Shouldn't immigrants abide the laws?
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Some Illegal Immigrant facts:\n\nCan't Vote LEGALLY\n\nSend $20B back to Mexico making it Mexico's 2nd largest income.\n\n21% of All US Illegal Aliens are in prison.\n\n29% of ALL US Illegal Aliens are on Welfare.\n\n5% of All Illegal Aliens pick crops.\n\nThe US LEGAL Taxpayer PAYS $69B for bills Illegal Aliens "Forgot" to pay.\n\nBtw---Illegal Aliens have NO rights in Mexico and are treated harshly. See Mexican Constitution.
457184
I agree with you - no illegal immigrant has the "right" to do anything but to be returned to his/her own country. It disgusts me when people compare our ancestors who immigrated here legally with these people who care nothing of our laws, and so have no problem breaking them to enter.  We have immigration policies (they need to be enforced), and people can enter this country through an already established procedure. We should not be made to feel ashamed because we ask others to obey the same laws that every American is asked to obey!
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"
719866
it is against the law and should be stopped. it's not the "immigrants" i have a problem with, it's the "illegal" part that bothers me. i'm cool with legal immigration.
322311
From what I've heard, a lot of illegal immigrants are law-abiding, tax-paying citizens.  Law-abiding except for the illegal immigration, of course.
893273
We are suppose to be a Country of LAWS, so yes we should follow the law.\nThat includes all of the illegal immigration laws on the books.
1075160
Illegal migrants break the law, and should not be here. You would not want strange people breaking into your house.
318929
Send them back, they broke the law. If I broke the law I would be punished and so would you. We dont get amnesty so why should they? \n\nThe law is the law, be it a speeding ticket, murder or immigration violation. It has to be enforced. If we start sending them back and build a wall and patrol it then we will fix the problem.
616531
The law isn't being enforced. The illegals need to be deported.
992724
Americans welcome any immigrant if he/she is here legally. Those that aren't are not only trying to bypass the system but put the whole country at risk, because HOW DO WE KNOW that they are here for peaceful purposes? Illegal is illegal...and we have no way of knowing if you are here to simply earn more money for your family OR are here to cause harm to the nation...or at the very least prey on innocent citizens. Look at the large percentage of illegals that comprise the criminal activity in America. That's why ANY illegal has to be screened in order to weed out those that are here for non-peaceful purposes.
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I think the government is to blame.  If they would enforce the law as it stands, we would not be having these issues.\nNow they want new laws.  If they aren't obeying the current laws, why should they obey new ones?  It just \ndoes not make sense.
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I am sure the Welsh people here in the USA are not here illegally.  Really what kind of question is that.  Most people are not saying we should close our boarders to all immigrants.  We are saying that immigrants need to use our immigration policies and procedures to come to the USA.  It is a matter of national security.  If an illegal day laborer from Mexico City can simply walk into this country so can a terrorist.
173025
Absolutely not. If they threaten to do so, they are breaking the law.
726117
Yes, the rules have to be obeyed by all. How can any reasonable person give citizenship to one group who flagrantly defied the rules to enter a country, then restrict those who have the decency to go by the book? All you are doing there is rewarding the criminal. Besides being utterly irrational it isn't too slick a way of discouraging crime of any sort and illegal entry is not a crime we want to encourage. \n\nYou'll notice I don't say illegal immigration. Those people who come here illegally are not immigrants, they are criminal trespassers
800235
I don't think immigrants are allowed depending on where they come from. It is a matter of happen-to-be.
1066902
Sure they do. If you break the law you don't want to hear others don't like your bad ways. And now they are getting tough on law breakers--they are being run out of town.
656485
If it does not really close the border, it does not really punish employers for hiring someone that is here against the law, and not punish those who broke the law in coming here - then I'm against it.