What makes you think that the US Government wants to put a stop to ILLEGAL Immigration ?
954795
And this makes you wonder what these governmental agencies really do all day? What is their real job? And these seems to be little fear of discovery or deportation on top of it, so the situation gets worse
296871
They cost the American Government 4.5 Billion dollars in illegal acts, crimes, and other assorted things.  This is a bad thing, and should be stopped immediatly.  That money could go toward education or other things, instead of wasting it on illegal immigrants.
830512
It's hard to tell.  What they want and what they get are two different things and what they can get away with is another.\n\nAmerican citizens have to keep a close eye on them and Demand Deportation of illegal aliens.\n\nI think they are a little frightened of the public right now and will delay the immigration issue or try to sneak it behind Americans backs.  Which will be a little hard to do since so many grassroots organizations and watch dog groups have popped up.
871023
Build the fence. Stop the illegal immigration.
795820
I don't know but they need to try and send it through again. Time to put a stop to all illegals
384424
I think George Bush is just buying time to allow the issue to cool off. He really doesn't want to remove the illegals because of votes. You just watch what this snake pulls on America about all of this.
837431
The evidence in support of putting and end to illegal immigration is overwhelming. Study after study, fact after fact CLEARLY demonstrates this. Illegal aliens have broken federal law, they are in fact criminals. The U.S. Government has made but a token effort to enforce the law and in every other aspect (free food, free medical, free education, public assisted housing) encourages and rewards the lawbreakers.\n\nI find that the U.S. government is guilty of aiding and abetting a criminal enterprise. I find them guilty of importing criminals and sentence ALL former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and members of the House and Senate to give up and forever relinquish their FAT pensions.\n\nGee if we could do that this problem would have been solved in a heartbeat
999519
That is disappointing, to say the least.  Disgusting, actually.  I am thinking the so-called new energy into "enforcement" of the immigration laws are just lip service to pacify the American citizens who want to think the borders are being sealed and the government is actually doing it's very best to prevent illegal immigration.  I think whoever was the person in Immigration who told the sheriff to let them go should be forced to answer for this and he should lose his job to someone who will do the job he is being paid to do!
427329
Well, the reason this is all going on is that the government wants to keep us busy fighting amongst ourselves so that we are too blind and busy to see how they are abusing their powers and taking our rights. So, to do that, they have started discussing numerous immigration reform bills...some that would come down hard on illegal immigrants...other bills that would give them a short cut to legal status that would put them in front of many who are legally trying to enter the country...and there are many sub-issues being tossed around.\n\nDoes the gov't really want any reform? NO!!! They just want citizens to think that illegals are ruining our country and wasting taxpayer money. And they want the illegals to think that citizens are racist and heartless. This will lead to all the fighting and marching we have witnessed over the last several days.\n\nReality is that if the government really wanted workers for the business, they could have them by raising the number of persons legally allowed to enter, and making the process easier and less expensive. But the government LIKES to have illegal people here. WHY? Because the businesses that control government want slave labor. That is currently frowned upon, so they get the next best thing...illegal immigrants...little pay, no complaints, scare tactics...it all keeps their underground workforce under tight control. All the while illegals are treated as criminal when the true criminals are our government and businesses. Don't get me wrong, I hate having people come here and break our laws, but the most angering part of the whole thing is that these laws are put into place out of an artificial need to keep immigration low and to appease middle class workers who do suffer from job/business loss due to influx of workers who are willing to work for far less than is enough to raise a family on."Our" government really doesn't give a damn about the middle class...who are the fools who vote these jerks into office based on the lies they are told. \n\nSo, while illegals are wrong for being here, they are not the source of the problem. They are merely seeing an opportunity and grabbing it...similar to seeing a dollar bill on the ground in a crowded room with no way of knowing whose dollar it is...the first person who sees it is entitled to the dollar, because if they don't pick it up, the next guy who sees it certainly will.\n\nOf course none of this ranting leads to a solution, but I do get carried away from time to time. :) What can we do about all of this? Beats the hell outta me, but I know that calling people criminals and calling people racist doesn't solve anything, it just leads to more anger and more name calling and more distraction from truely important issues...which is what the government really wants!
463362
The government needs to do something about all illegal immigration. I understand that people want to come her for a better life, but when coming here illegally it just makes life here worse. We need to control the immigration so that we can properly accommodate the new people in the United States. The illegals get away with way to much and I think the talks of an 11 year trial period would be great. If you mess up, you go back home. If immigrants want to come over here bad enough than they will follow all the rules. Thus making a better country for all who live here!
893747
Yes  We the cities and states across the U S A, must show Washington that if you are not going to do anything about illegal immigration, that we will. It will also go a long way to show Washington that we do not want amnesty nor anything that even sounds like amnesty.
15254
Well.. really it all boils down to control... and money.\n\nPeople don't like not having control of who is in their country, and the government doesn't like losing tax revenues on undocumented workers and their taking advantage of public services that the don't help pay for. This can make some social services unavailable for citizens because of the strain it puts on the system.\n\nSome people argue that they steal valuable american jobs, but most of them are day laborers or farmworkers because they don't have the paperwork to get a decent job. SOME americans do need these jobs... but a lot of unemployed people are not looking for that kind of work.\n\nIt is also hard to control a bunch of people that don't know our language well (some speak great), have different cultural values, and are not familiar with our laws.\n\nIf they are caught and deported, it would seem like a short term problem, but there are always more coming, with no end in sight, so the problem itself is long term, even if the people aren't.
429131
The government is proving to us that they will not take a stance against ILLEGALS.  Therefore, the government will allow a takeover.  It's the American citizens and legal immigrants who will have to fight to prevent a takeover.\n\nLord knows, we have the resources, drive, and ability to do it.  "Let's Roll".
58985
It is all said. No wall will stop illegal migration. But illegals don't just come from the south. They come from many other parts of the world. USA has received people from everywhere, the original settlers were inmigrants from England, and if you take a close look at your family tree, I'm sure you'll find an inmigrant among your close relatives. So why all this fuzz about. Everytime politicians want to distract the people's attention from critizicing their goofs, they take on illegal migration as a sure way of deviating the citizens opinion. So, what else is new?
1068201
I do not support illegal IMMIGRATION.\nI support AMNESTY for the illegals in the country right now.\nI want illegal immigration stopped for good.I can not believe they left the friggin borders open.
1016145
Being from Texas, I've been aware of this issue for at least a decade. What's amazing to me is how some people can't see the difference between legal and illegal. They keep yapping about how racist it is to want to guard the U.S. border. They're obviously clueless as to what this constant invasion will mean to the future of the U.S. \nBut it has opened my eyes to how much our elected politicians do not want to stop the invasion.
761333
If the government would stop the handouts, people would stop renting housing to them, and stop hiring them to do American jobs they wouldn't stay. Most of them are here looking for a free ride and ignoring our laws.