Have we gone too far about being "open" within our borders?

Illegal immigrants in this country do not always have an easy road (nor should they), but I was also very disappointed with the so called "Dream Act," wherein if one illegal manages to make it in, he can become legal through education, and then throw open the door for the entire family. I feel like that's the same as saying "please don't break into my house! I really don't want you to.

Of course, if you do, I'll feed you and let you stay. And you can sleep in my guest room, and I'll do your laundry. And I suppose you can have the combination to my wall safe, and invite all of your friends.

But please don't break it. " Illegal immigrants are technically not eligible for work, housing, or most government programs. It is illegal to hire them and many businesses are getting in trouble.

Health care is also getting closed off in many areas, though hospitals take all emergency cases (just as a hospital in Mexico would help you). The problem is that it it's very politically unpopular to throw illegals out. As the Latino population grows (legally) they will put pressure on politicians to ignore illegal immigration.It won't be long before the population of legal Latino voters will be large enough to squash anti-illegal immigration sentiment in the government.

Being lenient and "humane" with illegals (i.e. Rewarding them for sneaking in) will become more and more politically popular. A lot of other countries don't need to worry about this because they have far fewer people coming in, and they regulated their citizenship for many years, thus never encouraging the idea that trying to sneak in would be a good idea.

A number of politicians in the United States benefited from illegal immigrants for many years, because illegals were cheap labor in dangerous industries (slaughter houses, for instance, in Texas, are virtually wall-to-wall illegals), and the owners of those industries lined a lot of pockets. There was rarely political incentive to deport anyone. Only now, with employment in many areas hovering around 10%, are politicians starting to worry that their voters will get angry.

It is also common to hear "well, nearly ALL Americans are immigrants," which sort of ignores the fact that everyone else came legally and at great expense and often risk, but it shows where the mindset is. Unfortunately, the attitude now seems to be that illegals should even get to cut in line in front of the people trying to do things the honest way.So, in short: we can't regulate better because as a nation, we don't care to.

I believe so. We've always had regulations about getting in; it's only in recent years we've started ignoring them. There used to be (rightful) concern over the carrying in of diseases; of employability; of mental stability and criminal history.

Allowing anyone to stay *just because they're here* is a slap in the face to anyone who went through all the trouble to do it legally. And to anyone who abides by laws. I would really love to see some statistics on how many people who arrive illegally are willing to break other laws, in comparison to the rest of the population.

Maybe there is no correlation, but knowing for a fact would make it more possible to have a good dialogue about it. Finally, I'm *really* tired of hearing anyone that questions this is a "hater". Saying I want people to follow the law means I hate those people based on race?No.

That's cheap rhetoric. Three of my older daughter's closest friends are all of spanic origin--one was adopted and would not call herself Latina; the others would. One of my younger daughter's closest friends is Latina.

I don't really think my position is based on racial hate. It's based on concern for the laws of this country and what unimpeded and uncontrolled entry does to this country, its laws, and those who came legally. Case in point: about 2 years ago there was a push for employers to verify legality of workers, and heavy fines were threatened.

Where my husband worked, suddenly the warehouse was almost completely empty--it had been so completely filled with people speaking Spanish company announcements were being made in Spanish! Which is ok for my husband, because he does speak it. Within a week, the warehouse was filled up again--and almost no one was visibly Latino/a.

Not from racism, but because apparently they couldn't find anyone with legitimate paperwork they could hire! And a year later, last December, when it became obvious the government didn't care anymore and amnesty was being discussed, it flipped again. And my husband lost his job--he was management, along with 5 others.So they definitely DO affect unemployment rates.

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