KingOfDreams
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Okay, I just had a long discussion about this with some friends and I now have more to say. I'm sure some of this has been said before but I'm saying it anyway. Illegal immigrants are breaking the law, yes. Would I prefer they go about it the legal way, yes. Is it that easy for them, probably not. I hear that, at least to become a citizen and potentially this applies to becoming a legal resident too, is that Cubans have it much easier than Mexicans because they can claim political asylum from a communist country. The same can be said of places like El Salvador because of the wars in that region. But ordinary Mexicans have it bad too because of the nature of thier economy. It caters to the super rich in the country. There is no middle class in mexico. Or at least there's a very small one. It's rich or poor. And even though there's all these poor people the cost of living is higher than it is in the United States so I'm told. So basically, this problem has a lot to do with the countries these people are emmigrating from. But that's not the only problem. These people will come here and works jobs Americans will not do. Even homeless people won't do them. When was the last time you saw a hispanic person panhandling? I don't think I've ever seen one. So you cannot say that these immigrants are taking our jobs. They make up a low rung, but important rung of our economy. And our country was founded by immigrants. Even the so-called Native Americans are immigrants from Asia. And these so-called patriotic people who are for a wall or whatever should take a good look at the supposed principles of this nation. Who are we to squash the American dream? People are coming here to make a better live for themselves and thier families. Hell, If I lived under an economy like Mexico's, I'd probably do the same. We should be putting pressure on Mexico to deal with thier poverty issue. And I'm not saying we should just open the borders completely and let people come and go, but I don't think we should kick out people who are already here.