how in hell did the mexicans ever get these free benifits in the first place?
404932
The babies being citizens is in the Consitution, and 1982 the Supreme Court decided to offer the other benefits in a 5 to 4 vote.
575232
I agree.  The idea that you can drive over the border for a visit and then stay for a couple of days and have your baby here free, because they can't refuse them medical help, then they get free food stamps and everything else that goes along with it.  I have mexican friends who are legal here and they say that the ones who come in illegally know all the tricks to get money from the government that we who live here know nothing about.  Their friends show them the ropes.  This is wrong.  CHANGE Mexico first.  It is a great country with lots of resources but a corrupt government.  The people have to change it there first.  We are overrun with illegals here in TEXAS.
746247
they do everyday in the form of grants , scholarships , affirmative action and the ability to be racist without anyone accusing them .  welfare seems to be a pretty good form of reparations nowadays .
406150
because all they want is a job because in mexico they dont pay very well\nthey sould be free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1021387
They are lame excuses that pro illegal immigrant supporters have. I always wonder if they have toilets in Mexico or any other country for the pro illegal supporters to be using that as a definitive response. Do they not have lawns, restaurants or toilets? Why can't Mexico and other countries improve their economy for its people? It is not hard to clean up after yourself, so those responses are, well, dumb.
621550
they do it through taxes.  it's called free public education, food stamps, WIC program, and other social programs.
762873
Illegal immigrants -- or legal foreign tourists for that matter -- get Constitutional guarantees (Bill of Rights) like anyone else in the USA -- unless Pres. George W. Bush has designated them "enemy combatants".\n\nThey do not get very many "benefits" of financial value, except emergency health care (mainly: traffic accidents and childbirth). Their children born in the USA are US citizens, and the US Supeme Court held, particuarly with respect to education -- free schooling -- that they cannot be denied benefits based on their parents' status. Which makes sense apart from the Constitutional issue because it would mean raising a generation of illiterate citizens!\n\nParents of babies born in the USA get no benefit (other than as above) from that fact -- they can be and are deported. In one case (you can Google "Myrna Dick") a judge held that a woman alleged to be in the US illegally (she had been brought to the USA from Mexico at age 9 and married an American and was pregnant) could not be deported until after her baby was born. A good -- but charitable -- holding I think; difficult to justify on the grounds given (that the "fetus" is American). But it delighted some anti-abortion activists.
910196
HERE HERE!!! And what's with them EXPECTING a free handout that they never paid one dime into......ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL!!! If they want to immigrate thru proper channels, more power to them.
774277
What's unfair is that they do take medical benefits and WIC and they can buy houses. What upsets me is that I was born a citizen of the United States and when I was jobless I couldn't get unemployment benefits (the restaurant that I worked for closed down and I had a son to take care of and I couldn't afford a babysitter). Nor would my caseworker help me with my benefits. My son is the only one getting full benefits, but because of the HUGE Hispanic population that has benefits, a lot of the pediatricians stopped accepting his health care plan. When I go to the WIC office, it's crowded and I have to wait 2 hours just to be seen because of the illegal aliens. And they don't even bother to try learning English. The only reason why they get benefits is because when they work under the table they don't have to claim anything. Then they send the extra money to their relatives back in their country. I have nothing against residential aliens (those who have green cards and are here legally in this country). They worked hard to get here, and they make an effort to learn the language because they want to be here. A lot of people mistake me for being Hispanic when I'm not (Hawaiian-Filipino) but my boyfriend is, and one time I had a Mexican woman who got here illegally offer to pay my fiance $10,000 to marry her daughter to bring her here, knowing that we were engaged. Another thing, about being mistaken for Hispanic Decent I would get upset whenever someone would come to me and start speaking spanish. But anyways, I know a lot of illegal aliens and they work under the table, receive medical and health benefits, and can afford to buy a BMW, a house with a $1,500 a month mortgage, and buy brand name clothes and things, and I was born an  American citizen and I couldn't even get help from my own government. And another thing is that there is a lot of unemployment here too, and they wonder why. I don't know if anything I just said makes sense.
360277
Mexico is all for their citizens slipping into our country and 'earning' money to bring back to their country.. what better and easier way to bring in the bucks and help their economy? As a matter of fact, the Mexican government, for the past few years, has been issuing a pamphlet to it's citizens instructing them on how to 'avoid injury and possible death' when crossing the border to search for employment.  OUR government knew about this pamphlet all along but did nothing until just recently when American citizens began raising hell about it.  EACH illegal who comes to this country takes IN approximately $2700. MORE than they pay out in taxes.. IF they pay any at all.  That totals to somewhere around $10 BILLION dollars each year! OUR government.. WE taxpayers.. are shipping $10 BILLION to Mexico for nothing!  Illegals put a strain on our system that is very near to breaking it.. they stress our hospitals [they have no insurance], they stress our schools [we have no government allotments for non-citizens but they still gain something resembling an education] and they put a nearly choking stress on our penal and judicial systems. Where illegals gather, the crime rate jumps nearly 75% in some places.  And as if all of that weren't bad enough, illegals are solely responsible for actually bringing LEPROSY back into this country..among many other untreated and untested diseases.  We MUST do something!  Each one of us has the power to make a difference.. at the very least we vote out the members of our government who turn a blind eye to this problem.. but even better.. raise your voice! Write your representatives.. again and again ..for as long as it takes to make them listen.  If we sit idly by and do nothing.. then we have no one to blame when the primary language in this country becomes Spanish.
1140647
I agree and I do not support freebies for illegals.  Maybe one day when I can use the government services that 33% of my income is taken for I'll have a different opinion.  Until then they need to stand in line like everyone else and wait their turn.  I wonder why so many people feel that Mexicans have the right to ignore our laws while Africans who are living in far worse conditions have to wait.  I'd rather have someone here who actually respects this country and its laws.  The Mexicans have proved that they do neither.
1186109
Why the heck should we reward people who are draining medical resources, social security, schools, community services, etc by giving them a free college education over a legal resident? We who are legal (I'm Native American) pay our taxes and watch people who don't pay anything, get the benifits we can't, because we are legal. \n\n   I have seen illegals given food stamps, subsidized housing, money and free medical care, when American citizens were denied. Yes, I have seen this!\n\n If the illegals want an education, let THEM pay for it not people who would like that education but can't afford it, because they can't get the freebies that illegals get. Give those scholarships to people who deserve them ,because they obey the rules!\n\nIf education is free in Mexico, let them get it there.
902627
woohoo finally someone has the same thoughts on this as i do.... hello people every history book will tell you that the native Americans where here first and that the Europeans ran them out of all their homes... yes, Mexicans came and did the same to the Indians when they took over Arizona, new Mexico and California but seriously how much better is white people than brown people if they both stole this land from the true natives??\n\nedited-what I'm saying is yes the Indians where here first but i do not agree with new immigrants or Americans taking advantage of welfare.. i have three children and can't get any help to send them to preschool because my husband  makes a HAIR more than the limit. now my oldest son is behind in kindergarten. \nI'm not trying to contradict myself i just don't like to hear white people say they where here first. and i don't like the fact that because people don't work they get hand outs, and the middle class can't get any help at all...\n\nedited- i don't get what is this discussion about dirty jobs? i love the show but i don't understand what you are all talking about? email me..thanks in advance..
959867
Anyone who thinks illegals don't get welfare and food stamps, are either lying to themselves or they don't live in an area with illegals. They get more help then an actual citizen can get.  In Mn. we were just sent a letter from the state a couple of months ago, telling us that they were not going to be giving Illegal immigrants benefits anymore. Many illegals have American born children and they just get benefits in their children's names now.\nIf you are in line at the grocery store behind a couple who can not speak English and they buy $500 worth of groceries on an EBT card, chances are they are illegal immigrants on welfare.
754789
FINALLY, a legitimate question.  And the fact is they DON'T.  Social programs have been cut, to the bone.  And they are closely monitored and tracked by sister agencies, such as the IRS.  \n\nI am an American and due to a disabling illness I was forced to use some of these agencies.  The paperwork and proof that they needed was astounding.  From college loans to food stamps.  If you are not who you say you are, live where you say you live, pay utility bills where you live and make an income of well below poverty you will NOT get assistance.  I don't give a flip who you are or where you came from or how poor you are.  At the time my income was $7000 a year and I qualified for $64 a month in food stamps.  \n\nI am a white, middle age, single head of household female.  I have worked and paid taxes since I was 14 years old.  I am also an honorably discharged veteran.  Everywhere I looked for assistance I found the agencies to be woefully inadequate.  As did many other veterans suffering from debilitating injuries caused by WAR.  \n\nSo for anyone to say that there are are all these wasteful programs, goods and services going to illegal immigrants, they just don't know.  If they ever get sick, as I did, and have to turn to the government for assistance, they may see just how asinine their claims have been.  \n\nWhere they get this information is not hard to figure out.  What is mind boggling is the masses that believe this crap.  \n\nWe pay taxes so that society can function smoothly.  And once we pay them they are not "ours" any more than our food money is ours once we spend it at the store.  The hysteria over "my tax dollars" was nothing more than a smoke screen.Now, guess who is really getting BIG financing from tax revenues and what is their real agenda?  \n\nPlease vote.\n\nPeace.
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No one may care to hear it but Mexico gets over $20 billion dollars from immigrants sending money home. Then Mexico get additional funding from the federal government as foreign aid.\n\nForeign Aid from USAID (in millions of dollars)FY 2005 31.399\n\n\n“There have been amnesties and reforms before, and they will continue to occur periodically,” said Jesus Cervantes, director of statistics for Mexico’s Central Bank.\n\nSo while the people of Mexico can make a citizen's arrest and take any illegal immigrant in their country to the local police station to have them deported in America we are being cruel and racist.
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It only helps Mexico and the companies in the U.S. that wants to pay employees less than minimum wage so that they can get to keep more of the profit in their pockets.\n\nIllegals draw welfare by stealing people's social security numbers and identities. That means there are a lot of people being directly hurt by these people as well. Innocent people are having their credit ratings ruined, having IRS problems, and social security problems. If someone who has had their social security number stolen gets married, if either spouse dies or become disabled then they can be denied their benefits. \n\nMy family moved to the US before WWII. Those of my family that didn't make it over got killed by the death camps. Our family assimilated to the American culture. We didn't expect the Americans to change to suit us. The illegal immigrants from Mexico are not civilized like that.\n\nThey not only changed the National Anthem to Spanish, they changed the words. They already burn our flag and hang our flag upside down. They waved the Mexican flag during a lot of their protests. Some schools have stopped hanging the American flag and forbidden students from wearing clothes with any part of the American flag on their clothing all to keep from offending the Mexicans. It's nothing short of an attack of our country, not only by the illegal aliens, but those who seek to appease them. \n\nI am tired of the stereotype that Americans wouldn't do the work that illegals do. Illegals do all kinds of jobs for less than minimum wage which drives the wages down for U.S. citizens. Construction jobs are an example. There are lots of illegals doing construction jobs that Americans used to do because the companies can keep more of the profits if they pay less for the workers. All that does is make companies wealthier and Americans poorer. Illegals are stealing jobs that Americans have done for years.