Originally Posted by Benzadmiral

Illegal immigrants are criminals by definition. Good people they may be -- though I'm sure, given human nature, that a lot of them were criminals back home, too; that was why their home countries don't want them back. But good people or not, they *are* committing a crime, that of violating our borders.

What taxes do these illegals pay? I thought part of the problem with having so many people swarming across our borders was that they didn't pay taxes. I bet a lot of them get paid in cash, so no deductions. And they can't file income tax forms. Yet they get all the benefits of being a citizen here, including medical treatment, free schooling, etc. -- and can even vote. True insanity. You think Mexico would allow you sneak in, complain bitterly that public signs are not in English, send your kids to their schools, and vote for El Presidente? Ha.

If they love Mexico (or Honduras or whatever) so much that they want to establish it here, why don't they stay home and fix what's broken in Mexico or Honduras? They can't fix their home country's problems, huh? Well, that's not my worry.

So sorry, Charlie. Try us again when you go through the *legal* procedures to become a visitor/citizen. And even then we have the legal right to restrict who gets in and why -- including a very good reason: America is already overpopulated.
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