Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
This threads really shows just which of IA's members are even remotely intelligent and which ones are just plain retarded bandwagon riding fools.

Illegal immigration is indeed one of this nation's biggest problems. There are many different facets, ALL OF WHICH were CREATED by OUR government's inability to think beyond their own feet. On one hand lynch mobs love to compile and get each other worked into a mad frenzy demanding deportation of those "damned lazy illegals", yet they themselves couldn't name the Secretary of Defense of their beloved U.S.A. if their life depended on it. The flip side of that coin is that illegal immigrants do indeed put a strain in a local economy by dredging resources legal citizens either don't get or won't qualify to receive. Is that fair? Certainly not. But if we're being honest.....there are literally tons of good ole red blooded citizens that are scamming that same system each and every day too. Why don't we tighten the noose on those leeches too?

It really comes down to two things from MY point of view:

1. Political correctness.
2. Votes.

Political correctness is doing far more to kill this country than any illegal immigrant ever will. Why? Because if our "leaders" are too scared to implement the laws that are already on the books or on the way, those laws are not worth the paper they're printed on. When our elected officials stop looking at all of us as merely cattle with a ballot in our hand is when the real wishes of society as a whole will finally start being met. As of now, special interests, large companies with deep pockets, and politicians that are scared to be real men and women are the ones that truly control this country. We are merely pawns in that chess game.

All politicians get up on their platforms and preach about what they are going to do when they get into office, but very very few ever DO what they promised once they get there. This is the reason why government should be smaller and not bigger. This is the reason why we should look in our own backyard and clean it up FIRST before even attempting to deport a large portion of the the entire country's population.

I am the first to say that it is not fair nor right for someone to come here illegally and then reap the benefits that should only go to those here legally. But we also must be intelligent about our execution of that idea. Merely picking up a torch and yelling "kill them all" or "go home" is accomplishing nothing but making the yodler show his/her small IQ. We have to do what makes sense. You can't complain that you got robbed if YOU leave the front door open. You have to close the door and lock it. Then you have to protect yourself from getting broken into again. THEN you have to deal with that thief that is still IN your house. You have to be deliberate and resolute in doing it. You can't stick your head in the sand and pretend that the burglar is not there when he is. It doesn't change the fact that he IS there, right? So we can't merely put a void where something previously was. It would create a vaccum effect. There are many multi-facetted ways of doing this, but all involve having people with spines to implement.