why do we need 20 million criminal mexican illegals in our country?  can we afford 20 million more on welfare?
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"Give me your tired your poor, \nYour huddled masses yearning to breathe free,\nThe wretched refuse of your teeming shore.\nSend these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,\nI lift my lamp beside the golden door!" \n\n(From the Statue Of Liberty)\n\nThe only difference between them and your ancestors is a few hundred years.
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From what I have heard it is working but Georgia isn't the only state that is imposing new laws restricting service to Illegal immigrants.\nI personally don't know why they need them if these all these great illegals are coming just to work. ha ha\nBig lie every state is subsiding these illegals. \nNo poor person can live on low wages. How can a anyone legal or illegal or citizen support a family on low wages:\nhousing, food, clothing, medical cost and still have money left over. \nFor Mexican they send money back to Mexico. Unless they are levitating someone is subsiding them. The tax payer. Now you do the math and you can figure out the economic of this. \nMexico benefits at a cost of the remittance of the money back from illegals. Totally from all illegals $54 billion a year. Great for the Mexico economy. To break it down just for Georgia, you can call your state finance dept.
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You should get the 10 points because you are Absolutely correct! We need this celebration because the retailers can cater to the millions of illegal Mexicans now in this country. I guess if you make enough money off of something it really doesn't matter how wrong it might be for the overall health of the country. One look at our government under Bush and that should say it all.
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Your right we mexicans are very united and we believe in family. We will work as hard as possible to abe able to give our families a better life. I see it every day when American decide to kick out there 18 year old or I also see American divorced parents who either mom or dad do not want to help support there own children. I see more homeless white folks then anything else. In California I do not see a mexican begging for money why because me have to much pride for that. Our saying is We will rather die on our feet then live our lives on our knees. Please give respect to the people who are making your economy stronger. As for people who say that the dont pay taxes. Well guess what i work in a tax office and there are ways they do it. The apply for EIN but they are never able to receive disabilty, social secuirty or unemployment. They don't complain. If we do send illegals back then you american will be paying $75.00 for a bag of tomatoes.
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Well ...\n\n3 Million Per Year Come ILLEGALLY From Mexico Alone
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I don't think we need just more money.  We need more people to step up and make a difference.\n\nPrograms like CASA http://www.nationalcasa.org/  try to reach children in the system and turn their lives around before they end up in prison or on welfare.  \n\nCould they use more money?  Sure.  But they really need more concerned citizens to step up and volunteer.  \n\nWe need more programs like that that focus on prevention, so that we have less need for jails.
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Look, people in Anti-American or terrorists know that our border is not secure. If an low-educated, poverty-stricken Mexican can cross, what is stopping educated and technologicaly savvy terrorists from crossing?\nThis is a legitamate concern (9/11 remember?).\nAlso, most Mexicans are nice people but what is there stopping Mexican Murders or Rapists from comming here? Not much!\nIf I was a rapist or murderer and wanted to move to Canada, Japan, France, etc. You can bet that they would check and tell me No way!!!!!!!! I could understand why!\n\n Also, Illegal immigration is a huge burden on the system.   I, personally, can't afford to have a baby so, sadly right now, I have to put that on hold. Why? Illegal immigrants come here and have many. It is discouraging that My being a responsable citizen has for now, not allowed me to have a child while others come and get free care for their babies. What about me? I have paid taxes my whole life.\n  Also, I have no health insurance. I have been trying but, basic healthcare is at least one or two hundred dollars for almost worthless coverage. Huge deductables and low benefits. No maternity benefits for less than 300 a month.\nI can't afford that. I also do not qualify for public assistance so, where do I belong? \n  When I was going to a trade school, I was also working 2 jobs but still starving. I applied for foodstamps and the caseworker asked me "What are you doing here, you are white?" I was harrassed and without American Government services.\n  I am not against immigration, this country was built by immigrants from EVERY country in the world. That's what is so fantastic about it. When others abuse the generosity and good-will of our country it is insulting and it takes away from others that need these services and are legally entitled to them. I understand the plight of others in poverty-stricken countries. We can't help every one of them all at once. You can't help others if you neglect your own well-being.\n Charity Begins at home. It dosn't have to end there!\nWhat about the Hurricane Katrina victims?\nThey are legal law-abiding citizens and they need help!!\nThey have less than nothing. We do not have the means to help them. How can we help everyone else in other countries.\nI would love to help EVERYONE in the world, who wouldn't?\nBut, you can't just have a free for all. There has to be a system.  Pardon my spelling, spellcheck is having problems
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First of all, I don't think the govt. will pay any monies to its citizens, due to the welfare issue......Trust me, they will find other ways to spend that saved monies.....But you make a great point, MANY MANY Americans move retire to Mexico every year, due to the lower cost of living....I find that hypocritical.....I mean its bad when illegals come here for a better life, but its ok when Americans retire overthere because of the lower cost of living....
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Businesses are the true criminals here. Those who come here illegally to have a better way of life wouldn't come if no one hired them. And no one would hire them if they couldn't do it cheaply and without any insurance. And the illegal immigrants aren't trying to hurt any one but they need a certain amount to live and the businesses just don't pay enough...so the rest of us have to pick up the slack through our taxes while the businesses line their pockets with the profits from the underpaid workers. The only thing we can do is:\n\n1) legislate (yeah, right. like the businesses don't have our government in their pockets.)\n\n2) boycott (Can we really boycott everyone? Nope.)\n\n3) Ignore the problem and hope it doesn't cause the earth to stop spinning and that USA still means the same thing 20 years from now.\n\nHey junior_03yes (BELOW): You must be from California, because there are white farm workers all over this nation...just nut here in CA. You should get yourself an RV and do a little road trip.
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I can tell from your question, you have a good heart.\n\nBut there is a saying, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".  Consider what happens currently:  millions of Mexicans who come here are forever condemned to live on the margins of society because they are here illegally, and because they will not take the effort to learn English.\n\nThere are 11 million illegals here now.  Do you realize that is the same as the population of Greece?  Do you think we can just absorb that amount of people?\n\nThink of it this way:  by not using criteria such as education, skills, and the ability to speak English, we are like a football team giving away its first draft picks in the NFL.  People from all over the world, many highly skilled people who can make huge contributions, are trying to immigrate here.  And we're passing up on them.\n\nBy not stopping the huge tide of people fleeing Mexico, you are in effect relieving the pressure in a steam kettle.  Mexico is poor for one main reason: because its government is corrupt.  (people often pose the question, why is Canada rich while Mexico is poor?  The answer is governmental corruption)\n\nWithout enough internal rage from the Mexican people, the Mexican government will never change.  Mexico will always stay backwards, poor, and economically inefficient and socially unjust.\n\nSo, you see?  It's not so easy.
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The Federal Government should pay for all of it.  I never voted an okay for any illegal, I don't care where they came from to come here and get hand outs.  Government wants to okay that, let them pay for it.  Mexico can pay for half.  When I needed medical help, and could not afford it, I tried to get some state aid.  They just about laughed me out of the place (state ran agency)  My father fought in WWII, my brother in Nam I have worked and paid taxes for 40 years.  Yet I can get no help.  Maybe I should go to Mexico.  Think they would help me?
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ILLEGAL immigrants COST the USA $$BILLIONS ANNUALLY! We would SAVE to deport them. It would cost LESS to deport and save more in the long run. \n\nWe do NOT need more immigrants. We need to REDUCE the number of immigrants coming here.\nIt isn't just illegal immigration, it's all immigration that adds to our population. If we could just reduce it, not stop it, just reduce it, we could leave a better country for our children, our grandchildren and the future generations of all the people of the USA including immigrants. What good would our country do anyone if we succumb to overpopulation, polluted water and air, continued urban sprawl growth, development encroaching into our farmlands, our forests, depletion of our forests faster than we can replenish them, inability to build schools fast enough, inability to build enough water sanitation stations to supply clean water for the huge population, inability to build highways fast enough to prevent severe traffic congestion, what good would we do anyone? None!\n\n We must take care of the people we have NOW and allow fewer people to immigrate. Our first priority are the people here now. It is not the responsibilty of the USA to destroy itself trying to save the worlds poor, when there will always be more poor than our country's federal funds could EVER save. The only way to save impoverished countries is IN those countries. We can't move them all here.\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5871651411393887069\n\nI just wish people would think about it. We can't kill the USA trying to save the worlds poor.
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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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HECK NO!!!!! They ALREADY get  almost everything they want!!! They get WAY TOO MUCH as it is!!!!!! The benefits/services they get for FREE,should be going to LEGAL citizens!!!!!! WHY should we reward these LAWBREAKERS??? It would ONLY encourage them to DEMAND even more from us!!!!
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Why not?  We need more freeloaders in this country.
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1. The fact that a huge percentage of illegals are using someones social security #, this creates huge problems for the American that has that number. \nRead the story on the link, how could the officials let this keep going?? And if an American citizen was to use someone elses number it would be considered to be a felony, and we would be sent to prison.\n2. Welfare/ state aid, the money spent on illegals in this area is outrageous....this money could be better spent elsewhere and should be.  Illegals should not be allowed to receive any benefits.
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Just broke 300 million, about 25-30 million are illegal.\n\nAmox is wrong, they are not all taxpayers!! Heck, a large chunk of legal, working citizens don't even pay taxes!!!