Is it hipocricy to eat food prepared by illegals, work in places cleaned by illegals, and criticize them?
113705
No, how the hell are you supposed to knwo if the food that you are eating is prepared by illegals?  I have no problem with people coming here for a better life, but I do have a problem with them being here illegally because technically they have committed a crime.  The come here and get public assistance for heaven's sake.  They don't speak the language and expect you to be able to communicate with them.  If you want to come here come legally and learn the language, it is your responsibility to assimiliate, it is not our responsibility to pay your way and then have to learn your language so that we can tell you how much your unemployment or food stamps are going to be.  Let them come, open the borders so that they can take the jobs that American's think that they're too good to take, but do it legally and attempt to learn the language.
1084773
You have explained this very nicely.  Savings that the employers reap by hiring illegals at far lower costs are not passed onto the consumers.  It is kept by the employers as higher profits.  Illegals are not causing our food to be cheaper.  This is a myth!
1153508
I have to say, I agree with you completely on this, for the exact reasons you gave. If people take offense to it, then simply stop eating there. If immigrants were actually getting harassed, it would be a whole other thing.
281020
I would feel bad, but I would take responsibility for my actions.  None of us are here on our own terms, we all have to follow the laws of any country we go to, or face the consequences.  I would NOT blame everyone else for my bad judgement, breaking the law. I would do what I could to be here legally.\n\nI don't think it is a matter of free speech, because our rights are reserved for the "legal" citizens of this country. I think it is not very smart to be doing something illegal,then making it known that you are doing it. People who are here illegally are breaking the law. There are steps that can be taken to be here legally and they should take them. It may be a difficult process, but as we all know Freedom isn't free, and if you want it bad enough, you should be willing to do what it takes to get it through legal means.\n\nThe protests of illegal people in this country bother me. I mean what would happen if child molesters decided to protest the laws against child molesting. We would all say, that's crazy! How can they be "in the wrong" and demand the laws be changed so that they can do what they want. I don't think it is right. The best way to resolve the problem is to make it prohibitive for illegal people to be here, and beneficial for legal immigrants to be here. Our laws are there for a reason, America is not a free for all...and if you want to be a part of its citizenry, then you must follow the laws like the rest of the citizens. \n\nWhat gets me is all these people using emotionalism and saying that "human rights" are being violated. How is it a violation of human rights to tell people who entered this country illegally, got jobs, and basically are squatters and cheaters that at long last, YOU MUST DO THE RIGHT THING! \n\nI think they do not understand what the definition of "Human Rights" is. They are not being treated inhumanely, they are actually fortunate. Because they are being treated as any other American Citizen who breaks the law. ACTUALLY they are being treated BETTER than any other American Citizen who breaks the law. How many U.S. citizens do you know, can break the law, admit to it, protest about it....and not be punished unless or until congress decides to re-write the law in an effort to be as fair to THEM as possible. Come on! Just because they took low paying jobs and work hard at them, does not mean that they are free to break the law. And if we allow them to do it, then the country they are so eager to live in will cease to be the country it is supposed to be. \n\nIf what illegal immigrants want to do is to work, raise families, and live in a free society. Then, follow the LEGAL process to do so, learn the language, and the culture, pay your taxes, and become an American the right way!\n\nDon't break the law and then scream victim! You are not victims. The tax payers who support social programs are victims; the people who migrate to this country and become legal citizens are victims. Illegal immigrants are people who made a "CHOICE" to do the WRONG thing, and think they should be excused or rewarded for that choice. I say WAKE UP; take responsibility for your actions, and GET LEGAL or leave.
234993
This is a very tough area. This society would die without immigration.  We thrive on the diversity it brings, the work ethic of people hungrier then we were, and the simple need for more labor considering we have a 0 growth rate.  I have a lot of respect for illegal immigrants...they come here to make a better life for themselves....they work hard....they send money home....but it's not fair to people waiting years on immigration lists to promote illegal entry with amnesty. Illegal aliens also do undermine the value of American labor.  The argument you always hear is that they take jobs no one wants.  I'm not sure I agree.....if you paid a higher wage, people would be willing to do those jobs.  Of course that would raise prices.  There are no easy answers in life....and I don't have one for this issue.  I do think the answer to limiting illegal immigration lies with employers and not the illegal aliens themselves.  They would not come here if employers weren't offering jobs.  And I certainly have NO interest in punishing people who's only crime is trying to improve their life.  I think one potential answer might be simply to take in large numbers of immigrants for the express purpose of low wage jobs.  Legally.  The current principle of immigration is that you must have specialized labor...a skill.  But industry clearly is saying we also need dish washers.  Maybe we just need to legally take in dishwashers.
61814
I think it's not very nice... We are virtually all immigrants to this great country and to make fun of anybody who comes here for a better life is a hyprocrite.\n\nMexicans are very har working people who deserve our respect- and a big raise!
407379
Oh, jeez.  I have neighbors who are illegals and you know what?  They don't hurt anyone and just live quietly and work hard.  I believe in deporting criminals and people who don't add anything to society, but to stir up trouble just for the sake of trouble seems mean.
790584
Not really.But It doesn't take that much to be tolerant  towards immigrants.I remember what it's like to be dirt poor and I've made a lot of compromises.It's easy to have principles when you're not desperate and hungry trying to survive.
210857
Ditto to hobbit.  If it's worth it enough, you'll do it right. You're welcomed to come, but do it legally. You are not above the law. You cannot come here illegally and expect us to look the other way "because you're only here to work hard at the jobs no one else wants," And then turn around and demand a living wage or unionize to bully your way to a better salary like the farmworkers and the hotelworkers have done. Do you want to be above the law? Than you can't expect the law to be on your side when it would work to your benefit.
323595
They're not. Most of them are good people. It's not his fault you were doing something illegal. It's his job.\n\nEDIT: Jezebel, even with all those donuts?
403013
Disrespect and blatant ignorance. I tie these two together. I hate bigotry, especially in it's most assinine form, like when African Americans use the "N" word. These folks, usually younger, don't see the pain and power in such evil. I had a roommate who remembers not being able to go into restaurants but having to go to the kitchen and get food by way of the back door, you know, where the mexicans were. That is hate for hates sake, I have no room for it, ever. Think about what this man felt like having to watch his mother go to the back door to get food, like an alley cat or dog. There is no reason to glorify such nonsense, I don't care who you THINK you are.
676155
I'll continue life as usual. Clean my own home. Mow my own lawn. Cook my own meals. People who are not accustomed to doing for themselves the things that they are currently hiring illegals to do for them do not have one drop of my sympathy. Businesses want to leave? Let them. Agriculture can return to American families...where it belongs. Americans will have to do their own dirty work, and there's nothing wrong with that. Civilizations crumble when too many of their citizens do too little for themselves. Make yourself useful and productive or no one will need you.
716600
I've never knowingly used service from illegals.\nFor that people who said everytime we eat, thats BS!  I live in Pennsylvania and it's mostly Amish people working the farms.  You can go see them at the farmers market.  Also, a lot of them will let you on the farm to pick your own fruits and vegetables.  See, I picked fruits and vegetables hundreds of times and I'm not illegal.
56586
easy come, easy go.\n\nAlso, as long as an illegal alien is picking your apple, eat 'em!\n\nWould be a different scenario if YOU had to go pick 'em. And, have you ever milked a cow? Think of that the next time you drive to Mcdons and eat so cheap
967842
Immigration is a joke........As I have mentioned many times before. ICE.... INS.... whatever they call themselves these days needs to be completely torn down and edified with specific departments with specific job details... They must be held accountable for their work ethics. You for example as a law abiding citizen (hopefully) do not have racist reasons for reporting someone does not even know who to report them too.... This bureaucratic monster of a department does not serve the Public in its work... nor does it serve its purpose in granting work permits for those who have applied.... what good are they? They have the attitude that I will get to them when I get to them not just to the people who they are supposed to serve .... But to the USA citizen who in essence supplies them with that paycheck that they do not earn..... Heads up...... Rebuild this monster of a department while building this wall across the border.
1036885
obeirn1:  Fianlly someone with a brain on here.  I agree with you 100%.  Here is the trouble with this immigration debate, to much prejudices, and racisits trying to run the country.  Also some of these "haters" as I have so affectionatly called them, tend to go with what the neighbor says without investingating things themselves.  Like most things, when people jump to conclusions, this whole thing will turn out to blow up in the "haters" face.  People dont realize that it is not just "Mexicans" here illegally, and if you look at the problem more, you will se that it is actually our own Governement (INS policies) that prohibit the majority of these hispanics from gaining papers.  Look at it from their side, if your kids were starving would you not do what you had to do to feed them?  Now if you cant afford food, how on earth are you to afford thousands of dollars for papers, when the wages in countries like Mexico are 5 bucks a week....people just think they know all when they refuse to see the tarnish on the coin.  ~~To answer the question, I am ashamed that as a whole, americans think they are somehow better than the rest of the world!~~
708043
I work with a guy who was about 4 years old when his parents immigrated legally. He was not born here so when he got old enough he started the process to become a legal citizen. He paid for it, he did it the legal way and he has been here seventeen years and is about to get his citizenship. He is adamantly against illegal immigration. I makes him mad to think he went through the proper, legal. tedious process and those people could end up getting their amnesty without doing what he had to do. \n\nI'm sick of people claiming those illegal immigrants just want 'work to feed their poor families'. That is such a CROCK!  I have yet to see anyone coming across that border looking emaciated or starving. I see people from Ethiopia and other countries where they are REALLY starving, their children are DYING from malnutrition  and they would LOVE to come to the USA. They are POOR. The USA sends aid to those countries but we cannot take in millions of poor people to be supported by our taxes. It's the same with those illegally entering from our border with Mexico. We cannot continue to support unlimited numbers of people who just 'want a better life'. I want a better life, too. I can't just go move in with a rich person and demand they take care of me and my family, provide us with medical care, food, clothing and let me have the run of his house. It don't work that way. You have to live according to what YOU, YOURSELF, can provide. If they want a better life, make it better in their own country. They shouldn't slither into the USA and demand WE take care of them. They're not starving! They are no more poor than some of our own citizens. They need to get a real life in their own country.