Obama Blasts McCain on Immigration Reform

Only elect hard-line anti-illegal immigrant politicians. Illegal Immigration is lowering wages and stealing jobs from legal Americans. This major issue is costing taxpayers too much. Higher property taxes, free health care, education and a multitude of government welfare programs Just take a look at ‘Sanctuary City’ California’s financial demise. $ 11. billion dollars is attributed to the illegal immigrant welfare, who have drained the states funds.
If we enact the Federal SAVE ACT (H.R.4088) enforcement only law. Millions of illegal aliens will leave by self-deportation. ATTRITION! No job, they will leave of their own accord. Only anti-American groups and Liberal-Democrat-Socialists are stopping this law. ASK THEM WHY?
http://www.numbersusa.com have the uncensored truth? IT’S YOUR FAMILIES FUTURE. DEPORTATION OR OVERPOPULATION.
IF WE DON’T STOP IT NOW, THEY WILL KEEP COMING..
JOIN 756.000 other American patriots at http://www.numbersusa.com , to stop the travesty of our immigration laws. Learn about Immigration governmental corruption at http://www.judicialwatch.org

So Norman, which should we believe? The website or the words coming directly from McCain’s mouth? Just a question…

Thank you ABC for posting something regarding an ACTUAL issue. While the Republicans are engaged in their smear and destroy, non-issue, non-American campaign tactics – friends are having to lay off workers due to the economy. Our concern is their ability to find new employment, pay for Cobra healthcare, gas and care for their families while we watch the McCain campaign loose all sense of reality over an old southern saying about lipstick. Perhaps ABC if you will focus on the issues and not nonsense.

This is a bad issue for Obama to bring up in this campaign. He is in deep despair if he’s trying to use this issue to gain votes. McCain actually learned something when he tried to pass his comprehensive immigration reform bill. He learned that we don’t trust Washington. Secure the borders first and then worry about reform. Obama is an open borders guy who could care less about our national security. Now I ask you who would you rather have in the Oval Office?

Tom, that’s why its referred to as a “comprehensive” plan. That would include securing the borders.
Me? I trust Senator Obama.
Country First!
Obama/Biden 08

Barbara – The Republicans did not need any help from the Democrats to “look bad”. They abused their power and the Constitution all on their own.

old time southern preacher voice?
LOL geez folks, can we just stay on the issues?!
I heard Sean Hannity make a comment yesterday how Senator Obama was intent on tearing down Sarah Palin, which of course is not true. When it came to her family, Senator Obama was the one to say her kids and family were off limits.
The hypocrisy of Hannity is over the top. He has been attacking Senator Obama for the last 20 months, which could be defined as character assasination, as he tears Obama down every day. Sounds like Hannity is stepping back in his own shyt.

He’s right. McCain is pro-amnesty – and has been a major backer for a very long time, a major sponsor – but he made no attempt to mention or put that anywhere in the Republican platform. Why not? Would he prefer to keep this part of his political agenda quiet? I don’t like either candidate on this issue – I’m extremely anti-amnesty of any kind, under any name, and they’re both pro – but hiding your positions, letting it slide by and hoping the voters don’t notice is not honest.

I used to like mccain because he promised to run an honorable campaign. No longer. He has resorted to the lowest of the low mudslinging, distortions, and lies.
I thought we had a chance of actually having an election based on the real issues. Nope.
Since it really appears to me that McCain is the far worse of the two in the mudslinging — I’m going to vote Obama.

A maverick is a person who calls chelsea clinton (who was just a teenager) ugly in public then pretends to get upset at the use of the phrase “lipstick on a pig” which he himself used to refer to Hillary’s policies only a few months ago.
Maybe maverick means hypocrite.

WOW REAL ISSUES…. OH BOY
HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE THEY SAY OBAMA ACCUSES PALIN TO BE AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.
WELL HER HUSBAND ACTUALLY DOES WANT ALASKA TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE US.

Lets be real.. McCain’s going to win anyway. We all know it, so can we just skip november 7th now…

The thing about republicans is that you can put lipstick on them — but they are still afraid of smart black men.
Stop living in the 1930s. The republican party is completely corrupt and has been slowly dumping our country into the crapper (did anyone see Lehman bros today… lost 4 billion $ … there is some great republican management of the markets! ). McCain’s policies are exactly the same as bush’s policies. He’s proud of it too, and he has bragged about it. Of course all of a sudden he like the word “change”, but if he is elected, basically things will stay the same.. and down down down we go until we are a third world country.
Vote Obama — the man will stop the republican railroad.

The thing about McCain’s party — is that they are SO GOOD at telling complete lies. They just make stuff up and repeat it over and over until someone starts to think it is true.
The republican lies we have all suffered, that have led us into disaster.
McCain is following suit. Just making up stupid crap and throwing at Obama. If he really felt secure with his positions on the issues he would argue about issues — not make up crap like sex ed for kindergarten.
Not to mention the lies like “I opposed the bridge” when in fact they supported it.

if there was some IQ test for voting, I’m sure bush would not be in office (actually there should be an IQ test to be president too!).
In a test about the current state of the world, the country, and the economy, the people who watched FoX (faux) news scored lower than people who got their news from ANY other source.
I rest my case.

Hi I’m chelsea clinton and I’m approving this message.
John McCain told some really nasty off color jokes about me when I was 17 years old and just an awkward teenager. Is this the kind of president we want, one who will take dishonorable pot shots at school-girls?
Now McCain is slinging mud at Obama. If he were an honorable man he would talk about the real issues, but he doesn’t. Because his policies stink and everyone knows it. His one hope to win the election is just to throw more mud.
… and I, chelsea clinton, know more than anyone, how much mud McCain can sling.

Finally, somebody who worked on earmark issue with both McCain and Obama set record right:
Mrs. Palin also killed the infamous Bridge to Nowhere in her own state. Yes, she once supported the project: But after witnessing the problems created by earmarks for her state and for the nation’s budget, she did what others like me have done: She changed her position and saved taxpayers millions. Even the Alaska Democratic Party credits her with killing the bridge.
When the Senate had its chance to stop the Bridge to Nowhere and transfer the money to Katrina rebuilding, Messrs. Obama and Biden voted for the $223 million earmark, siding with the old boys’ club in the Senate. And to date, they still have not publicly renounced their support for the infamous earmark.
Please read:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122100927525717663.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
Obama. shame on you!!

Mrs. Palin cut Alaska’s federal earmark requests in half last year, one of the strongest moves against earmarks by any governor. It took real leadership to buck Alaska’s decades-long earmark addiction.
Mr. Obama delivered over $100 million in earmarks to Illinois last year and has requested nearly a billion dollars in pet projects since 2005. His running mate, Joe Biden, is still indulging in earmarks, securing over $90 million worth this year.

Amy seems to claim that Palin is somehow anti-earmark these days.
In fact, Alaska is #1 in the country for earmark spending!
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.
Amy’s claim is simply a lie. So is Palin’s claim — she opposed the bridge only after it was clear that it was going nowhere. (so to speak).

From Newsday:
Under Palin’s leadership, Alaska this year asked for almost $300 per person in requests for pet projects. That’s more than any other state received, per person, from Congress for the current budget year. Other states got just $34 worth of local projects per person this year, on average, according to Citizens Against Government Waste, a Washington-based watchdog group.

“Obama told the crowd that he’s not taking one single Hispanic vote for granted”
You mean he was taking Hispanics granted.
Then he shows his true self
“I need you. I need you to win,” Obama said in closing.
It is all about him all about winning. he does care about the Hispanics or anyone else.
Obama is the Pathetic one.

McCain keeps saying “We are winning in Iraq”. Against who? The enemy is al-quaida. Al-quaida was never there before we invaded. Sure, they’ve been kicked out of iraq again, but that doesn’t mean we are beating them. It just means they have moved somewhere else — pakistan for now. And our army is completely tied up in Iraq that we can’t go after bin-Laden.
No, the best we can do in Iraq is to get out as quickly as we can. “Winning” is when we destroy al-quaida. We are no closer to doing that than we were 8 years ago. Our little detour in Iraq was an oil-driven distraction.

Get real on immigraton. McCain doesn’t even know what he wants to do on immigration. He wrote a bill that he later said he would vote against. Sounds like a brilliant plan. NOT.

More campaign donations from the military go to Obama than McCain. Don’t you think we should trust the military as to who they think will lead the country better?
Vets for Obama!

Charlie Gibson will do a nice little bio-piece and show some pretty little scenes in Alaska and then get a somewhat “serious” look on his face and lob a few questions at her that he thinks are passable enough not to be criticized as a lame journalist and that will be it. He will not be tough and scrutinize her record, her views, he will provide her with the opportunity to finesse concerns voters have and most of all, he will NOT challenge her on the issues that have caused this country to be in the worst shape on so many level in decades. The Republican party has destroyed the fundamentals of the country and Gibson, in no way will he challenge Palin to account for what HER party has caused.

First one who stands up and says, “I will deport all the illegal aliens in the country my first year in office,” wins the election in a landslide.

Obama is the foreign entity that stold the Democrat Party from us.
That doesn’t qualify him to talk about illegals running to to infest our Country.
Turning the voter to the other party is his only accomplishment.

Obama talks about immigration reform .. John McCain has worked for it!!
McCain-Palin ’08
Viva Hillary 2012!!!!!!!!!!!

OBAMA SUPPORTERS READ AND PASS ON. POST EVERYWHERE…
GREAT ARTICLE ABOUT THE NUMBERS:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/palin_doesnt_matter_numbers_do.html

AMERICANS WE ARE NOT STUPID.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.FOR REPUBLICAN GAMES OF POLITICS AND TRAPS
FOR DEMOCRAT AND FULL OF LIES VOTE FOR REAL CHANGE OBAMAS 08
FOR BETTER FUTURE,
AMERICANS WAKE UP
INGNORE REPUBLICAN TATICS,
DEBATE REAL ISSUE HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLES
NOT PLAY POLITICS GAME

Somebody ask Joe B. why Hillary would make a better VP candidate than himself. Are the Barack defense lines starting to choke him? Or does he need to scoot back over and make some more money off of MBNA? You do know the difference between a Chicago politician and a 49 Ford? The dipstick. You choose which one it is.

The more Obama forces this issue, the more voters he’ll alienate himself from.
Most folks believe in illegal immigrants on faster track to citizenship as much as in affirmative action.
We cannot talk about immigration reform without discussing taxes – Do not be fooled by Dems’ promises not to raise taxes on the middle class. A tax increase on businesses means an indirect tax increase on all of us on everything we buy (food, shelter, groceries, gasoline…), and it is a guarantee for immediate job losses as businesses will have to be forced to close down or retain fewer workers.
The various income taxes American individuals (federal + state + payroll up to over 57%) and businesses (federal + state up to 45%) pay are already the highest in the world and Dems want to increase them so that the competitiveness of US corporations globally will be further reduced and our individual financial freedom further restricted. I see US citizens with skills and money consistently renounce their US citizenships and non-US people with skills or money turn down green cards and US jobs for tax reasons. Dems’ wealth redistribution socialist policies are guaranteed formulas to attract un-skilled poor immigrants and drive out the highly-skilled rich who would contribute to creating jobs and propel our economy forward.

mccain had 26 years to do something but voted with the establishment –and now at 72 he is going to change everything—obama is a leader and mccain the follower as he is trying to be obama—-what is next greaspaint—give me a break.

WANT TO STOP IDENTY THEFT –MAKE THE GUY WHO STARTED OUT AS THE GUY WITH EXPERIENCE—-WHO DUE TO HIS LAST 8 YEARS AS MCBUSH NOW WANTS TO STEAL OBAMA PLATFORM OF CHANGE-STOP TRYING TO STEAL OBAMAS IDENTITY—HE IS JUST A LITTLE DISGUSTING—-MCCAIN SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH IDENTITY THEFT.

IMIGRATION IS JUST ANOTHER FAILURE OF THE LAST 8 YEARS UNDER THEREPUBS—NOW MCBUSH WANTS US TO BELIEVE HE HE IS OBAMA AND FOR CHANGING —-SORRY MCCAIN YOU ARE LIKE AN ILLEGAL—NO MORE IDENTITY THEFT PLEASE.

“Now I ask you who would you rather have in the Oval Office”?
hummmm, think I’ll take the young black guy that will help put this country back on track, besides he’s for us veterans. Elmer Fudd McCain voted against veterans, so he’s toast IMO.

Everybody knows what Romney said about McCain during the debate on immigration in the primaries. McCain has run away from the legislation he has sponsored himself as senator by voting against it when he became candidate. That is the real McFlip-McFlop who will do anything and say anything to get elected, the unMaverik McSame. Obama is helping us to remember that McSame cannot make things-up, he has lost his moral authority in the immigration debate.

This has nothing to do with this topic, but is it true that Biden and Obama voted for the bridge to nowhere and voted against redirecting those funds to the viticims of hurricane katrina? If its true please explain their reasoning, they may have lost my vote with this while saying palin didnt kill the bill.

Republicans and their white-supremacy “grass roots” inbred followers are on the wrong side of history. They are the ones who needs to be rounded up, arrested and prosecuted, just like the Nazis.

Norman:
The message is clear. Both McCain and Obama are for shamnesty as FAIR and other groups have reiterated. The voters cannot claim they did not know. American people claiming that they are against increased or same levels of immigration after they vote for McCain or Obama and a Dem Congress is similar to a capital murderer on Texas Death Row claiming that he was not aware of the Texas Death Penalty. As a public servant if you vote this group in, I have to push for shamnesty and increased immigration lies and spins from anti-immigrant groups such as FAIR and CIS not withstanding. Their claiming that the American people did not mean to support shamnesty after electing McCain and a strengthened Dem Congress is similar to liberal activists trying to absolve a murderer on death row of his crimes and trying to get him pardoned.

Briticannus, aren’t you the same guy from minutemen ? who sits the entire day and posts messages against poor migrants?
DON’T YOU HAVE A LIFE? or this is your life’s mission? If it is then YOU ARE A POOR MISRABLE HUMAN BEING FOR CALLING GODS CHILDREN “ILLEGAL.
PLEASE PACK UP AND LEAVE MY COUNTRY, YOU ARE THE ONE THATS ILLEGAL HERE. GET IT ??

Our Nation was in deep depression, only when it opened its doors to Poor Migrants from the world in the 40s, We started to become and became the best nation in the world,
L@@K at whats happening today? there is so much confusion and lots of HATE towards Immigrants Who are Almighty God’s Children,NO HUMAN IS ABOVE ANOTHER. Just read the postings here and you will see what I mean.
To those Geniuses that blabber about Immigration, Have you ever read a Immigration LAW BOOK? what do you know about Immigration Laws, See how IGNORANT YOU ARE ON THE SUBJECT?
Would you put your money in a bank where the bank knows nothing about banking? Then why are you putting your Mouth into action before you put your BRAIN into gear.
For those who claim they are taking away our jobs? What jobs?
Undocumented immigrants don’t work in IBM,FORD, Whirlpool Etc,These Factories are closing because of World Globalization.
Now go the Mirror and SLAP the person you see there very hard, because You as a AMERICAN CITIZEN are looking for a minimum wage job in a chicken factory , then only YOU ARE TO BLAME.
STOP BLAMING OTHERS FOR YOUR OWN INCOMPETENCY & FAILURE. KAPISH?

I am a Hillary supporter and will vote for McCain On the immigration issue you ought to look at Obama record He started out working with Kennedy and McCain on the immigration reform bill.
Senator Obama declined to cast some of those tough votes. He voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the legislation. Obama supported amendments to limit guest worker provisions in the bill.
Senator Obama went out at the request of labor unions and voted for amendments that would have killed the legislation and that’s a fact.

Palin who?
Never heard of this person before… I just saw some dame with designer glasses trying hard to read from the teleprompter. She was delivering a speech obviously written by some other talent. She was taught how to shake her hands to ‘appear’ like a professional orator. GOP claims that their base is all energized.Lmaooo.. Sounds like they are desperate!
Why is she being shielded from the press corp.? GOP fears she might gaffe? lol
Sick and tired of same old GOP bullsh*t. 4 more years of the same old thing? Are you kidding me?? I can’t deal with the party of DeLays, Bushs, Cheneys! yeiksss!
No Way! No How! No McPalCain!
Obama/Biden 2008!!

Hey – check out this video. The language is Swedish, but it shows McCain’s arrival from Vietnam. You can hear his name clearly and see him limping. I think you have to cut and paste it…
http://svt.se/svt/play/video.jsp?a=1243728

It’s stunning that Obama can find people stupid enough to buy his BS jive talk. Gotta love the Hawiian communist givin’ us the southern slave preacher bit.
Fools.

Ever watch Obama speaking to a crowd and how he almost goes into rap or a preacher from his church.
He also has that bro bob when walking back and forth. He is not as comfortable when he has to sit or stand at a podium.

McCain USED to be for amnesty but he was intelligent enough to realize that the majority of Americans are against it. He listened to the majority of Americans and is now against it.
Obama admittedy knows that the majority of Americans are against amnesty but is going to FORCE it on us anyway.
Are you kidding me?? Sad thing, when Obama loses… he won’t be able to pull his head out of his rear to understand why.
The people should not fear it’s government…. governments should fear it’s people. McCain/Palin 2008

From what I recall, McCain changed his stance on immigration reform following the FLOOD of opposition from American voters during the debate of last year’s immigration bill (recall the House phone system crashed).

This has nothing to do with this topic, but is it true that Biden and Obama voted for the bridge to nowhere and voted against redirecting those funds to the viticims of hurricane katrina? If its true please explain their reasoning, they may have lost my vote with this while saying palin didnt kill the bill.
Posted by: rachel | Sep 11, 2008 8:08:26 AM
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From everything I read, Biden and Obama both voted for that bridge.
Can’t say anything about money being redirected from Katrina victims.

What type of government does that remind you of?

Listen up Obama! Our government is to be of the people and for the people!
Millions of citizens stood up to Washington, and demanded to be heard on this flood of illegal aliens!!
McCain said he heard us….while Obama keeps his ears shut, especially to citizens!
Edited by Bobc

Anyone supporting amnesty for illegal aliens also must ethically support amnesty for other crimes because of the childrens!!!
Vote for Obama in 2008…
And for Higher taxes in 2009…
And for Higher taxes in 2010…
And for Higher taxes in 2011…
And for Higher taxes in 2012…

DO NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA!!!!
OBAMA is still the “MOST EVIL” regarding this issue—–and should NOT be elected!!
McCain learned his lesson!!
At “Least” McCain has said that he will close/secure the borders……Obama said that he finds the fence “offensive”.
At “LEAST” the MAJORITY of Republicans are on OUR SIDE regarding this issue——and they will stop any/all attempts that McCain may make toward amnesty——as they know what the MAJORITY of citizens want done regarding illegals—–and they will NOT let McCain destroy THEIR political careers.
The MAJORITY of the Dems in Congress will be siding with Obama if he tries to push amnesty.
At “LEAST” McCain has NOT said that YOUR kids should learn Spanish, and that ICE is acting like Nazis because they are doing raids on employers who are hiring illegals.
PLUS……..McCain has NOT promised illegals amnesty, welfare, WIC, foodstamps, jobs, drivers’ licenses, health care benefits, education benefits, etc.
Obama’s health care plan includes ILLEGALS!!! He will lie and say that it does not include illegals, that is because he plans on making them all legal first.
DO NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA!!!!!

More to the point, how hypocritical can Democrats be? Obama was in Michigan this week talking about aiding workers there. How does a massive amnesty for illegal aliens–most of whom will be directly competing with these workers for jobs–square with the Party’s claim about helping working people? Apparently, it’s not AMERICAN working people they’re interested in, but anyone who will boost union memberships, fill pews, and vote Democratic, legal or not.

To a person, all of those whose posts apear above, fail to adderss, recognizen or admit that the Rule of Law is the issue.
I will wager that every poster is of the “X” generatio; your parents and grandparents know better. Legal immigration is, and always has, been good for this country. To reward criminal, yes criminal, conduct invites more of the same lawlessness. Refer to the 1986 amnesty, it covered 3 million; now, by some estimtes, the number of criminal aliens in the country is 30 million.
You want amnesty, then you deserve the country you wish for; move to any third world cess-pool. This is not your Nation to give away.

Borat or McVain will open the borders and allow millions to enter. Both support amnesty which will legalize 20~30 million. Then the family re-unifaction begins. The Census Dept. reports our population will grow by 144 million over the next 38 years. This is equivalent to the entire population of Canada AND Mexico combined. With amnesty the numbers are boggling. Here in the West we are already under water rationing. We will need 36,000 new schools and 55 million new housing units, without the amnesty. Our farmland is getting paved over, what will we eat, asphalt? We will need thousands of new roads, bridges, dams, etc. We can’t even fix what we have. Does anyone know where the money to pay for all this developement will come from? Certainly not from the tax rolls of low income peasants. Do you want your kids to grow up in such a crowded place? Do you want your kid’s lifestyle to be less than yours? Vote McCain/Obama and find out.

Would ABC and other news network let Senators Obama, McCain and other Americans know that if either of their immigration proposals became law, it could add over 120 million more people to the U.S. over the next 20 years, U.S.-born and foreign-born relatives of amnestied immigrants. They will be potential voters, will use energy, need jobs, health care, education and many other social services.
The following should not be left out in the immigration debate:
On 7/7/06, Mexican American professor Armando Navarro, who has organized many pro-illegal migrants rallies, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying, “A new majority is forming. Everything will change. The White House will be within our reach. We might have to change the name to the Brown House.”
According to the 2000 Census, the U.S. population had increased by about 13 percent since 1990, but those who identified themselves as Mexican had grown by 53 percent. Although many Mexican Americans are patriotic and most Mexican migrants did not come with a political agenda, during the 2006 massive pro-amnesty demonstrations, many protesters waved Mexican flags and pressured the U.S. with demands identical to Mexico’s.
Mexico has actively encouraged illegal migration to the U.S. and has vigorously fought all measures to secure our borders. It has worked closely with Mexican American activists here to push for benefits for illegal migrants, including amnesty.
What is Mexico’s real intent?
Yeh Ling-Ling
Oakland, CA

Oh come on. Obama is grasping at straws. Who does he think authored along with Ted Kennedy a major amnesty bill. McCain-Kennedy. Duh. Americans defeated it with massive letters and e-mail and other objections. Obama is such a joke. His background is never investigated by the phony Main Stream Media, that has been blasting the h-ll out of Mrs. Palin and McCain. Thank God, for this as of now, uncensored internet. It proves what liers the Democrats supported by the liberal Main Stream Media are. Anyway, doesn’t Obama care what his support of massive illegal immmigration followed by subsequent chain migration of millions if amnesty if given, will do to black folks. I’m only sorry so many black folks, who want someone who looks like them, I understand, can’t see this guy for the phony he is.

Obama wants open borders and he wants to give amnesty to 20 million illegals and give then health care. I think that something needs to be worked out but Obama wants to sell out the American People. Does he ever look at the polls concerning what most Americans think of
illegal immigration. We would not have this problem if our politicians had done their job and enforced the law.

Bush’s tax cut for the rich ?????? I made
$48,000 per year. My taxes went down almost
30 percent. I didn’t know $48K made me rich

Obamanomics…………………….
The Thursday Wrap
Valley News Dispatch
September 11, 2008
“If the economy continues to be weak, and should he be elected president, Obama says that he will consider supporting continuation of the Bush tax cuts. But, he does not favor their extension past their 2010 expiration.
Huh????
If lower tax rates are a stimulus now, why not then???
As Club for Growth Chief Pat Toomey puts it…………..It is tantamount to saying…………..I know tax increases are bad for the economy, but I am going to raise them anyways.
It is Dimmycratism at its most startling!!
Hmmmmm……This is similar to Obama/Pelosi saying to “check your tire pressure” as an answer to the energy crisis we are now facing!!

ok so all of u guys that r bashing obama… y would we have a president that is god knows how old and if anything were to happen to him we would end up with Palin… do u hear anything that comes out of her mouth? she has a 16 or 17 year old daughter that is pregnant for god sakes… if she cant control her kids then how the heck is she going to control a country?

i love how brittanicus or whatever is talking about what the illegal mexicans are doing to “our families” without even realizing that the majority came here to help their families, but their families dont matter do they? i am an american, i have no mexican heritage. I have a son with an illegal mexican who has had some problems here, but has comepletely done a 180 and is a different person. We want him to become legal so our family is not torn apart…do you realize how hard that is? He is getting paid minimum wage and it is thousands of dollars to become legal. And the mexicans arent taking your jobs away by working minimum wage…the companies are the ones hiring them and paying them minimum wage…the mexicans are just taking the jobs they can get…that the Americans wont do. Have you tried working in a factory for less than 7 dollars an hour? I have…and the mexicans work their azzes off. My man sends money to his mom (which is the reason he first came here). He is from a poor place in mexico and didnt have the money to come here legally so he risked his life to come here to help his family out. Now he has me and my son and we are trying our hardest to keep my family from being torn apart. You know how bad it sucks not knowing if your boyfriend and babys father is going to come home from work of if there is going to be a raid at work? Its too hard to be legal, especially if you do have problems from the past. I really hope that Obama helps them-us-out. I know there are millions of families in the same place as me. Vote for Obama!