Why are Illegal Immgrants being blamed for driving down the economy?
550644
They are not being blamed for driving down the economy.\nPeople are torqued about immigrants coming into country illegally.\n\nPreganant women time their entry into country.\nThey cross the border and wait in hospital parking lot until they are well into labor. Then they go into the hospital.\nIf a child is born in America. The child is officially American. Irregardless of whether the Mom crossed border illegaly eight hours earlier. That has to change.\n\nPeople are upset with the concept of Mexico  dictating domestic policy to us.\n\nMexico is corrupt.\nThey use America as pressure release.\n\nThey like the money that is sent from relatives working in America illegally.\n\na lot Americans resent display of foreign flags en masse on U.S. soil. \na lot Americans resent the display of American flags in upside down position.\nWhen an employer uses illegal workers the employer that is in compliance with the law suffers financial loss.\n\na lot Americans resent the attitude of the immigration reform groups. They are saying ...basically..."screw American immigration laws."\n\nHow does "screw Ausralian immigration law" sound\nOr Japanese immigration law.\nor Norwegian immigration law.\n\nwe are here and we are going to do what we like.\nwe will avail ourselves of all the social services we possibly can.\n\nWe will strain the school systems to the limit and DEMAND bilingual education. \nDEMAND DEMAND DEMAND!!!!\n\nWe will form all the dangerous gangs we like and we will deal drugs whenever we like.\nCrime and drugs rampant in Georgia.\n\nThey are saying.....\nYou can't fingerprint us, you can't check to see if we have criminal records.\nWe don't have to have social security cards and we don't need identification. \nand we can work off books and not pay social security taxes and Federal income tax.\n\nI am American.\nWhat country are you from?\nWould your country tolerate this attitude?\n\nIf these people are so keen on social justice.\nIf they are such ardent social activists.\nIf they are so concerned about the welfare of their own people.\nThen why are they not marching in Mexico City to change their own corrupt government?\nwhy ?...cause they'll be shot!\nI haven't  heard of large protests in Mexico.\nThey cross the border illegaly...then they protest.\nwhat that all about?  \nThey come across border illegally and then make demands on us..\n\nWhat country are you in?\nWhat would the authorities in YOUR country do if people entered YOUR country illegally and than said to hell with YOUR laws?\n\nRacism???BILGEWATER!!!\nMexican, Honduran etc...these are nationalities ...not races..\nRacism is an emotionally charged buzzword...that is all..\n\nRacism?\nIf I went into Holland illegally. \nThe authorities would handcuff me , take me to airport and send me back to America....and I am white guy...so ditch the racism argument.\nno temporary visas...no slack.\n\nHow would your country react to all this?\nWhy does the world hold America to higher standard and demand that everybody that wants to enter America is ENTITLED to enter America. And once in the country are subject to different standard than people from further away countries who  submitted their immigration requests through proper channel.\n\nAnd by the way...If America is so unjust and America is a racist state and Americans are intolerant to the point of xenophobia.\nthen\nWHY IN THE HELL DO all these people want to come here.\n\nIf everybody that wanted to live in America was able to just come on over.\nThe popululation of America would exceed that of CHINA.\n\nWhy is this unjust racist predatory capitalist war mongering country so desirable?\n\nthink about that.
984049
It's relatively new since controlled immigration and the concept of legalising immigration is also relatively new.  Were we worried about this fifty years ago?  No, because immigrants did not want to emigrate here as badly.  Now, with labour becoming increasingly less expensive in other countries, we called in more immigrant workers to help boost the economy in the U.S. (yes, people, it was actually originally produced to boost immigration so that in the long run, the economy would boost), and it actually worked.  The only problem now is that corporations are now moving overseas to find cheap labor, or hiring ILLEGAL immigrants for cheap labour, and that's hurting the economy.  It's not immigration that's the problem - they have the same expectations and are legally bound to same rule that Americans are bound to when it comes to employment.  It's the problem of labour allocation (moving to other "cheaper" countries like China and boosting its economy, instead of our own) and hiring ILLEGAL immigrants.  I think we need to stop judging the legal immigrants - they came here for the same reason the original "Americans" came here, to make a better life for themselves and to work for fair wages.  Start blaming the employers of illegal immigrants and the corporations that are investing in underdeveloped countries.
275500
Listen up people and listen good. Illegal immigrants are not "draining the system" or "taking advantage" of the system!\n\nThe US Economy benefits from immigrants illegal or not! Why because the business's that hires them knows that the papers they have are fake but, they hire them anyways. These places use fake social security numbers and then takes taxes out the the illegal immigrants pay. Taxes help out America. \n\nIn turn, the illegal immigrants buy goods and services in this country which of course helps out the GNP. Also, Illegal immigrants and legal immigrants CANNOT even qualify for public assistance because they are not citizens. Illegal immigrants don't want to apply or use public resources because they don't want to get caught and deported. \n\nThose of you idiots out there who believe other wise need to get your heads out of your ass. Stop watching Fox News or CNN as your sole source of information and stop being a minon of the right wing. Left wingers also have to step off their high horse that laws need to be enforced and also realize that their are problems with illegal immigrants too. Some of them are scum that run drugs and committ crime and these people need to be deported or locked up.\n\nImmigrants legal or not made America a great country and immigrants work the jobs that most Amercian born or immigrants who have been here awhile would refuse to do. \nDon't be an idiot and scape-goat all immigrants as evil that will consume America. Our own greed and the selfish rich ass holes that are in the White House are the ones fucking up this country not illegal immigrants.
674134
It is and there have been some arrests recently. The reason companies hire illegals is that they can pay them little and remain competitive. If we are serious about stopping this, then we must be willing to pay higher prices for the goods they help produce. If the companies have to pay decent wages and benefits, it WILL raise prices to the consumers. So, instead of calling these companies greedy, we need to decide just how greedy are we? Greedy enough to look the other way so we can pay low prices?
640209
Answering just to your question "Is poverty a legitmate excuse to breaking the law?", my answer is No. And you are right, Mexico is not a poor country, so I kinda agree with you. I'd say the economy has not been devided equally; rich people are very, very rich and poor people are very, very poor. So it's these poor guys the ones who run to the USA with the expectation of a better life, which they do not always get. I personally prefer to be middle class with a secure job in a middle class country (Mexico), than to be poor, receive humilliations and be struggling for a job in a rich country (USA).
980566
The answer is simple.  Give heavy fines to those employers who  violate our law by hiring illegal workers.  If there were no jobs, there would be no illegals. This is not done because it does not serve the corporations who profit from this and the destruction of our lower and middle classes.  Illegals are slaves who will work for less and without benefits, something corporations make huge profits from.  Follow the money.  You might ask why our laws are not enforced, but rather we are led to debate an army and Berlin type wall on the border?
1076225
These foreigners you are referring to are most likely illegals, not just immigrants.  The people who support this type of immigration are the ones who profit from it-- 1) employers who can increase their profits to grotesque proportions by hiring them, 2) the government who looks out for the interests of the business elite.  Many politicians build their carreers on catering to the whims of big business.  Their campaigns are financed directly or indirectly by these businessmen, 3) the media who is directly  owned by large corporations and who propagates lies like illegals take jobs Americans don't want.  The fact of the matter is these jobs do not pay a living wage and by propagating self serving lies such as Americans won't do them, the media is helping the business elite keep wages down for everybody, including legal workers, who have to compete with the low wages illegals are willing to accept.  The media also intentionally confuses the issue of illegal immigration by making it seem as if it is an issue about immigrants instead of an issue of  naked employer greed, which is what it is really about. 4) Illegals and their relatives who have no trouble finding work because they are ready and willing to be exploited by these greedy employers and is in their personal interest to believe and propagate the lies about American unwillingness to do these jobs.  So the people who don't care about Americans who can't find work are only the people who profit from their lack of employment.
340777
These protests are a way for a large group of criminals and their supporters to make an attempt to use numbers as a way of demanding that law enforcement turn it's back on their duty, claiming they are in control of the U.S. economy as their leverage.  \nThese illegals and their supporters are touting themselves as people who are fighting for immigration reform while at the same time turning their backs on current laws.\nThese criminals and their supporters are also making bold statements such as they will vote into office officials who will supplement their specific agenda, forgetting that only documented citizens of America are allowed to vote in elections.
1002628
the immigration issue has been going on for years so yes this is a scapegoat to all the incompetency and the cruelty happening in Iraq and right here in America . not wonder it has become an issue for the Republicans they had accomplished the opposite to making  America successful and had created a huge irresponsible debt . this is just a distraction while they take millions of dollars from the Americans and abuse other countries while everyone is focused in the wrong thing .
494198
This is all trash to get the focus on illegal immigrants. The economy is going to hell because of a trillion dollar deficit from the pointless war and that is incomparable compared to the millions illegals mooch off the health care system.\n\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848\n\n\nThe rate of illegal immigration has not changed, yet all the stories suddenly switched to illegal immigrant problems in the news. This is a political switch for when blame time comes and the economy is doing horrible, people will blame immigrants instead of the massive accumulated debt killing our soldiers to protect some random countries oil for exxon.\n\n\n\nillegals work cheap. The companies get more profits. The companies have to pay more taxes. Taxes pays the illegals healthcare. Blame the companies that employ them cheap if you have a problem with that and demand they give them healthcare like any citizen. Right now they work for slave labor prices and get hurt, just like anyone else.
555953
I think it showed that they have no allegience to the US, or else they would not intentionally try to harm the economy.  However, I don't think they did...and this business about protesting until the government gives them their way...sounds like a temper tantrum to me..and one that needs to be stopped.  And this does not make me racist...it makes me sensible..illegal is illegal, period.  And to the people who are going to talk about the laws 200 years ago...times have changed, laws have changed.. Check out citizenship laws in Mexico...they don't allow illegal immigrants, much less give them drivers lisences, translate all into a foreign language for their convenience, or allow them to protest.
118559
becuase the government makes more money keeping them illegal. :)
456326
Rock on. \n\nAnd even though they're "cheap labor", they're taking away jobs from those that have taken all of the appropriate steps to be here legally. Even a low-paying job is a  valuable job to someone who doesn't have one.
864009
its affecting the u.s. because the illegal aliens are taking jobs that the poor can do like manual labor and leaving the poor to die. so they basically are steeling money from the U.S. and taking it to there home country. there for we are losing a lot of money and U.S. citizens aren't getting jobs.
20909
immigration has been causing the population to increase.  this has stimulated the economy, causing prosperity to many.
566752
Absolutely not, it is wrong that ANY illegal immigrants are getting citizenship, but mostly people from Latin American Countries.  Instead of taking the money they earned and putting it back into our economy, they are sending a large portion of it back home.  50% of Mexico's economies and an even larger percent of the economies of countries like Guatemala, Bolivia and Honduras are being created with American money.  At least we know why our economy is crumbling, while everyone else's is growing.
884465
Because illegal immigration (I'll assume that's what you mean) is a big deal. So what if the minimum wage got raised? Illegal immigrants cost us billions of dollars. And if you are aiding and abetting an illegal immigrant, it is a crime, so you can be arrested.