Quote Originally Posted by fastboyamin
All I can say is....................was it not for illegals you would not be living in the same house you are now.

Illegals are beneficial in a large amount of ways to the US Economy and Culture but they drain alot elsewhere (e.g. drug trade, schools [violent gangs]). There needs to be a control on the borders now; man handle them, if any of them attempts to get across, dont hesitate to shoot, let US counter their militia tactics with our very own US Military. We shouldnt go around deporting every last one of them, let them get what they want, their rights, equality, the chance to become legal, and work permits. Perhaps the only negative aspect of this plan i see is inflation will ensue.

Let me just say this....houses and jobs less than desired would still be on going....who do you think built the houses before illegal immigration ran rampant in the US? American citizens were building them, but then the illegal population began to say that they would work next to nothing...same goes for the jobs that are not so fantastic. The US Military would not intervene because it's illegal for them to do that unless Marshall Law is declared, but the Gov of each state can call up the National Guard to do policing and such.

I dont feel shooting people who try to cross is the right answer either...expand the budget of the Border Patrol and make the huge ass fence they want to make....and for man power, like I said before...Arizona and Texas and California have National Guard units, and instead of having them do "drills" 1 weekend a month, stagger it and have them do border patrol duties. For the ones here, a 0 tolerance policy they are on a temporary visa until they can find work hold it for 1 year and then given a chance for a full citizenship, and if any get convicted for any sort of crime they are deported immediatly with no questions asked.

Alex, I'm glad you are happy that the latino community was able to get together on a large scale and unite, but I feel this is the wrong thing to do...illegal immigration is not something people should rally about.