If we don't allow Mexican immigrants into this country, then how do we help them improve their situation?
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And how does allowing illegal immigrants into our County help them improve their situation in their country?\n\nRather than entering our Country illegally, they should gather together in their own country and demand political reform.\n\nThe Mexican peoples are intelligent, hard working and ingenious.  There must be grass roots leaders among them who can organize a political revolution.\n\nIt is not the fault of the U.S. that the government is corrupt; frankly, we have our own corrupt government issues to deal with.\n\nPeople do not have to be wealthy to make something happen; they just have to be united and determined.\n\nLook up the statistics ... the REAL statistics ... of how many in the U.S. live below the poverty level.  You might find yourself amazed.\n\nI'm sorry for the troubles the people of Mexico are having, but we have our own problems that need to be fixed and we are going to HAVE to concentrate on HOME for a while.
163659
The first thing we can do to help immigration is to STOP it!! This country is diverse enough.\nSecond, we need to force people with enough money to buy a computer to learn english and to form an intelligent series of sentences and paragraphs!!!
874439
We should let Mexicans flood the Middle East.
1124810
I say 'trash welfare'. There should be some kind of structure to support women with little kids and no income, because some guys knock women up and hit the road...never to be seen again. Such impromptu 'families' need public assistance. I don't support doing that for foreigners, because that paves the path for the 'anchor baby' thing...anyway it should be done on a case-by-case basis, whatever's done needs to be well-managed so that riding a public program doesn't turn into a career for people....\n\nI've held minimum-wage jobs, and they sucked, but I did em anyway. If someone's hiring, don't turn your nose up, turn in an application. Maybe it doesn't have all the benefits and 'sugar' you want, but maybe you really don't need half that stuff anyway.\nI'd rather see americans roll up their sleeves and get out there and do some manual labor, rather than paying Manuel 3 bucks an hour to do it for them. I'm not saying that Manuel doesn't need an opportunity, I'm saying that it's not the job of american citizens to give him one. But: we can collectively do Manuel a BIG favor, and that's to lean on the corrupt institutions of Mexico until they see fit to reform and make their country a better place for those living in it...so they don't have to risk life, limb, incarceration and worse to try and have a shot at a decent life. Mexico's the real problem here, america's been plenty tolerant for decades, trying to help, trying to be a good neighbor, but you can't be blind to trends. Drugs and illegal labor have to be worth 50 billion annually to Mexico. Also, they need to cut their population growth rate, and stop expecting america to pick up the tab for their lack of planning...unless that IS the plan...in which case that fence can't go in place fast enough...
285740
eh needs to really work with the u.s. in making his country more empathetic with his own people he needs to focus on creating jobs and security especially for the native Mexican. now that being said the u.s. needs to move more towards a open border in the sense allows true Mexican citizens to come to this country freely. however there should be a monetary penalty for using the u.s. just for a job and not putting money back in our economy.
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Your thesis needs to be arguable,  such as Better border defenses will curb illegal immigration,  or Better border defenses will not curb illegal immigration or The government needs to inact better immigration laws to help those people who legally want to immigrate to the US or The US needs to use whatever means necessary to control immigration.  That way you can add in legislation, border defenses etc.
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I think that the problem is the perception that it is okay to come here illegally.  We need to secure the borders, and allow legal immigration.  We need to raise minimum wage so those we allow in will not be unemployed, poor, and taking more from the society than they give.  This should go to ALL Americans!  \n\nWe need to amend the constitution to change citizenship to be for children born to LEGAL immigrants or that have one CITIZEN as a parent, otherwise they are not American.  This would eliminate the "Anchor Baby" issue.  \n\nWe need to NOT make all services available in any language requested.  We need to help folks learn english, and we should not disparage those that are learning.  If governement programs, driver license tests, IRS forms, and many others, were not made in Spanish, primarily for illegal immigrants, the need to learn english would be more important.  That being said, English classes should be taught for free by charitable organizations supported by the government.\n\nWe need intelligent, sane policies.  We need to be willing to pay the cost of farm products picked and handled by legal workers.\n\nIf we do all of this, MORE legal immigrants could come to America, because we would not be paying for and hunting down so many illegals!
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Well, here's some ideas to fix it...\n\n\nThe Latin American immigration crisis must include these items...\n\n1) A wall to prevent further immigration\n2) A guest worker program for those who are here\n3) New national id cards holding electronically encrypted information that must be reconciled against a national database.\n4) Fines or prison time for anyone who employs illegal aliens without proper validation of their identification against new parameters.\n5) Reform of judicial system to handle immigration cases more efficiently. An immigration court would be nice...\n6) And structured control of new applicants for the guest worker program so that we get to choose who enters. My votes says that we only favor countries who have signed free trade agreements with the U.S. That way we can favor the Latin American countries who are under NAFTA and CAFTA and we can restrict applicants from countries where the bulk of the population would rather just kill us and take everything we have. The Hispanics are seen as GREAT workers and would be quite welcome if they were legal. \n\nBut those who come from cultures where women are oppressed, where people cannot individually choose their religion, opposition to the basic free market principles that made our country wealthy and safe, and believe that violence against our citizens is a cherished avenue to achieving their own political ends are NOT welcome. And those people will try to come just as they went to Europe. They didn't assimilate there and they won't assimilate here. But, the Latin Americans are much safer and are generally not trying to kill us
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I agree they will say and do anything to get what they want. it wouldn't be a problem if they allowed a small amount of immigrants a year, But 11 million that demand rights when they are not even legal.\n\nAvari you can't blame Mexico problems on someone else. just because a country have more than anothers does mean others are entiled to it. It would be difference if they ask to come here. If you go and still something that don't belong to you then your a robber, in this case land. Just because someone is poor doesn't mean Bill Gates should give money to them. because it his money and if he don't offer it then you can't have it. The US is not the place to start sending people because they are poor.
548471
I dont know what a "Mexican issue" would be. If you are talking about illegal immigrants, I think that it is a bad thing that we need to have under control
355680
Put armed snipers every 500 yards with licennse to kill. I know many people that would volunteer for the priviledge. Every one that comes here takes away a job and health care from someone who has the right to be here. As for the rest of them gather them up the the slime dogs they are and load them into b-52 bombers and push them out at 30,000 feet back into mexico. Once they see people falling from the sky and friends getting heads blowb off after crossing the line maybe they would take the hint. No, borders should not be open. This country has homeless people everywhere and does not take care of their own. We must take care of our own people before we help anyone else.
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Nuke 'em all!\n\nNote this:\n\n1. If you migrate to this county, you must speak the native language \n \n2. You have to be a professional or an investor. No unskilled workers allowed. \n \n3. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for elections, all government business will be conducted in our language. \n \n4. Foreigners will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here. \n \n5 Foreigners will NEVER be able to hold political office. \n \n6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. \n \n7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. \n \n8. If foreigners do come and want to buy land that will be okay, BUT options will be restricted. You are not allowed waterfront property. That is reserved for citizens naturally born into this country. \n \n9. Foreigners may not protest; no demonstrations, no waving a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies, if you do you will be sent home. \n \n10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be hunted down and sent straight to jail. \n \n \nHarsh, you say? The above laws happen to be the immigration laws of MEXICO!
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We have problems here to take care of. What about the poor kids living in Appalachia, what about all the families displaced by Katrina, what about the kids who are loosing their dads in Iraq. Charity should begin at home. The Mexicans have had their own country longer than the United States has been a country. They need to make the changes that will bring about a better life in their own country. Why do they come here and demand that we bend over backwards for them.\n\nBilly B hit the nail on the head. The former U.S companies that moved their operations down there should be paying those people a fair wage, but guess what, they went ther for the slave labor. Ford Motor Company will be the next to go there. And they are right, they aren't our jobs, the jobs belong to the companies, they can do what they want. Isn't it funny that the big companies from America are leaving for the slave labor, and now the once unknown automakers like hyundai are opening plants here. They can afford to do that because the unions have been busted and now they can get auto workers for ten bucks an hour. Seems funny that these companies get labor cheaper, they use less people to build a car, they use less materials to build a car now, but the prices go higher every year. \nWell, the Mexicans can survive on their own, they survived a long time before we the United States arrived on the scene. I think they are attempting to destroy us from within, just like the communist said they would. Wake up America. Seal the Borders, shut the gates, stop the invasion.
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We need to strengthen our borders and send them right to the back of the line. We'd love for you to come here, and we'd love for you to make a better life for yourself in our country, but we don't like it when you work illegally (yes, that takes jobs from other people, and if you came here legally you wouldn't have to worry about making so little for so much work), don't pay taxes, and take advantage of our social services. Illegal immigrants are lawbreakers and should be treated as such.
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i'm sorry, SHOW3696, but the U.S is not out to help mexicans. Mexicans are only allowed in this country because they are (for the most part) hard working people who are willing to do all the shi tty jobs that no one else will do.  Other than that they get deported back to their country like animals. And the U.S. is talking about closing the border to mexico as well. So, no I dont think we 'help' them at all, at least not as much as they help us. \nI think our gov. should be worried about the REAL terrorists, not the honest hard working people from many countries, not just Mexico, who come here to make better lives. \n\nI know this doesn't answer the question, but still.
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Yeahhhh!  Let's be just like Mexico! That's something to aspire to.  I assume your point is that we shouldn't let Mexicans come across our borders because they don't let Americans in.  So basically, you're suggesting that we should adopt the social policies of a THIRD WORLD NATION!!
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Contact Mexican and US immigration. There is a way.