I think sigma has realy hit alot of nails on the head.
A. Most illigals would glady take a few steps to be a legal citizen, if it was easer and cheaper. Its in there best intrest, they have access to all of us social services, instead of having to try and live "under the radar"
B. Illigals are not gonna leave if we "stop sending them checks". As long as they can find work, have access to healthy food, and a reasonably low crime enviornment to raise there kids, there gonna stay. For all im concerend Mexico is Hell to make a living in, if you werent born into its corrupt government.
C. Illigals are not criminals by nature. Poverty, and Being uneducated leads to crime.
D. living in San diego 20 of my 26 years of life(living in LA the first 6) I can say from first hand experience, Mexicans, are The hardest work people i have ever met. 99% come here because thats what they want to do, WORK. To say mexicans are lazy is just plain racist. And for whats is worth most of Asia laughs at our work week.
With all that said i too agree illigal imigration is prob. one of the biggest prob. we need to deal with as a nation, The war in Iraq is prob. topping the list.(at least in my opinion) The problem is politicians dont like rocking the boat, and to stand firm against illigal imigration means a whole lot of lost votes. I def. agree we need to at bare minimum inforce are current laws. Making it easer and cheaper to become a citizen would help, but i think the biggest prob. with illigal imigration is the sheer over population its causing(esp. on the bordering states/cities) Making it easer to come into the country does nothing to solve the problem, in fact it only makes it worse. I def. think we should force anyone that wants to become a citizen to learn how to speak english. Wether they speak it at home, or in there comunities, is there business. But if they want to go to the dmv, to try and regester there cars, they need to learn the language.
With all this said, 90% of the americans crying about illegal imigration would be running there a$$'s off to Canada if America was as bad as place to live in as mexico. Any respectable human being is gonna try and make a better life for themselves and more importantly there kids. If that means coming into a country that politicly speaking is waiting with arms wide open, consider me on the bus.
