Does the media confuse us with the difference between illegal immigrant  & protecting our borders?
481932
The media is focused on this issue as a civil rights movement.  I just can't see it and yes I think the media is trying to confuse, or distract us.  With the African American movement, the protests were about making the playing field equal.  But they protested for the right to do everything, they even fought to be seen as equals in patriotism, outshining alot of the majority.  The illegals are disrespectful, demanding and trying to threaten our economy so we'll give in to them.  I think if you're going to protest in America you should at least write your sign in English.  Don't worry though, I think the media may be switching sides.  At least they are here.  Last night they praised an immigrant that fired all of her services that employed mexicans because she didn't know how to tell which ones were legal.  She fought hard to become a citizen and she didn't think anyone should demand special treatment.
638029
because they protect illegal immigrants.....
664773
Some Nat. Guard on the borders, but probably not enough to make a statement...because Mexico is our friend.  Fines for illegals and worker programs.  You didn't miss much.
733239
Please do not oversimplify the matter. There is a huge difference between legal and ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
467425
So are you asking whether we support immigration laws?\n\nImmigration laws need to be updated. With new immigration patterns, governments need to change their definations of what constitutes as "legal" and "illegal." Along with government policy come laws that are based on greed, racism and fear. When people say that they are for immigration and against illegal immigration, what we should really be looking at is why we are against illegal immigration. We should further analyze our laws and question where policies seem biased and discriminative, just as where they seem just and equal.  We need to analyze the complete picture.. rather than the negatives.
846826
Wonderful question.  Unfortunately, you won't get any intelligent answers from the pro-illegals.  They don't have any, so they use the "we were all illegal" crap.
944034
Wherever the word CITIZEN appears.\n\nThere is a difference between a CITIZEN and an ILLEGAL ALIEN..\n\nMany MUSH-HEADS try to say it makes no difference, but even the LAW says so.
644565
Whether I'm a Hispanic legal resident or a Hispanic that is a naturalized citizen, it would be very upsetting to be branded as an illegal. People inadvertently suffers the consequence of the ill deeds of others. Just as the Minute Men are branded as racist. They are just protecting american territory from the onslaught of ILLEGAL immigration. If there is no illegal immigration- there would be no Minute Men at the border. Therefore, they will not also be branded as racist! If there is a cause there is an effect! And go figure the root of the problem we are facing today.
775775
Immigration is not an issue but ILLEGAL immigration certainly is... I agree with what you say but what you failed to say is these illegal aliens are more dangerous to middle-class Americans that al qaeda could ever be...the difference is blowing up a few thousand or killing the future of a whole country & it's citizens!
609310
It is so ridiculous that congressmen are using statistics when debating on immigration, our economy and the illegals. I saw a show yesterday on MSNBC and they covered the false statistics being thrown by politicians; in particular that it costs 8 billion a year to "support" public assistance, health care, etc. which goes to illegal immigrants; researchers discovered that the same illegals are contributing $7.5 billion each year to our economy, so our tax money isn't funding that much in reality.  Why aren't they informing us about that?  For the same reason that there is the saying, "there are two sides to every story!" We are definitely contributing more money to the war in Iraq, than any other "program".
644726
There isn't any difference.  Was that in any doubt? \n\nWhat that has to do with immigration, I don't know.
576616
There is no border security.  Ships, their crews and cargos come and go without scrutiny.  Non-mexicans caught at the border are issued a summons to go to court and released INSIDE the US.  The only Terror that is being worked on is to terrorize the population into giving up their civil liberties, social security, and medicare, and pouring billions down the throats of Halliburton, the Carlyle Group and other Bush cronies.
904062
You ask the tragic question of our times, but the real answer about securing the borders has less to do with terrorism and more to do with politics and the "cost of doing business". \n\nGeorge Bush has decided NOT to secure the borders of the US against foreigners who want to cross over at will.  By "ignoring the problem" - or pretending it doesn't exist -  he doesn't have to do anything about it - right?  A simplistic statement of "conservative thought", for lack of a better description. \n\nBut let's think about it.  Mexico wants to get rid of as much of its uneducated population as possible.  Bush says, "Hey, send em right in!" , and by so doing makes great friends with whatever government is in power in Mexico.  The NAFTA agreement also plays into that scenario. \n\nSome of this seems to be for the benefit of companies of all sizes in the US, many of whom give Bush large financial contributions - and which benefit from having influxes of people who can be hired at very, very low hourly rates - and who won't complain about tiny wages.  Large agri-business companies are one example. \n\nAnd it seems that the majority of the 11 - 15 million latinos who have "appeared" in the US, have crossed over the border illegally during the Bush administration - according to most of the "reliable" news sources. \n\nAt the CNN "Special" on illegal immigration, the conservative Heritage Foundation had calculated it would cost 2 trillion dollars over the lives of those latinos already in the US -  for the education, hospitalization and health care, social security, and other social services etc., that they would need, but for which they could not pay out of their own pockets.  Neither would their very, very low wages produce withholding tax revenues large enough to pay for these benefits.  \n\nAs an example, it seems a frightening number of hospitals in the Southwest of the US have closed, becoming overwhelmed with latino patients who have no money or insurance to pay for their care, so the hospital closes when it runs out of money.  "Free medical care" was never "free", but was subsidized by the hospital's income,  and its receipt of voluntary contributions from members of the surrounding community.  Now this free care has vastly outstripped the ability of the hospital itself and its supporting community to pay for it.  The doctors are fired and the hospital closes. And now, NO ONE gets any medical care. \n\nHow long will the country last with declining numbers of hospitals?  Or schools, since they too are being overwhelmed? And the list goes on. \n\nThe CNN special also pointed out that, every year, about 500,000 people get across our borders illegally who are NOT latinos - and some of those are members of the terrorist organization Hamas, or other terrorist organizations. \n\nBut the real, current problem is the numbers of latinos who are uneducated who are coming into the US who will never have jobs paying enough to afford the services our society provides, and will have to be given these free of charge. \n\nAnd this society of ours will will ultimately fail if this illegal immigration is not stopped, and the current illegals are not picked up one by one and sent back.  \n\nThink about it this way: could current US citizens and government pay for the health care and education for ALL the Chinese in the world if they ALL decided to come here - for example?  The (obvious) answer is no - the US cannot become the home of most of the people on earth, just physically if not also economically.  \n\nSo why do people think we can absorb some large fraction of the entire population of Mexico? One which is uneducated?  Which doesn't pay taxes, in many cases? Which can't pay for healtcare for themselves, and depend on getting it for free - which will cause the healthcare delivery system to fail at the point it runs out of money? \n\n
559399
No not at all, it is differant if we do it. And besides if they are chasing Illegals away from the border they are leaving me alone.
935004
Bravo Patriot... I have noticed this (particularly "defender of the hated") here and in almost all forums.\n\nDid you see the CNN town meeting on "Broken Borders"... the woman defending illegals wouldn't answer a question... she merely ran on in her prepared manifesto covering the standard points: the border crossed us, it's our land, your economy can't survive without our work... blah blah blah.\n\nI'm a Californian, and honestly have had no KNOWN contact with ILLEGAL immigrants of OTHER than Hispanic origin.  My Indian, Fijian, and Russian co-workers all have work-visa's (I'm their supervisor and have to know).  My comments are based on first-hand observation.\n\nYet while in the Navy I lived right on the border in San Ysidro... watched lllegal crossings night and day.  I couldn't report them... HONEST !!  My reports were REQUIRED to be ignored by INS /Border Patrol because my reporting would violate the illegals' rights due to "posse comitatus".\n\nI pay my high California taxes, and while in San Ysidro, my daughter had to go to a school 5 miles away because the school NEXT DOOR was reserved for ESL students !!  An investigation in 1992 found that 85% of those students had PO boxes or false addresses... and further investigation found that those students crossed the border back to mexico each day. On falsely obtained student ID !!\n\n230 students... and at the time, the State said it cost $30,000 per student per year... So that's 6.9 MILLION stolen from the tax-payers from ONE school.
813843
The term illegal means nothing?????  You need to look in the dictionary my friend and find out what it means!!  I'll help you out - AGAINST THE LAW!!  Apparently you don't understand the immigration laws!\n\nIt does mean nothing to all the illegals that cross the border everyday, that is true.  Because they don't care about the US!\n\nBut for American citizens (including immigrants) the term illegal does mean something!!\n\nFYI -- illegals do bring drugs, gangs, economic liablities to the US
1154324
Politics!!!! Politicians. Unfortunately,in politics,the rule of thumb is that only if caught and proved is it illegal. It has been a case of both sides of the border using the situation for mutual benefit. Peace.