why is it that that immigrants want to sneek over the border instead of getting in here legally?
406150
because all they want is a job because in mexico they dont pay very well\nthey sould be free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
674671
You can chant the ILLEGAL vs.LEGAL all day long and ILLEGALS dont get it. I care about Legal citizens and the fact that they are hear legally took a long road to get here and these people want to jump in front of the line and take short cuts. Making a mockery of every naturalized/legal citizens path and struggle to become legal citizens. Those people  who took that long path have respect for our country.\n\nI was watching an activist on CNN for the pro-illegals that said, "we deserve full amnesty and we will accept nothing less" You should not demand something from a country you do not legally belong to this tends to tick the legal citizens off.\n\nThere are no shortcuts in life
1026437
I comprehend that the careless application of U.S.A. laws toward the flood of illegal immigrants is a slap in the face to every legal immigrant who comes to our country.  I comprehend that English is being degraded as a language because people tolerate the Tower of Babel that illegal immigration is making of this country.\nI comprehend that they do not want to ask for a larger quota of legal immigrants because we no longer have such quotas.  They could come in legally if they wanted to do so, but they don't because they don't qualify.\n\nThey break the rules for this reason, and this reason, only.  Their convenience is our problem, like someone who parks in your driveway or parking space, or takes your lunch, and then tells you, "It's no big deal!"\n\nWe'll see whether illegal immigrants feel the same way when we take from them what they didn't deserve, earn, or even make a legal effort for, in the first place.\n\nThey are not OWED a place in the U.S.A. if they won't enter legally.\n\nTo all the legal immigrants: Go for it!  Thanks for making our country stronger.  We're with you for your consideration of our laws and rules.  Let us know how we can help you.
1178320
This whole thing started just to keep Terrorists out that could cross the sea and come in via Mexico. Then everyone blew it up when they got mad at Bush for not securing our borders                                                                  It's not that people are against them. With 9/11 and all people are on edge. If people come here illegally and expect to get rights like citizens there is a problem. Not every country in the world has open borders. Why should we let everyone in? We don't even have enough funds to help our legal citizens. It is crazy to me that they are even considering letting people have licenses who are not citizens. If they are so proud of where they came from then they need to stop protesting and take their Mexican flags home to Mexico
158704
Being that the Mexican border is connected to our country it makes it very easy for people from Mexico to sneek here illegaly. They same could be said for Canada, however, because Canada is not such a poor country the people don't feel the need to escape their situations as much as the people in Mexico. So a majority of the immigrants in this country that have came here illegaly have been from mexico. It has been a hot political topic for so long now and in the eye of the media that when we hear "illegal immigrant" we automatically think south of the border. On the east coast however, there is more of a mixture of people from other countrys that are here illegally.
987604
I think it is partly because of 9/11 (increased security), and it is also partly because of the problematic illegal immigration.  Unfortunately, the illegals ruin it for the people who are trying to get into our country the RIGHT way. \n\nIt makes me sick that illegal immigrants that came into our country, KNOWING that it was illegal and wrong, are getting rewarded with citizenship for their actions.   (Well, at least they will finally pay taxes for what they use...public education, roads, libraries, etc...)\n\nI would much rather prefer people like you that want to do it the right way. The whole new immigration control idea is forgetting one thing...the LAW.  They are basically rewarding people for breaking the law.
552452
I agree I don't have anything against immigrants AS LONG AS DON THE LEGAL WAY. in school we were taught not to cut line or you go back to the end of the line, which was fare{if caught} so why are these people "cutting line"
573595
Are you kidding me?  They have more rights than legal citizens.  They can get away with coming into the country illegally, skimming off of our welfare system and identity theft.  AND GET AWAY WITH IT
637984
It is the height of ignorance for an illegal to come to the U.S. then wave the flag of the country they are fleeing in our faces...demanding the rights and largess of a nation they don't even respect.  The first act of an illegal is to break the law to enter.  From that act very little they do benefits anyone but themselves.
110928
Because they are the workhorses that do all the dirty work we don't want to do....because we're all the same...human being and should want to help our fellow being.  There are ways to get here legally, but sometimes it is too difficult and people get desparate...so they arrive illegally.  I don't believe the Pilgrams were in this country legally...:P
116085
It depends on the country.  People want to move to the USA, so it is to keep them out.  If you live in a bad country, like when there was East Germany, they had to build a wall to keep people in.
183041
Citizens are lazier than immigrants.\n\nCitizens want things handed to them.
1092470
people have a problem with people coming into the country illegally because its illegal.
583598
yes that is what this whole fuss about illegal immigrants is about. because they dont' want to follow our laws and become an american citizen but they want to reap the benefits of being an american citizen.
961388
Well in recent years, we have had an alarming increase in the number of illegal immigrants. With so many people here illegally, it is becoming harder for us to accept legal immigrants into our country. Then there are some people who do not know the difference between a legal immigrant and an illegal immigrant so there is a dislike of immigrants in general.
1070643
There are two predominant ways in which people are deemed to be in the US illegally - either they enter the country illegally, or they enter the country legally, then lose their legal status.\n\nThe majority of foreign nationals who enter the US illegally come as economic migrants; they are searching for a better way of life, and for opportunities that simply are not available in their own countries.  The US is an attractive alternative to other western countries because it has such diverse population centers - many immigrant populations are already well established.  Another reason is the land border with Mexico.  The huge expanse of often isolated shared border with Mexico has provided a relatively easy crossing for millions of Third World nationals.  Intending illegal immigrants from all over the world try to enter Mexico in order to cross into the US across the land border.  Others, with more resources, attempt to enter Canada in order to cross into the US through the northern land border.\n\nIllegal immigration is a highly charged issue.  Attempts to stem the tide of illegal immigration have historically been met with strong resistance; logic and law are often obscured by emotional rhetoric.  As long as the disparity exists between First World and Third World countries, and as long as intending immigrants are able to enter the US outside of the proper channels, without fear of sanctions, then there will continue to be a problem with illegals.
906795
They come here, illegally, then it is very easy for them to just break law after law. They will do what ever they can to stay here. They justify this by saying that living here is their human right, or that our laws are out dated, even calling our laws silly, and well its just a very small laws. They try to sell themselves as, just poor wanting a better life. Oh yes they do get a few to feel sorry for them, but we must never stop telling Washington, that we want our immigration laws enforced, we want those that hire them fined, we want anyone renting to illegal immigrants fined, and we want all those in this country illegally deported. If not we will find someone in Nov. of 2008 who will do the job.