Sol2ride, every time anyone says anything against illegal immigration, you and others with your viewpoint have to play the race card.  You obviously just don't get it.  I don't hate anyone.  I don't hate Mexicans.  I don't even hate illegals.  All I (and the rest of the legal citizens) want is for people to be here LEGALLY, no matter what country they're from.  Is that so hard to understand?  There was an anonymous person blogging here a while ago with your same viewpoint and neither you nor him have answered a very simple question that I've asked.  WHY do you feel it is right for immigrants to stay illegal and not go through the process of becoming a legal citizen?  Is that such a hard question, or one you refuse to answer?

CHEAP LABOR?

Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?

Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage

Consumers don't want expensive produce

Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs

But the bottom line is cheap labor
The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie
~ there is no such thing as "cheap labor."

Take, for example , an illegal alien with a wife and five children.

He takes a job for $5.00 or $6.00/hour.

At that wage, with six dependents, he pays no income tax,
yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return,
he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200 free.

He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent

He qualifies for food stamps

He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay)
health care

His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school

He requires bilingual teachers and books

He qualifies for relief from high energy bills

If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled,
they qualify for SSI.

Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare.

All of this is at that taxpayer's expense.

He doesn't worry about car insurance, life
insurance, or homeowners insurance.

Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material.

He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to
$30.00/hour in benefits.

Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour
Left after paying their bills and his.

The American taxpayers also pay for increased crime,
graffiti and trash clean-up.

Cheap labor?
YEAH RIGHT! Jim Richards

In 1792, the U.S. Congress passed legislation authorizing the U.S. Mint to coin money, all to be inscribed with the Latin words "E Pluribus Unum," a motto meaning "Out of Many, One."

Jim Richards

Anonymous~

This has been a hotly debated issue. I am not a racist  because I want people to be here legally. I am not intolerant. I am so tired of people pulling out the race card for  every political issue, just because it stirs the emotional pot. You have no rights if you are illegal. I am really weary of hearing people say "We are standing up for our rights? WHAT RIGHTS? The only rights you have are the ones back in your home country as a citizen of that country.

People are tired of illegals getting benefits, and not even trying to assimilate. That is the point. And yes, if you are going to live here, assimilate, speak English in public, get a worker's permit and do the right thing. That's all anyone is asking. There are plenty of legal citizens  who are part of the Latino community that feel this way too. Are they intolerant  and racist too?

 Finally, spend your money here instead of sending it back to your home country if you truly want to be an American citizen: buy American products and stay, instead of taking your money back to your home country at our expense. You can't have it both ways, sorry. I have plenty of friends who are Hispanic and legal in this country and I love them dearly, but they did it the legal way, and pay into the system. They don't run around waving the flag of their former country and demanding their nonexistent rights to be here.

I quite agree with you, Christine. As a matter of fact, I have no idea WHY this guy turned my initial blog into a racist cause. After all, it was titled "Venezuelan Terrorist Camps" and had absolutely NOTHING to do with illegal Mexican aliens...that is, until HE decided to turn it that way. Frankly, I'm TIRED of us Americans caving in to all the illegal aliens demands. Let them march on the streets of Mexico City! Consider posting your own blog to keep this alive!

Jim Richards

 

 

Jim~

Thanks for your words of support. I have spent a lot of soul searching on this issue, because I do understand and have great compassion for all people who are simply trying to benefit their lives and the lives of their children; it's not about the color of their skin or their heritage. 

 At what point do we say, enough is enough? How many people can we sustain in this country and how many people can we let through when we have a serious security issue at hand? We have to tighten it up. Sorry. We have given amnesty to many illegals over and over again. If they failed to do what they needed to do at that time, why is America now responsible to continue to allow this to happen.

 My grandparents (on both sides) came into this country through Ellis Island and endured numerous hardships, being treated worse than a herd of cattle, assigned numbers, working on docks, doing whatever they could, and then going through the great depression. What bothers me is they never entered this country asking about or demanding their rights, or looking for a handout, they endured great suffering with no help from our government , and the did it legally. .

What bothers me is that unlike the current immigrant scenario , they never entered this country asking about or demanding their rights, or looking for a handout, they endured great suffering with no help  from our government , and the did it legally and they were proud to be an American citizen, instead of bashing the very country that gave them a chance to succeed.

 I am simply someone who is not afraid to speak the truth about what the majority of American citizens are already thinking and feeling.