why is everybody worried about what happens in the U.S. ; immigration (taking Americans' jobs) and so forth?
372635
Hey, I did not spend 16 years going to school and college just so some foreigner could take away my fruit picking job.\nNot every idiot can be elected president. some of us do not have fathers that were also president or a billion dollars and powerful arab friends. we have to work.\nthese illegals are taking our jobs. just try selling oranges on the street in LA. they will undercut your prices every time. I say "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!"\n\na few can stay if they promise to vote republican
1035001
I so agree!  I think Americans living in the "homeland" are under more scrutiny than anyone contemplating entering the US either legally or illegally.  I feel that Americans are losing their basic rights in order to make our nation more "safe" yet our borders are still unsecured.  I don't get it.
805645
Yes...just one of many "concerns". More is happening than most people realize. The US is,  of course,  working on all of it continuously. The task would be easier I'm sure....with less whining and complaining from it's own citizens.
520577
Not everyone is so afraid of everything as Americans are. American society hasn't moved on from Salem and 16th century mentality. They even have the death penalty!!! Like some Sahel, Arab and Asian nations. Who wants to live in the USA?? Not me, certainly.
570595
I have no problem with anyone who comes to this country legally taking any job they are able to do. But this is America and the jobs it produces are for Americans.  If you like our economy, our freedoms, our way of life, our laws, then by all means find a legal way to come join us, become one of us, add to our work force, our culture, support this country, and love it as we do.
317095
Because most Americans are narrow-minded, poorly-educated, racist xenophobes who fail to realise that the US would be a disaster without immigrants. What I don't understand is why they're so keen to protect such a shallow, appearance-obsessed, moral-lacking, money-orientated society as the one they have. They should be ashamed of themselves.
570449
Seriously, I think there will be a lot of fighting. A lot of United States citizens are really tired of illegals draining our economy, and I think the resentment will surface in a very violent way.  And just for the record, I hope they don't pass a bill allowing that, because it certainly isn't fair to the people who earned their citizenship the honest way.  By the way, my family has been here since about 1670.
226874
Probably.  I haven't noticed any tangible problems from immigration -- other than problems purely stemming from the fact that we've declared a lot of it to be illegal.  As far as I know, the economy is better and lots of things are less expensive as a result of immigrant workers.  I don't think many Americans are eager for many of the agricultural and service industry jobs that many immigrants perform.  If there is an unemployment problem, it has much more to do with outsourcing overseas, and the general state of the economy (to which immigrant labor is a benefit, not a burden).\n\nAs far as making this country what it used to be -- an ignorant, bigotted, Indian-massacring, slave-owning backwater -- I think that's kind of crazy.  But one *good* thing that you *would* need -- is lots of immigrants.
482039
No, we've had the same amount of illegal immigration for the last 120 years.  The only reason that this is even getting press is because certain politicians are looking for a hot-button issue to distract the dumbest in our society so that they don't demand that the politicians deal with real issues like war, debt, health care and social security.  Nothing will change with immigration and no one will notice when it no longer makes the news.  Just smile and ignore those stupid people when they get angry over this non-issue.  We're waaaaay to smart to get suckered into a BS argument about something that's not going to change and doesn't really matter at all anyway.  Besides, you and I are to busy worrying about real issues to be bothered with this crap.
46245
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.
665573
Life would go on... I don't think America is going to fall apart without any one minority (not that I have anything against Hispanics, or minorities in general)... I suspect this is in response to 'what would happen if illegal immigrants get mad and leave the USA.  This seems to be the line the media is running with these days, but the mass protests on May 1st didn't affect the economy in any substantial manner (the 10cent hike in gas prices has done far more than they could hope to do), heck it even made my day better, since a segment of the population wasted their time making fools of themselves protesting in the streets instead of impeding traffic on the interstate...
932955
Absolutely. It is in my opinion the number one danger to our country. It's not just the illegals coming here looking for work, that is a problem that directly affects the middle and lower class Americans. It also is killing many states budgets. The real problem is how many people with ill will are coming across our borders, especially the southern border? I keep reading on here about the next attack. Does anyone not believe if we do nothing about our border and port security it will only be a matter of time until the next one? Both political parties are guilty, they look at this issue as offending prospective future voters. What about  Americans? Are we just the fools who pay the taxes and get shafted so illegals can get services many of us can't, and business owners get cheap labor? Write your elected officials after January.
1161675
Issues like immigration are easy to take a stand on and propose an answer to. It's a way to get people to follow you because its an election year, so the important things get thrown to the side and these sorts of issues take the forefront.\n\nSome would also like to make you think that there's a definite connection between all of these things and that closing our borders would fix these problems however untrue and potentially dangerous that connection is.
226296
You can pick almost any issue and someone will feel that it is the top issue and the country is divided on it.  I believe that most people are in agreement that the Issue of Illegal Aliens is out of hand.  There are many things wrong with the way we handle this sitation and many of the problems are our governments doing.  \n\nWhen things are running smoothly in this country, people all working and no foreign issues on the top of our governments list of things to do such as fighting a war or negotiating a peace for someone else.  We all get along fairly well.  However we now see that people that are here illegally can hurt us as the hijackers of 9/11 did.  Many jobs have moved out of the country and replacement jobs are not as good as what you had and boom the Illegal Aliens are taking all of our jobs.  Well yes many American Jobs are performed by Illegal Aliens, however they get paid less than minimum wage, work long hours without overtime and if they did not perform these jobs the jobs themselves would cease to exist as Americans do not want those jobs.  I have noticed that on this forum at Yahoo Answers there seems to be a leaning to the fact that all foreigner's are Illegal as many people refer to either being Illegal or being a Citizens.  There is another category and that is being a Resident Alien and there are a lot of those out there.  Just because you are foreign does not make you an Illegal Alien.  I see a wave of mistrust of foreigners in this country that could in fact be very dangerous.  I also realize that because of things that happened 9/11 we may never trust as we once did.  While this issue looks to be all black and white it isn't and a lot of it is the governments fault for following antique laws instead of updating them to meet the needs of todays world. Our leaders need to figure this issue out and get something happening before it all boils over and makes one hell of a mess.
579467
There are no jobs that Americans won't do if they are paid at least minimum wage and are protected by American labor and employment law.\n\nCheap labor allows businesses to not hire naturalized americans and to outsource jobs.  within a generation there will be no jobs for actual american citizens and then the economy will tank because no one will be able to buy anything.\n\nWhy do people assume that illegals are only doing the manual jobs?  They are doing restaurant, hotel, construction, childcare, and any other job they are offered....not just produce pickers.\n\nif Dynacorp can hire someone for 1 dollar, why would they hire you?  or your son?  or daughter?
552223
thank you very much! i hate how everyone gets all excited about it too. and then people wonder why this country is going down the pee hole...
955389
Until we can solve illegal immigration, homelessness, rising health care costs, unemployment, etc., we need to close the gates.  We're so concerned with helping every other nation on the planet that our own nation is falling into ruin.