enter the country and attempt to change our laws to accomodate them. No, I really don't care if their only child is a legal citizen of this country and they're not. The child can go into state custody and the parents can be kicked back across the border. The entire situation is out of hand. Over 14million illegal immigrants are currently in the US. That is 14 million jobs that could go to legal US citizens who are desperatly in need of work. The strongest opposition to doing any sort of serious reform to the whole issue is the immigrants themselves and companies. Companies get to hire them dirt cheap, usually for under the table wages, half of which they send back to Mexico an is never spent here which just hurts our economy. \n\nSend 'em all back to Mexico. Use whatever means neccessary. We are not the world's free handout.\n\nEdit: Yes, all of our families were immigrants at one time. The point, however, is missed with this particular arguement for pro-immigration. Quite a few of those familes and their offshoots were colonists prior to the founding of the country. Therefore if there was no country it was not an illegal immigration. They weren't immigrants, but founders and colonists. Next, if you're in reference to those of african descent they weren't immigrants either, they were slaves brought against their will. Thirdly, if you can complain that your country is a country of squalor why would you want to come here to spread it? Here's a suggestion, make changes and reforms in your own government and improve your standard of life, not lower ours. It doesn't help your situation when your own government is encouraging people to cross our borders illegally. There is no excuse for any sort of amnesty in this situation. The only resolution is one of no tolerance and simple removal of the problem, by political or forceful means. \n\nAnd, as it has been mentioned, yes other immigrants from other countries other then Mexico are illegally moving into the US. And in my opinion they shouldn't be here either. But, statisically speaking, they are a far smaller problem then the Mexicans. When you can show me 14million illegal Cubans or Haitans in the U.S. then I'll lay off the illegal Mexicans. They should be removed as well, but we need to deal with the bigger problem at hand first. If we get rid of the larger problem, the smaller ones will be easier to remove. \n\nAs for fairness or equality in the situation you get none. Again, you're illegally here, deal with it. You want to improve you way of life, get a green card and naturalize. You're just hurting your own countrymen who have gone through the legal process to be here by making them look bad. I have no sympathy for you. Get in line with the others, you're not special just because your government happens to be physically connected to the U.S.
565325
There is controversy. I know someone who had to teach the foreigner who was taking her job what to do. It's rough up here in the Mitten, but how can one protest against something going on overseas when it's easier to protest what's going on at home?\n\nAfter all, we need jobs here NOW. Illegal immigrants are taking away those chances. We also need the jobs overseas, but we can't be immediately affected by them (in terms of, if the owners said they'll come back, they won't be back for months or maybe years.)
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!!!!!
236533
I understand how you feel.  I am very sympathetic about the immigrants wanting to become citizens.  I believe that I would also do what ever I could to make a better life for my family.  BUT... the present protests going on, has really ticked me off, and one of the biggest reasons was seeing them waving the Mexican flag.  If they would like to become AMERICAN citizens then they shoudl all be waving the AMERICAN flag.  To me anyone that is waving the Mexican flag is saying in effect " I don't really want to give up my sovereignty to my country, I want to be a Mexican citizen with the rights here also" You just can't have it both ways.  There is nothing wrong with being proud of where you came from, but to be an American, your loyalty should be to the US
338406
I am completely with you on this one.  We give everything to those who come to this country but, for the people who work hard to earn a living and support a family, they get nothing in return.  We are too worried about everyone else and not ourselves.  That's why the immigration debate has gotten so heated.
60275
MTPIZZO\nYou are part of the problem!!!\nThis country is diverse enough. we don't need any more immigrants and the illegal ones should be sent back. They suck our financial resources to to bone. The ones that don't work (and there's millions of 'em)get treated better than our own elderly that lived & worked their entire lives here. Think about it, why should WE (meaning YOU & me) pay for them to live here?\nThere are plenty of people here legally that can do "the jobs we don't want"\nOne of our local police dept's has started a campaign against illegals by arresting them for trespassing if caught in their town! NOW THAT'S THE WAY TO TREAT 'EM!\nFreedom of speech...here it is in all it's glory....\nSEND THEM ALL BACK!
126497
This is what I'm saying. I cannot believe that our legislators are allowing these people to bully them! And the immigrants themselves,(not all, of course, but many i encounter) are angry at U.S. citizens for wanting stricter laws enforced on immigration. Do these people not realize how much we pay for when they immigrate illegally? And i don't just mean monetarily either. sheesh!
249187
To the best of my knowledge the only reason for this huge " boycott " is two parts, first and foremost, it is suppose to show, I guess members of government, how much we "depend" on immigrants, and how things would be rough here if they werent here. So basically they are wanting the same rights for the illegal immigrants that legal workers have, ie; insurance, benefits, overtime, stuff like that if I am correct. The second thing is to draw attention to the huge platform of hispanics in the way of votes, to show governmentt hat theirs is a huge vote potential that they are trying to basically bargain with, again if I am reading stuff correctly.\n\nAs far as current immigration laws, i am not up-todate on all of them, but you can apply for a work visa, here and not be a citizen of the US, you can get a student visa, and not be a citizen. The reason they arent citizens, is because they wont or dont want to go through the process to become a citizen, I think it can take upto 2 yrs. They come over here, illegally, due to the fact that there are so many people who would pay them 5 or 6 dollars an hour, rather than pay a person 10 or 12 an hour. They sneak over here, to take these farm, ranch, industry type things, that they say americans wont do, and they take their money and send it back to mexico, and yet they want or try to get medicaid, foodstamps, free hospitalization etc.. and give nothing back, they pay no taxes, they file no taxes, because its usually under the board. \n\nThe mexican government isnt going to STOP them from leaving, whyy would they, the people send money down there, and it goes into there economy.\n\nI hope I wasnt too far off base