If Illegal Aliens really wanted a better  life why are 50% of them locked up?
830654
I'm sure they do want a better life ... if I had t he choice between an American and a Mexican prison, I know which one I'd choose .... \n\nAnd heck, I want a better life too .. .maybe I should stop paying taxes and health insurance ... why not?  If it's OK to break immigration laws, why isn't it OK to break tax laws?  Both a federal laws, right?
597507
i'm american but what i've heard about their immigration policies...i'd say there are loopholes..hijackers forced a plane to land and had 180 hostages they got welfare and subsidised housing for 5 months while the govt decided if they should get citizenship. they should have been arrested for committing a felony.
961009
If your friends and family just want a better life here in America help them get Visa's and enter this country legally. \nWanting a better life is not a justification for circumventing the law. Illegal aliens forfeited any rights they ever sought in this country the second they broke the law to enter our country.
387385
You mean illegal aliens?\n\nMore than they're used to!\n\nPersonally, the quality of their work is proportionate to their wage.
1068984
I am pretty sure that they dont want a "lawless nation" they want better immigration! The government has to let more in, then they wont have to come in illegally.
406150
because all they want is a job because in mexico they dont pay very well\nthey sould be free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
694484
Lots of countries have stricter rules than us. We are a joke which is why the illegals feel free to come here and do what they want.
624973
Because society keeps coming up with new reasons to lock people up.  Used to be, two guys get into a fight, the police show up tell everyone to cool off and go home.  Now they are both locked up and must somehow find money for an attorney to defend them against charges of assault, assault with intent, making terrorist threats, etc.  Used to be we had peace officers, now we have law enforcers.  Completely different mindset.  We are a vindictive people who want to see everyone (except ourselves) punished to the fullest extent, for the most petty of infractions.
650845
Because it's human nature to take the "path of least resistance" and it has been proven over and over to them that it is easier and faster to get a better life for themselves by coming illegally to the USA than to stay home and cause the needed changes there.
667368
I don't know, but I do know that black don't like what they are doing. They think because they break the law that they should get Superior legal status. Because they went thru the trouble of coming here. That freedom was earn here and a great price was paid for the opportunity that Americans have. Everyone want to come here to benefit from someone else misfortune. They need to do that somewhere esle.
1141328
Yeah, we all support them with the money we are forced by taxation to pay to meet their needs while they live tax free. And no, I don't want to support them because it lessen the amount of cash I have to support myself. What part of illegal doesn't our government understand? They need to be arrested, prosecuted and then ship them home pronto! Otherwise every American person arrested for an 'illegal' act should sue for wrongful detainment/discrimination.
644487
Your point being? The reason they patrol the boarder so heavily is because they have agreements with the U.S. to do so.  To prevent narco-trafficking.  Your argument however is a reasoned one I respect that. Your right this nation is very open to immigration its part of what made it great.  But, the question is whether it is just to felonize behavior simply because another nation does.  Just because a law exists in another country does not make it just.  \n\nYou are using a circular argument.  We should do this because they do this, so we should do this.  Circular arguments may sound rational but they rest on false premises.
707746
Not really its a way to keep people who sneak in ,  out.  Why would we want illegals here ?  To not pay taxes, to add to the crime we have now,  too add to the already over populated areas?  Tell me what positive thing comes out of it at all for the country?  Use your brain or common sense if you have either lol, its a known problem.
182154
Probably because they did something illegal just like legal citizens. What does it really matter it's 30% which means the other 70% (majority) are citizens that have done something just as bad or worse. Just because they might not have the status as an american does not make them any more or less of threat. Considering how many immagrants there in the us as to the actual citizens you should be more concerned about what your own citizens are doing to which there are so many more of them in prison. It's easy to look down on people because they don't have the same "status" as you but when you really think about it's americans who are corupt more then anyone else. Most of the illegal immagrant are only in the u.s because of marriage or extremely unfair measures that caused them to leave the country they were from, and  are only consider as "illegal immagrants" because they are still tied up waiting on paperwork that can take 10+ years to go through. They pay taxes and live no differently then you except that they don't get to claim a tax return and are paying for americans to do less and get more. Not all people are bad  and not all are good but citizenship has nothing to do with it unless they are dropping bombs and claiming war. Your text book probably doesn't say simply because there is no point to be made by the crimes they have commited vs the crimes of those who are legal except those i have just made.
535735
We have a better deal when they are illegal.  Many illegals pay SS but aren't able to ever redeem it.  It's free money.\n\nIt's in businesses best interest to keep them illegal so that they can overwork them and underpay them.  So, immigration "reform" is not pro-business.  And immigration reform will cause the price of all those things that they do to go up.  So, it's not in the interest of the average American to make them legal.\n\nSo, it is just a case of:\n1) Doing the Christian/"Bleeding heart liberal" thing\n2) Pandering to Mexico.\n\nOh, and the Dems will probably get more votes in conservative Southern states with the influx of poor Mexicans becoming citizens.  The only ones that really win are the Dems and the illegals.  Everyone else loses, including America and its laws.
278619
mx3baby has a really good answer. I agree almost 100 percent!\n\nHowever, with a lot of these illegals come 'undesirables'; rapists, murderers, etc.. People that just want to live off of the system and be a leach to hard working people. Perhaps if the system was better we could weed these people out. \nAnd yes, if you have leaches like this, it will bring the system down.
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Most do want the same thing.\n\nSecure the border.\nHunt for illegals.\nAll illegals are undesirable.\nAbsolutely no amnesty.