how can Americans be so stupid to think  all illegals want is citizenship??
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they don't fool me. 3 out of every 4 illegals in this country are on welfare. only 1 out of four actually work and pay taxes. i say to ship them all back where they came from.\nthey march in the streets w/ their signs that say were not criminals, well that's bull. if their here illegally that's breaking the law, therefore that makes them a criminal.
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I don't think ti is completely realistic to think we can stop ALL illegal immigration. If there are countries that have more oppression(hard to believe) than America, or a pay rate that is such that people can not afford to live on it, then there will be people seeking out "the American Dream". When you ask if legislators are biased or prejudiced against certain groups of people, the answer is MOST DEFINITELY! When asked why Canadians weren't being targeted as were Mexicans...a certain politician just blushed and refused to answer the question....America needs to wake up to the biased agenda of this administration- abomination.
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You ask a bunch of questions:\nWhy is it impossible for almost everyone? - It is difficult because the US is already crowded. The US is not the welfare agency of the world. \n\nWhy is there a Green Card lottery instead of giving citizenship to people with fluent English and practical or academic skills? There are several programs to get a green card, one specifically addresses technical skills. Again, we only want to admit people in fields where there is a labor shortage. As an example we have  no need to import unemployed loggers, we have enough of our own\n\nWhy do Americans hate illegals, when it's impossible to be legalized unless you marry someone for papers? - Americans generally hate all criminals, not just the ones that break in to our country illegally. Again, the US is not the welfare agency for the rest of the world. It is possible to enter the US legally, some people are unwilling to wait their turn.\n\nWho wants to be illegal? - Every person who climbs through that fence.
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Because the pro-illegals and anti-Americans want to paint American citizens as lazy trash. Americans will do the work that they used to be allowed to do if the illegals didn't keep stealing the jobs by undercutting and depressing the wages. \n\nSince I have applied for the jobs that Americans supposedly refuse to do and I'm an American then it's obviously false. The only reason I am not doing work as a maid, for example, is because they REFUSED to hire me and hired illegal invaders in my place. Then they spin it around to try to blame me and others like me who they've refused to hire. It's like the people who say the Holocaust never happen spin it and say the Jews are the villians. Just a bunch of spin by liars who cannot keep their arguments straight.
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Your point is?  \n\nThey are not Citizens of the United States. If we are discussing illegal immigrants who are Mexicans, they clearly didn't want to stay in Mexico, they wanted to come to the United States of America. If you are trying to use a word game as a claim to citizenship entitlement, you are just being silly.
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Yes...they are very nervous, the "demonstrations", the disrespect of the flag, the "everything" was a colossal mis calculation on the part of the illegals and their supporters. Talk about open foot insert mouth. Nobody gets away with trying to strong arm the Americans, the concept alone makes me laugh. They were so blatantly cocky and egotistic that they have no idea how to even start damage control. This attempt at trying to intimidate American politicians is weak and reeks of a last ditch effort to salvage some respect for their cause. Illegals do not have the voting power (or right) to make any changes at all. America should speak with ONE voice (which should be in English). America should have diversity in it's people but unity in it's culture. America is not served well by having radical ethnic groups trying to lobby on behalf of people who have committed an offense against a principal law of a nation, namely it's sovereignty. Especially when that very country provides a legitimate and formal welcome.
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Yeah....they suck don't they.\n\nHere is an excerpt from a letter written by a retired US Border Patrol Agent.\n\nThere is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal aliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran aliens.\n\n#1\nIllegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are very vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen. Mexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home countries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as employment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized housing and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment and their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans.  What illegal aliens want are benefits of American residence without paying the price.\n\n#2.\nThere are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs that Americans can't take and still support their families Illegal aliens take low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses and send money to their home country.  There are no jobs that Americans won't do for a decent wage.\n\n#3.\nEvery person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries.  They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20 billion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens.  These illegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of the law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation.  Those who brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on behalf of their children.\n\n#4.\nIllegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens constitute less than 5% of the workforce.  However, they reduce wages and benefits for lawful US. residents.\n\n#5.\nThis is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born Americans.  While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.\n\n#6.\nThe United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are not immigrants by definition.  The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants every year than the rest of the world combined.\n\n#7.\nThere is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote".  Hispanics are white, brown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, Democrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents.  The so-called "Hispanic vote" is a myth.  Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic vote is \na dead end.\n\n#8.\nMexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have resented the United States.  During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. \n\nDuring World War II  Mexico allowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from  Mexico. \n \nDuring the Cold War Mexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to operate freely.  The attack on the Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican school children are taught that the U.S. stole California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.  If you don't believe it, check out some Mexican textbooks written for their schoolchildren.\n\n#9.\nAlthough some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life, there are 6 billion people on this planet.  At least 1 billion of those live on less than one dollar a day.  If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to break the law and sneak into America, then let's allow those one billion to come to America and we'll turn the USA into a Third World nation overnight.\n\nBesides, there are 280 million native born Americans who want a better life.  I'll bet Bill Gates and Dona
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they mistakenly think they have rights (the illegals)
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You know, that is so funny that you posted this.  I posted a question just like this and people called ME a racist and I am an immigrant from the Ukraine!  I am not even WHITE!!!  I posted the websites for hispanics for legal immigration, Vietnamese for immigration reform, etc.\nHEre's a letter from a retired Border Patrol Agent who had the balls to say it like it is!\nA retired border patrol agent shows some common sense\n\n    This letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist from a retired border \npatrol agent, and it has more common sense than all the bull being spewed \nfrom the Senate, with the exception of a few sensible representatives.\n\n    Dear Senator Frist:\n\n    There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal \naliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran \naliens.\n\n    #1.\n    Illegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are \nvery vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen. \nMexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home \ncountries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as \nemployment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized housing \nand free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment \nand their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and \nsubsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens want are benefits \nof American residence without paying the price.\n\n    #2.\n    There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs \nthat Americans can't take and still support their families. Illegal aliens \ntake low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses \nand send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won't \ndo for a decent wage.\n\n    #3.\n    Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT \nhomeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries. \nThey come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20 \nbillion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These \nillegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of \nthe law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those \nwho brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on \nbehalf of their children.\n\n    #4.\n    Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens \nconstitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and \nbenefits for lawful U.S. residents.\n\n    #5.\n    This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born \nAmericans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by \nimmigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on \nthis planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.\n\n    #6.\n    The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are \nnot immigrants by definition. The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants every \nyear than the rest of the world combined.\n\n    #7.\n    There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote". Hispanics are white, \nbrown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, \nDemocrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called \n"Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic \nvote is a dead end.\n\n    #8.\n    Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have \nresented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies \nto operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. During World War II Mexico \nallowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from Mexico. During the Cold War \nMexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to operate freely. The attack on \nthe Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today \nMexican
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they are lazy.... come the hell on... they live here for like YEARS.... and they never have the time money or care to try to learn our language, got and march there as$es to the office to find out how to become an american citizen.\n\nEveryone claims they are doing no harm.... OK then answer me this... they get knocked up in mexico and in the 8th month they come over her and have a kid for free and clog up the medical system and who fronts teh bill?  THE AMERICAN CITIZEN.  they take almost all of their paycheck and send it back to mexico... our economy takes a hit and Vicente Fox is laughing as his people (illegals) ship american funds and support his crappy countires GDP.\n\nThen when i send my kids to school they do not the best education that they can becasue some illegals kid who does not want to learn this language and prob will not amount to much in life, takes all of the attention..\n\nUse those marches as a round up and send them back to where they came from... if they wanted to be a citizen they would have found that office..... not the welfare office.....\n\nIF THEY WERE CITIZENS I WOULD LISTEN TO THERE ARGUEMENT... THEY ARE NOT... WHY DO WE NEED TO LISTEN
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I agree, if they come just for jobs and they are working why change that. It is the same logic they come for jobs not to become citizens. \nThe only was to stop them is secure the border and go after the employers who hire them. Basically just enforce the laws already in place.\nOur president and his followers are making it more complicated then it is. Reason is because they want to do nothing just act like it hoping the Americans will forget about it and move on to another hot issue like putting pants on cows.
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Because they are idiots.  We citizens (and illegals for that matter) are merely peons.  If people would stop wasting their time on protests, etc..., and put their energy into something that is actually worth while, much could be accomplished.
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No - American Citizens Can SEE Through The LIE That They Are Trying To Hand Us -\nThat Means That We Are NOT As Dumb As They Thought\nTheyre Gonna Have To Come Up With Another Plan, Because Theyre ALL About To Get Deported\n************************\n***In Response To Panchas Answer\n\nThere are 12 million illegal immigrants in this country RIGHT NOW.(WRONG - THERE ARE 20 Million Or More - And They Arrive At A Rate Of 8 Thousand More EACH DAY From MEXICO)\n\nIf they all became LEGAL right now that means:\nThey for sure would be paying taxes.(imagine how much 12 million ppl would contrbute)(HA-HA THEY DONT PAY EM NOW,YOU THINK THEYRE GONNA START IF WE JUST SLAP EM ON THE WRIST??? - AND WHOS GONNA PAY ME BACK FOR ALL THE TAXES I PAID INTO THE SYSTEM ALREADY??? - ID RATHER CUT MY LOSSES AND CHASE)\n\nThey would have to be paid decent wages(thus not lowering wages).(THE WAGES HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOWERED - WHEN WE DEPORT, THE WAGES WILL INCREASE)\n\nThey would no longer be ILLEGAL.(tired of hearing that one,how are ppl illegal).(YEAH BUT 20 MILLION MORE ILLEGALS WILL SHOW UP)\n\nThey would be documented,with health screens,finger prints,background checks.(YEAH AND I SUPPOSE YOU IMAGINE THEYRE ALL GONNA SHOW UP FOR THAT)\n\nThey could no longer be exploited.(THEY EXPLOITED THEMSELVES - DONT BLAME THAT ON US)\n\nI know I am forgetting some things,but I think this is the only solution(here come the insults).(YOURE FORGETTING TOO MUCH TO LIST HERE - BUT ILL LIST 3\nTHEY BROKE OUR LAWS - THEY MUST BE PENALIZED\nMANY OF THEM HAVE STOLEN/FORGED DOCUMENTS - THEY MUST BE PENALIZED\nTHEYRE TAKING JOBS THAT AMERICANS DO WANT)\n\nI don't agree with breaking apart families,or sending ppl away that have been productive members if this society for decades.(I DONT AGREE WITH THAT EITHER - THEYRE "FAMILIES" LIVE IN MEXICO - OR HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE $$$39 BILLION LEAVING OUR ECONOMY INTO MEXICO EVERY YEAR??? - WE SHOULD RE-UNITE THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN MEXICO IMMEDIATELY VIA DEPORTATION)\n\n"Illegal" immigration has been going on for a long time and only now it is a country wide issue.(YES IT HAS BEEN - IS - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - ITS GONNA END NOW)\n\nAnd I don't think all those ppl should be deported because some ppl want to label them as "illegal" or because they are stigmatized.(I DO - AND SO DO 90 PERCENT OF THE OTHER TAXPAYERS IN THIS NATION)\n\nAnd I also think the border should be better looked after.\n(FINALLY - SOMETHING WE CAN AGREE ON)
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This is a typical Congressional idiocy. Especially since it is coming from our own pockets (taxes)!\n\nThis is yet another example of why you don't want these idiots in Congress to become president. Totally freaking clueless.\n\nFrist needs to be biatch slapped.
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The Mexican President is not stupid. He knows illegal workers in America send billions home to his country. Cash that is spent in Mexico. Why would he want to stop that flow of cash?\nAs to "bringing soldiers" into this country, a terrorist could walk into America just like the Mexicans do. We now have 11 million illegals. Who would think all of them are Mexicans who come here for work? Some of them could be here for other reasons, we would not know. Sending 6000 Guard troops is only a Republican PR stunt. Republicans are doing what they can to win votes and save the sinking ship.\nWag the DOG.
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You missed an oportunity to speak on a point that americans need to be aware of. If you really think that Illegals and the people who support them are fools (as I do) then tell us why and give us ideas.
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everyone wants to be american...dont they?