Who is to blame for immigration?
444723
it is not who to blame. first you need to figure out what you are mad about. if you are mad that they are over populated then it is about sex. if it is the taking of the jobs. then it is jus that there are not lazy and will do anything for money. so you need to rethink your question
551263
It is the government's responsibility to enforce the law and they didn't. If he broke an International Immigration law by EWI (entering without inspection), there is no legal document that shows that citizens must report them or call police or even the INS, unless he has committed a crime. Don't make this a witch hunt by civilians, let the government do its job. Don't make the problem worse than it is. Your civil participation by calling your Congress Representative with your views is your responsibility, not harassing people you "suspect".
800549
I agree.  I can understand the desperation of their situation, but if they want to be here, they have a responsibility to follow our laws, just as Americans who go to Mexico have a responsibility to follow their laws.  Personally, I think part of the problem is NAFTA; it has caused unemployment in all three countries involved, especially Mexico.  A bad decision on the part of the government has helped to put them in this situation.  But if they want better lives, how good can those lives be if the "goodness" was achieved through dishonesty and deception?  It's still not right for them to break our laws because they would be sending us back to the U.S. if we broke one of theirs.  That's what makes sense to me.
334800
There are probably facts for the other side, for immigrants, but I can't tell you about those because I am against them. As you know, there are always at least two sides to an issue. Good job for listening to both sides. A lot of people just hard-headedly choose one without hearing the other out. I picked my side on beliefs and try to be somewhat polite when in debates, but it can be hard :)
798161
Even with people who have experience with immigration, they think that it is the illegal immigrants fault for the wait times of the legal immigrants.  They say that immigration is to busy focusing on the demands tht the illegal immigrants are making, when in reality, the people in the immigration office that process the paperwork have nothing to do with the demands of the illegal immigrants.  It is congress that has to deal with deciding what if anything they are going to do about the illegal immigrants demands.  It is congress that makes the laws that immigration is supposed to enforce.  However, they have a whole different section of people who do search and captures and what not of the illegal immigrants, and they have nothing to do with those that process the paperwork.\nThe backlog of paperwork has always been.  The immigration offices do not have enough people to process the paperwork, then since 9-11 they requirements of paperwork have grown to a crazy level, and that has just added to the time.\nEven if amnesty was created for the illegal immigrants that are here now, that does not put them to the front of the line for those that are waiting legally.  Immigration papers when received are stamped with the date, and then they are handed out to the different workers, then they are worked on in order of receipt.
663726
immigration is good, ILLEGAL immigration is not good!
572618
That sounds more like a statement than a question, but here's my response. We have only ourselves to blame for not defending the borders. The illegals are just trying to make a living doing honest work. They are the hardest working people I have ever seen. People like that deserve respect. President Bush has a practical solution in his guest worker program. As a country, we need to demonstrate that we belong to the human race. \n\nIf we want to keep illegal immigrants out, then we have to defend the borders. Not defending the borders is like putting up a Welcome sign. How can we blame desperately poor people for wanting to come here for a better life? We can't. They're hard-working people, not terrorists, for crying out loud.
1055285
when the economy is bad people look for other people to blame\nso Nazism fluctuates with the economy\njust like the illegal immigrant controversy in the USA, people want an "outsider" to blame (I don't think that people that are concerned with illegal immigrants are Nazis I just think that this issue has arisen because of the economy)
977098
yes the conservatives keep hiring them and they blame the liberals for not doing enough about immigration and it there own fault because they hire and keep the illgeal person and write it as a tax right off which is not legal.
619465
Yes, I did know that Canada had illegal immigration, what I didn't know was there is a percentage of Mexicans involved. You have educated me to that. I was under the impression that you problem was mostly with Asians and Indian and middle east.
1162740
well, this illegal problem has been brewing for yrs, even since the last amnesty. this has been an issue that politicians hav avoided for at least 10-15 yrs, but since no one wants to focus on IRAQ & GAS prices, the immigration prob will do for now. this problem has been the cause of our gvmt & employers who indeed make it easy for illegals to work & stay here. ppl r just p*ssed off cuz it has been blown up & its easier to hate & assimilate than it is to hav a voice & an open mind. personally, i think that the honest, hard working non-recipients of public assistance should b able 2 stay if they pass a background check, etc.. after all, the blame should b placed on the American gvmt & Americans. people will treat u the way u allow them to treat u- & dam we've let it go on 4 so long we as americans r to blame. but that's me & we're all entitled to our own opinion-or lack there of.
293265
To the guy above me.\n\nThat isn't our fault. Mexico needs to fix itself not just send its people to USA illegaly. I do feel sorry for them but I also don't want something like 9-11 to happen again.
690184
it is way easier to blame the immigrants it has always been that way . the new comers have always been blamed sadly this is the case in most countries . but history has proved so many times  how the new comers are usually the harder workers and the ones who usually do what not others want .\n\n so far i seen many saying 'the Americans were doing the same before they were here" \n\nbut i ask has anyone hear any American saying i will go and pick tomatoes , i will go and be on the sun most of the day , i will go and work for the little they get pay ???\n\nit is easy to say "it is their fault" instead of doing something to better their lives . how many are saying i will study more , i will learn Spanish i will do something to be more educated and have better opportunities ?  \n\ninstead they first choose someone who clearly said i will take your jobs away and then they blame it on the immigrants .\n\nREEDITED ................................\n\ni was especting more racist commens so i would like to add some of the tipical wrong blaming of some americans :\n\n a) they have tuberculosis , what should we do ? \n\n- their own answer : lets blame the immigrants \n\n- the logical answer which should be given : why aren't we doing something to stop this sickness ? \n\n- logical thing to do  : attack the sickness not the sick .\n\nb) america gets hit by a tornado and looses many jobs .\n\n- their answer : lets blame the immigrants who are building the city back and will bring the progress back to the city .\n\n- logical thing to do : lets all star working and stop blaming others for a natural phenomenon which they had nothing to do whit .\n\n c) americans choose a president who promised to take away the jobs from america to other places .\n\n- their own answer : let choose him a second time and then blame the illegals of taking our jobs away .\n\n- logical thing to do : lets no choose this option but the one who promises to bring back our bussines .\n\nd) drugs in america brough by drug trafiquers because of the demand of the americans .\n\n- thier own answer : lets buy them and them blame the illegals for bringing them while doing nothing about it .\n\n- logical thing to do: lets stop buying them and take responsabiliity for what we are doing and lets stop selling weapons to drug trafiquers and to anyone just to make sure not a single delinquent gets them and if they do lets make sure they get at least ten year for illegal posesion of a weapon .\n\nsomething extra :\n\nwhile many say they do not have nothing agains people who are legal , they go and say that the first legalization did not work . so i ask myself what are they saying  by this ? \n\ni believe they are saying the immigrants who were legalized then are a burden to the country . therefor it is a contradiction to say the have nothing agains them when they call them a burden .
762252
The positions on illegal immigration.
942507
I think the mistake lies in assigning Democrats a fixed value on the issue...leaves em no leeway to develop better answers if there's bias right off the bat...truly, dems have the potential to be 20 times harsher on illegal immigration than the republicans were, because they're slightly more likely to actively start seeking information and answers FROM the public at large, and develop some solutions based on their findings. The GOP's been a little too busy serving the narrow interests of their corporate pals, and ignoring that 'law' stuff, at least in recent times, I hope whoever claims to be representing 'the american public' in the future actually goes out and talks to some people...and more importantly, listens...\n\nIllegal immigration is a big problem, it's a crime to begin with, \nwe have borders, they need to be effectively enforced, countries that have a long-standing history of tolerating/promoting violation of our immigration laws, such as Mexico, need to be brought to the table to figure out how they're going to be good partners with us on the issue, or face sanction. As the man said 'we are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws'. Those laws need to be upheld, respected, and if need be, then enforced. Our economy doesn't rely on illegal immigration to survive. Most people can, in fact, carry out their own damn garbage, cook their own meals, even clean their own toilets. \n\nThe countries with the economic problems that are producing populations that their economies can't support need to sit down, and look at the WHY behind it all, and develop better answers.\n'Move to the United States' shouldn't be the default solution to other countries' failure to plan...6.5 billion people in the world, HOW many 'neighbors' did you want? LOL
328815
How to resolve the illegal immigration problem. But explore the option of criminalizing employers of illegal immigrants and not the immigrants. Those are the ones the that need to be fined and jailed, not the immigrants or their countries blamed. Employers are greedy and are not willing to pay social, medical or taxes. As long as there are jobs in the US for illegal immigrants, they will continue coming.
1053178
Mexico.  Their country is an ally.  We have nothing against Mexicans, only against illegal aliens.  Mexicans who immigrate here legally are fine.  Mexicans who stay in their country and play soccer are just great.  \n\nWe oppose some of the Mexican government's policies about illegal immigration, however, it is hard to blame them for them since they benefit so much from it and our country lets them get away with it.\n\n\nGo, Mexico!