should illegal immigration be illegal?
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Hi there,\n\nThere HAS to be an illegal immigration for the simple reason that without it you'd see huge masses of people coming in from poor countries and moving towards the richest ones, and not all necessarily willing to SUPPORT your economy. Living in Italy (A nation with many defects, including that of subventioning and supporting any single immigrant coming in, in a way or the other) we all noticed how to some extent the lack of control on immigration is affecting economy. If it's true that many immigrants work, it's true that MOST of them don't have a full time job (not even a part time most times). This causes our government to pay for all their needs (this happens also in most european countries with a peak for countries like the Netherlans where they give you a monthly amount of money, a house and a job as soon as they find one for you, but you can refuse and just lazy around because the government pays for you), increasing our social costs and therefore TAXES. Hence, leaving aside all the social, racial, political problems that may have not sense for an American, the illegality of immigration is required to keep an economic balance between the needs of the people living in that nation and the possibility to help those coming from outside, without affecting the life of nation citizens too much. \nTo those who claim things like WHO ARE WE TO SET BORDERS AND PREVENT OTHERS FROM ENTERING OUR COUNTRY i'd argue that they should say the same when they will begin to pay 60 or 70% of their income in taxes, mostly due to the fact that the government needs money to grant a life to all those FREE IMMIGRANTS wandering joblessly in your (or in my) country.
300160
The actions of a human being can be illegal. When we speak of illegal immigrants, the word illegal is describing how they immigrated, not people themselves. I don't care for the use of illegal as a noun, because that does imply something about the person, rather than his or her status. However, that's semantics. It does not mean that people who oppose illegal immigration are dehumanizing the immigrants. In fact, people on both sides of the issue use the term illegals. The reality is that there are many people in this country who have either entered or stayed in the country illegally, that is in defiance of our immigration laws. In deciding how to deal with these people, we cannot just ignore this fact.
185250
out if there illegal. Otherwise let them stay, but, illegal immigrants are costing us money, even if they do jobs nobody else will do. That's like saying illgeal immigrants are at the very very bottom of the totem pole.
510051
Yes, illegal is a crime in America.
330270
Of course.  A legal has every right and we should support them.\nAn illegal is a criminal by definition.  Go through the process of becoming legitimate or don't come to the U.S.\nGiven the sheer numbers of illegals, it would be impossible to deport them all, but they should pay a fine for breaking the law of the land and they should go through the process of becoming legal.  It would take a line of buses from San Diego to Alaska to haul them all out at onece.  Its just not realistic to ship them all out.  Also, given how involved they are in our economy, our economic system would suffer and be threatened with collapse if that many people were suddenly jerked out of it.
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I agree with you. Illegal is just that, Illegal! I think the police and Immigration should have been rounding them up and sending them back to wherever their "home" is really at, the day they all protested. It would have saved us a fortune because we wouldn't have had to hunt them down. If a person (citizen) has broken the law in this country, our court system allows bounty hunters to go after them and they allow our police to run "stings" to catch them and lock them up, but when they make it easy for them and are marching in OUR streets and protesting in OUR country, they do nothing to try and round them up. You want to march and protest and try to change a government, than do it in your own country, not in ours! Go home and come back legally and you will be welcomed.\n\nCindy T.......Snug? If you mean "smug" than the asker has a right to be smug. They did things legally and it is NOT fair to all the people who have come here legally to allow these criminals who enter our country illegally, knowing full well they are breaking the law, to stay in this country. They have children in this country hoping that they will get preferential treatment and amnesty since their child is an American citizen. I think that any person who has entered this country illegally and they give birth in this country, should be sent back to their country with their child, and when their child is 18 years old, the child may return to this country as a citizen. I don't think these people should profit from their crime of entering this country illegally, just because they make sure they give birth to a child in this country. That child is then entitled to welfare and health care in this country even though it's parents are here illegally. It is the taxpayer that pays for all of this. \n\nS.S.
10508
Yes. Most of the construction workers in the states where the wall would be built are illegals.
923542
it doesnt to me, illegal refers to anyone that isnt here legally, since most of the people that are here illegally are mexicans, then they are easily combined
844294
No! \nillegal is still - illegal. \nEven if amnesty is granted, many will not accept the fact they were first criminals who broke our laws, and were rewarded.
309729
Of course. Many people say that illegal immigrants are criminals. Well, they will not be criminals if there was a reform.
750149
Because ILLEGAL means NOT LEGAL.
366865
yes !!! illegal is illegal............... we have laws and they need to be enforced and respected !!! if we let them stay ,that is just a slap in the face of everyone that had to wait years to get here, they had to spend money they really couldnt afford,but they thought it was all worth it!! they did it the legal way..so why should we allow the illegals to stay just because they think they have that right... they have no rights !!!!!!!! they are illegal ............ enough said?
557353
Only if there are illegal activities taking place there
370467
The key word here is "illegal". I have no problem with people coming over here to try and make a better life for themselves, but they need to do so legally. Any other way makes them criminals and as such they should be deported.
257664
Illegal immigrants, No, because it has a negative impact on many things. \n\nTo name a few: welfare system, court system (tying up the court systems with things such as drinking and driving. I watch the news on a daily basis and suprise it's not the white or even black people killing others in d&D accidents but the illegal mexicans), economy (they make money here but send it back to where-ever their family is), and jobs (why would an employer want to hire someone thats here "legally" when they can hire an illegal immigrant that will work under the table for minimum wage?).
833783
Yes. It is OK. But the illegal immigration should be persecuted as criminal.
528754
You are correct.  Illegal is illegal and violators need to be prosecuted.  Americans do not have the luxury to select and choose which laws we want to abide by and which ones we don't.\n\ndjmantx\nGood point.  ILLEGALS are also jay walking to America.