Unemployment is at a historic low in the US. We need the labor force!

If they can get a job, then let them come! The native born US labor pool is not big enough to fill the employment demand. We simply need more foreign workers to come here.

This must be said to former Mexico President Vicente Fox and Senator Hilary Clinton; if Mexico and their people are our friends. Well than illegal immigrants that have settled here in our great nation, can join the US by helping with keeping up the fight against Islamic radical terrorist.

Legal and illegal immigrants from Mexico can volunteer to serve in our nations military branches.

Hope these 14 reasons are justified for their assistance for America to keep sovereignty in our nation and our Presidents determination with achieving reconciliation in Iraq.

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year.

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!

5. $1.7 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.

7. 30% of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens.

11. In particular, their children are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the United States.

12. The National Policy Institute "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.

14. So if deporting them costs between $206 and $230 BILLION DOLLARS, Start getting rid of em.' We'll be ahead after the 1st year!!!

A consistent theme emerges: illegal aliens are treated much more favorably than aliens who follow the law. There is no penalty for illegal behavior.

Some may believe in our U.S. senate that most ideas that originate there is a way to show how generous and magnanimous the U.S. Senate can be, but it really just shows how miss-placed their priorities are.

Pardon me for being a law abiding citizen and expecting everyone else to be one as well. If you want to live in this country, become a citizen. Don't live here for 10 years and then apply for citizenship and claim amnesty. Freedom isn't free. My family fought for this country's freedom, and many other families immigrated here legally for their freedom. Just hopping a fence is not going to fly. Go through the immigration process and earn your freedom. Don't steal it from us.

Breaking the law makes you a criminal. That makes all illegals criminals.

Legal and illegal immigrants from Mexico can volunteer to serve in our nations military branches.

Hope these 11 reasons are justified for their assistance.

1. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.

2. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.

3. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!

4. $1 7 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.

5. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.

6. 30% of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.

7. $90 Bill ion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.

8. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.

9. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens.

10. In particular, their children are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the United States.

11. The National Policy Institute "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.

As to the illegals crossing into the U.S., Mexico can't stop them anymore than the U.S. can prevent people from leaving the U.S. When people stop hiring illegals, the flow will stop. Same with drugs. If there are no buyers, the supply will end.

First Fox is considered one of the better presidents of Mexico, second the illegals (not all but 99% plus) are here because of a demand from our farmers, constuction and small business. They can make a lot more here in a short time then they could back home, send a good portion of it back to build their dream house and support their families. When the labor demand dries up, guess what? The 99%+ will stay home...as there will be no demand and no benefit to them coming up... oh by the way you all ok with paying more for housing, food and other items if the governement did really crack down on businesses that illegally hire ilegals? I am ready to put my money where my mouth is, my bet is most of the folks haven't thought this through and do not understand the true consequences....

He should go back and try to do something of value for the Mexican people - maybe he can be a better ex-president than he was president, like Jimmy Carter.

I am sick of you people hammering Republicans and others that are NOT PRO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT using the tired mantra, racists and bigots.

Many of us are totally,without QUESTION, for LEGAL IMMIGRATION and we welcome the good, hard working people from around the WORLD.

And Bea from NJ, just because all of us don't bow down to Hillary Clinton, that doesn't make us sexist, it makes us smart.

Lastly from HAWK:

UNTIL I STARTED READING THESE BLOGS, I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE ARE SO MANY STUPID PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

Posted By HAWK ,TEXAS : October 9, 2007 1:52 pm

Then you got a mirror and saw the light.

Our US troops in Afghanistan are combating a people over there as if our so call DoD and home land security are acting on US border control. Maybe our government leaders should present solutions liken too periquat pot and destroy all of the opium over there or is some great people still using this war as their thriving enterprise.

My family came to the US from Ireland in 1902. I am 100% of Irish decent, and still have an extensive family in Ireland. I have visited several times through my 45 years, and am well-connected to them. Yet I am, always have been, and forever will be, American first. My Irish decent plays no part in my allegiance; I have never identified myself as irish-American.

When you insist on caveating your American citizenship (or residency)with a hyphenated family origin, then you make yourself fair game for the hostillity of generations of proud Americans bent on preserving the American culture so many others try so hard to be a part of, yet insist on knocking down every chance they get.

The solution is simple. Americans (and I mean all North Americans) are a hospitable group, unlike any other. The US and Mexico governments have always had a tenuous relationship, yet citizens of both countries have generally gotten along well. The blending of our cultures goes back to long before any of us existed. But if "Mexican-Americans" want to no longer be the "perceived" target of a hostile US, then live by the rules of our government as the Mexican government would expect us to abide by its laws while in Mexico. We have infinite respect for your desire to help your family and your outstanding work ethic, but if you are not here legally, go back home until you can do it the same way every other immigrant has to do it. RESPECT our culture, and don't EXPECT us to acclimate it to Mexicans. Speak our common language of English, don't expect us to accomodate...if the language is a barrier and you want to live in the US, what do you do??? Take the time to learn it, as we would have to learn Spanish if taking up permanent residency in Mexico. And, finally, stop giving yourself the hyphenated identity. If you choose to live the rest of your life in the US, then your no more Mexican than I am Irish.

Before your scream racism, note that you can replace 'Mexican-American' with any of the 100s of hyphenated-Americans, it applies just as well.

Supply and demand... it never fails.

Some of us keep complaining but also keep employing them.

It is IMPOSSIBLE to keep them out of this country if they can still get jobs here. No fence, wall or embarassing underground civilian "army" will be able to stop them.

Does everybody really think that if the United States didn't need the illegal immigrants they would allow them to remain here... think people, there is probably a CIA program reading this now! If they wanted to deport the illegal immigrants it would take twenty five minutes, maybe thirty.

The United States NEEDS these people and no ammount of disrespect toward foreign Presidents or US candidates will change that fact.

I can't imagine, that as slick as Fox is, that he would think he was helping Clinton by his remarks. Rudy's done more, as Mayor of NYC, to protect illegal immigraion than anyone else running.

Anyway, I am offended by Fox's admission that he saw his illegal aliens building a casino in Las Vegas. and that we need them here. Actually, skilled union trades workers used to built casino's before illegal aliens took those jobs. The casinos are loaded. They can afford to pay U.S citizens prevailing wages.

Now, the Dept of Labor estimated some years ago that there would eventually be a shortage of skilled construction workers. For those of us very few women in the skilled bulding trades that shortage meant that maybe, just maybe, we would actually get to work more and that more women would be accepted into the skilled trade unions. This would happen naturally, out of necessity. Illegal immigration destroyed any hope of that happening. It instead put the few women in the trades in competition with even more men, and those men from a third world country. I have never seen a female illegal immigrant working construction.

When Illegal immigration created an excess of construction workers, not just opportunity but wages, benefits, and safety have all declined for trades workers who are U.S. citizens.

Illegal immigrant construction workers are not skilled trades people. They did not serve apprenticeships to learn a given trade. They did not work their way up through the ranks in a fair manner.

Up until Bush took office, DOL agents would visit jobsites to check that wages were being paid lawfully and safety was being practiced but I haven't seen them on the job in the last 6 years.

A possible solution to illegal worker immigration?
If we wish to identify the "undocumented workers" here, and still need foreign workers, I have a suggestion that would work over a two year period.

First, we build the wall on both borders. Every 45 miles, we have a workers welcome center, with a Mexican government center on one side, so the immigrants work papers are in order, and an American super computer on the other side to create a biometric (eyescan and blood sample) id for the workers. They are then welcomed to America to work.

Now they can get insurance and drivers licenses legally, so now we know were they live. Of course, the Drivers License must differ in regard to the workers visa, so it could not be used to apply for a voters registration card, or other services denied non-citizens.

The Mexican government, with a 5% tax on the American money crossing back into Mexico, could purchase a blanket "pool" type insurance policy to cover its citizens auto and health policies.

Any illegal currently here with their family would have to go to the other side of the fence and come back through. If the immigrant has been here illegally and has family in America, there is a 1000 dollar fine, 200 to be paid immediately, 800 to be suspended and paid at a rate of 200 dollars a year. If the immigrant learns English and assimilates into American society, however much is owed at that point is suspended indefinitely.

When the immigrant with a family here applies at the border, he just tells the official how many family members and their names,bringing whatever papers he may have, and is given vouchers for them. When he returns to his family, he brings each of them, with 200 dollars, to the local police, were they are fingerprinted and given ids and welcomed from the shadows.

They have two years to do this, (and then 200 per year until the 1000 is paid), so if they have a large family, they can spread out the monetary fines. Total assimilation suspends the fines.

Any violent crimes, including drunk driving or gang involvement would be grounds for deportation on this workers visa. This means the original charge. There will be no plea bargaining for people with these visas.
No person that had been here illegally prior to these visas will ever be a citizen. This is part of the punishment for breaking into the country. They at least have the opportunity for their children, born here, to have a better life. That is the cost of their actions.

Those that come here for the first time on this visa, who assimilate and work without legal problems for ten years, may apply for citizenship.

After a two year grace period, any employer hiring an illegal, (now a person without the new id papers), will have their business confiscated and given to the local community to either close or run legally.

This may not be perfect, but it would give them all the incentive to sign up. After the two year period ends, anyone caught here illegally would face mandatory jail until there home country takes them back. In some cases, that could mean life in prison. That incentive should keep them out.

Then, at of the end of the two year grace period, free lawyers are given to anyone with these work visas to sue any employee paying less than the minimum wage. Repeated violations, and the business is turned over to the employees, (because the previous owners, board of directors and ceo will be in jail).
Finally, Congress should also pass an immigration reciprocity law, ie. any citizen of another country shall have all of the rights in this country that Americans have in their (the immigrants) home country.
Lets see the foreign governments and other hypocrites screaming for rights just for being here chew on that.

Ron Reale
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I do think that many Americans in this country including some politicians are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites.

We talk about building a fence to protect our borders, but somehow people are still managing to sneek in this country.

There are about 11 million illegals in this country. If no one wants amnesty or some type of road to legalization. Can someone tell how we are going to begin to process 11 million people.

Besides the astronomical cost in terms of manpower and resources. Then what? Are americans going to pick our fruits at the fields? Cut your grass and valet your parking. Sure, not everyone is that works in those fields, but the majority of them are. We just choose to pretend they are not illegal, when its convenient for us. The minute some politician wants to make a name for themselves, we all seem to jump on the bandwagon!!

Why isn't Mexicos president dark skinned like the ones that cross the border?

And to answer the question- "Why should we care what the former President of Mexico thinks?" -Because it's called "Foreign Relations." The reason we are constantly facing terror threats is because we don't work with foreign nations. We just push our beliefs against them. Mexico is our neighboring country and we should be working with them to find a solution to the illegal immigration problem.

I am working two jobs, and find this a slap in the face to let Mr. Fox
think that the American Workers really give a flyin ......., and if Hillary Clinton is needing his backing then let him stand on the podium with her. I am sure that will help get her the election ...not.

If we kick them out who's going to replace them? NOT ME.. I'm not going to pick apples in 100 degree heat even if it payed 50K a year.

Long live our hypocrisy!! HAHAHA