Immigration Hits Home for Young Girl and First Lady Michelle Obama

Mrs. Obama replied: “Well, we have to work on that. We have to fix that, and everybody’s got to work together in Congress to make sure that happens. That’s right.”
Is she serious?! how is that we are the only country not allowed to protect our borders?
FYI, if you dont have papers then you are here ILLEGALLY. Follow the immigration procedure like all the other immigrants did and quit disrespecting our country and its laws.

what kind of rambling answer was that?

Posted by: J.R. | May 19, 2010 1:22:50 PM
As I said, context, dude, context. She was talking to a little girl in a classroom who was scared. you both seem to imply that you want her to give a response to that little girl that would satisfy your ilk.
Classy.

Unless you agree and the congress needs to tighten the border so it is tougher for illegals to get here.
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I think we need to tighten and protect anour borders, and figure out what to do about the many illegals who are already here– who aren’t criminals, who have been here for years with children born here, and who contribute to our society. We need to address the issues without demonizing folks or painting them all with the same broad brush.
I would like Congress to take up immigration reform– and address the border issue so we don’t end up putting cops in border states between a rock and a hard place.
I do not think we need to frighten a little girl whose mother is illegal when she shyly asks the First Lady a question.

No mama, I wouldn’t do anything to frighten that girl anymore than she already was. But the first lady did not have to say we will have to work together to get congress “to fix” that for us.
I see your point about the situation and I do have the benefit of hindsight.
Also, does anyone else find this girl’s question fishy? I mean, what illegal immigrant would think Obama wants to send all of them home? Especially after of the criticisms he has had of the AZ law? Not to mention this girl is in 2nd grade!! Seems almost scripted.

Posted by: J.R. | May 19, 2010 1:35:48 PM
I have a first grader, and they pick up on stuff but then turn it into questions that lack nuance. They’re young. My son asked me why all John McCain and his “publicans” hate Barack Obama and me, and if they hate him, too. (I made a mistake of taking him with me to deliver some campaign stuff in summer of ’08.) I explained that they didn’t really hate us, that it was like baseball and we were cheering for different teams. Now he thinks the Republicans are sorta like the Chicago Cubs or something.
They’re kids, and she’s living with the fear of her mother being deported– and I’m sure she’s hoping Michelle Obama can help her.
Its really so very sweet and innocent– and sad.

What Michelle should have said -
Don’t worry, the US government will not separate you from your mother. If she indeed doesn’t have the right papers to be here then she will need to apply for them. If that means she needs to go back to her country then she’ll take you with her and your mother can then apply to come to America legally.
That’s what a responsible adult would have said.

Posted by: Noz | May 19, 2010 1:57:06 PM
After the fact, its always a lot easier to come up with a better response. We’ve all been there. Imho, Michelle Obama didn’t say anything irresponsible.
I suppose some squirrels will go nuts anyway– there’s always a way, but there are bigger concerns in other contexts.
On to another thread for moi..

Hey ProMa,
I just typed off the cuff the first thing that came to my mind.
I’m sure Michelle said the first thing that came to her mind.
No biggie but it does indicate where each of our priorities lie.

You cannot hide information like that from your child even if you want to. The fact is that there are thousands of families in this country with people of mixed status’. An American child should not fear coming home to an empty house. We need comprehensive immigration reform and we need it now! Tighter border security, the DREAM ACT, and an earned path to legalization!

A second grader doesn’t know what “papers” are. It was a set up.
Posted by: BornHere
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Well, it’s extremely unusual for an 8 year old child of illegals, in a stressful situation, to have a command of English to that degree. Practically unheard of.

Never ever forget who opened the door wide for illegals to come here:
RONALD REAGAN!!!! (He is also responsible for unemployment benefits and social security being taxed)
We need to fine the employers who give them jobs. It won’t happen though.
Why? Because the employers give money to campaigns so that nothing will happen to them.
Don’t blame an innocent child who is an American citizen.

They have lots of schools in Mexico. I’m sure she’ll do fine there. Besides Mexico is the #12 GDP country in the world with more natural resources than the US – she’ll be able to pursue her dreams just fine there.

I don’t think this kid had a clue to what she was even asking – she was totally prompted – and if her parents are illegals they can all go back and come here the right way. No one is saying to split up the family – the entire family can go back. This kid wouldn’t have been frightened if the FLOTUS said yes if your parents are here illegally you and your family are going to go visit where you Mommy & Daddy grew up while they do what they were supposed to do. You get to see where Mommy & Daddy went to school and played when they were your age – sounds like fun doesn’t it… that is how clueless this child was to what was going on the FLOTUS said nothing and that was accepted as the answer.

I wish people would stop making the excuses that undocumented workers do the work that Americans wouldn’t do. Ask all the carpenters and construction workers out of work about that? What about the service and hospitality industry? What about the maintenance industry? Nobody is buying the “immigrant picking grapes story” at all. I think we need to be five times harder on companies who lure/hire undocumented workers–leading to identity theft and humanity issues with underpaid illegal workers.

I just hope her family isn’t found to be working for OFA or Podesta like the little boy during the healthcare debate. I hate when grown ups push kids into the middle of these things.

Mexico is a place controlled by drug cartels. Terror is a very real thing going on everyday there on a scale we Americans should empathize with more. Deporting non-criminals is a death sentence. Not just turn a blind eye and say “Lets get rid of these outsiders”

Rene, I live and grew up around illegal/undocumented populations. I experienced the good and the bad. Please don’t try to question my knowledge. I love lettuce, but I also live around the most overcrowded hospitals, high number of illegal S.Offenders in my county, over-crowded schools, and many many many carpenters and trade workers who are citizens who are denied work. The companies who hire them needs to be held accountable and Mexico also. I have illegals in my complex who never pay rent because govt/non-profit organizations help them out—but out-of-work citizens have to dump their whole kitchen sink of identity and income proof to get denied help. Illegals in my apartment get help through identity theft and fake contact numbers…and let’s not talk about communities not assimilating. Don’t go there, because I speak from experience…and let’s not talk about crime and hiding under the radar of fake identities.

I think many people here does not have an idea of how much these legal immigrant laws are doing to entire families. I was been separated from my husband for almost 2 years so I could have my legal residency here. How about mothers with little children? Would you as a parent separate from your own children for that long? Just think about that.

To Kade, I did not choose to separate my husband, I did not have other option. I was forced to leave this country. do you understand now?

How can you say things like Obama believes that the rights of immigrants trump the rights of citizens? That’s nuts. It’s not whether the US can control its border—of course it should control its border, no one is saying the opposite–it’s HOW it controls its border. Demonizing people who are already here is not a good way to control the border. Anyhow, more than half the people who are here didn’t cross the border illegally! They came here as tourists. So you want to stop tourism, also? That would be great for the economy.

Um, why was this girl not taken out of that class, AND school? Her parents are ILLEGAL! WITHOUT PAPERS! Look, here’s the deal. Either the rule of law means something, or it does not. Either we follow the rules, or we do not. All I know is these people are here illegally. Not paying income tax, and drawing from the system, money that they are NOT entitled too! Apparently, the rule of law does not count for minorities anymore in this country…

“Um, why was this girl not taken out of that class, AND school? Her parents are ILLEGAL! WITHOUT PAPERS! Look, here’s the deal. Either the rule of law means something, or it does not. Either we follow the rules, or we do not. All I know is these people are here illegally. Not paying income tax, and drawing from the system, money that they are NOT entitled too! Apparently, the rule of law does not count for minorities anymore in this country… ”
Did you stop think that maybe that little girl is an American… born in American soil? Because I’m almost certain she is.

Posted by: progressive mama | May 19, 2010 2:27:11 PM
Hey ProMa, big kudos to you for saying I had a better response than Michelle Obama.
: o )

By the way, Kade, my husband does have 4 children, and I wouldn’t have him come with me and force him to separate from them. Do you understand?

We need to fine the employers who give them jobs.
Posted by: DownriverDem |
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That logic does give them choices; starve to death, exist 100% on the gov’t teat, or they can rob banks.

actually illegal immigrants do pay taxes. so people please get your facts straight!And pls. stop stereotyping hispanics.

I don’t think ANYBODY needs to worry about Obama wanting people to produce papers or documentation! Besides his own questions he has had at least one close family member who are illegal but, likely due to influence, have been allowed to stay in the USA.

Naye – what taxes do illegal immigrants pay and sales tax and real estate taxes don’t count. Where are they paying income taxes, fica, & ss … not unless they have stolen someone’s identity are they paying that – so clue me in….

Honestly, Kade or whoever you are, I dont freaking care what you think of me and my husband. He has been leaving here for more than 30 years. So sorry you are so hateful of immigrants like me. This is a matter of racism and xenophobia, that’s it. Good luck with your life and hope you, as a US citizen are in such as good position as we are. :)

Kid was a plant. She got question wrong. Her mother told her to say Arizona is taking away people who don’t have papers, but she said Obama by mistake. Mrs. Obama had a prepared answer and that’s why she didn’t say “It’s not Obama, it’s Arizona little girl”. She thought the little girl was going to say Arizona.

Anchor baby? In my day they were called American citizens.

laura I am not hateful toward you I am just saying you live with the choices you make in life whatever the consequences maybe – BTW how the hell was your husband living here for 30 years without getting his citizenship? It only takes 10 years. If he applied when he first got here how did it take so long and it doesn’t make sense in the fact that we had two amnesties since he has been here that he could have gotten instant citizenship. Once during Reagan and once during Clinton… so something isn’t adding up to your story.

Get out of my country now, then come back through Ellis Island!

@Candy unfortunately they are still called Americans, paid for by us, a gift from our social security to mom who snuck in with nothing but the clothes on her back, or just happened to be on the United States side when the child was due, so they could assure themselves a leg in and excuse for not going back to Mexico or where ever. Mostly Mexico since they are next door. Do you really think we fall for your American crap, they are anchor babies to assure public assistance, schools and a lingering stay for mama and papa. Cut the crap.

I worked in a tax place before and “undocumented” immigrants use a ITIN number to claim for their taxes. It is a tax id number issued by the government to a individual. The IRS knows about it and has no problems collecting but still they don’t want to give these people a path to legal residency. It s not like they can go to the post office and fill out a application to become legal. You guys know how to use Google, do your research and stop speaking out of pure ignorance or by what your hear on tv. There is no law that provides papers to immigrants right now since 1980 other than marrying a American. And for those that say that sales taxes and real state taxes don’t count I will be more than happy to let you pay for mine since you have no problems paying it.

The way the question was worded it doesn’t appear that the child understood her question! Do you think it was a set-up?

its very sad to hear how people can be so ignorant. i dont understand how can we discriminate the undocumented people in this country when if its not for us, you do not have a clean bathroom. we have been raising american kids babysitting and cleaning the house at like 5 bucks the hour so like that you “LEGAL AMERICANS” can move on with life and go to college or presume your potential life. Legal Americans haha how funny is that. hasnt anyone looked back at this country’s own history?? as long I have remembered, there is a huge emphasis that this country did not constitute as the perfect nation with people who have blue eyes and blong hair, no this was composed by the native americans, from who we decend from too. so whose nation is this really??? if things in out country was the color of a rainbow we wouldnt be here but before u judge its good to change the lense of which u judge with and look at the big picture. not only at the fact that there are negative things coming from these people who work their asses off to find a properous life that seems so hard to reach.

I’m 16 years old&my parents are/were illegal immigrants(I say were because one of my parents is dead)&I really don’t consider myself an anchor baby thank you. All your ignorant comments are hurtful but of course us anchor babies and illegal immigrants aren’t really worthy of being in this country right? You people should all be ashamed of the way your racist remarks are hurting people. Before you say anything like this you should all check the background of these immigrants and “anchor babies” as you like to call us. I’d like to think that someday I’m gonna be a wonderful teacher and make my parents proud. Oh but that’s right some of you think that since I’m an anchor baby I’m not really worthy of getting my education here right? I can’t believe that such ignorance can exist in THIS country. So to all you “mature” adults STOP being so ignorant! You are such hurtful and hateful people. All your words are the most spiteful thing I have ever read. Hope some day your ignorance gets fixed soon. God Bless, Hope My Words Really Make You Think Sky

The word is “ILLEGAL” not immigrant. Get out of this country and come back the way our immigrant grandparents did legally.

Sky sorry for your sad story, There seems to be a million of them. The fact is, your parents did you wrong, not the United states or the ‘hurtful’ adults. Go ahead and enjoy all we have given you, but if your parents weren’t here legally you are an anchor baby, born here on purpose, so they could stay. Mexico owes you big, if their citizens were treated right you wouldn’t have such a sad story. You sound like a Mexican person who always gets on these streams and cries over how mean we are. Sorry, I don’t think you are Sky or 16.

Marta,
Based on YOUR logic, as long as the perps perform a public service, then their crimes should be ignored.
I guess OJ Simpson should never have been tried for murder, since he’s been in sports and in the movies and entertained us.. he gets a pass.
Roman Polanski has created great movies, so he should never be tried for rape… he gets a pass…
Michael Jackson invented the “mon walk,” so he should never have been tried for sleeping with little boys, and then paying them off to avoid their testimony, so he gets a pass..
Where does all of this end? Sounds like we can dispense with our legal system, and our laws, and just have trials by public opinion. We don’t like you, we vote you out of the country.

Sky – if you are 16 then again where the hell were your parents during Clinton’s amnesty? That was within your lifetime…. but an unlawful act doesn’t excuse anything.

ITIN numbers, it would be interesting to see the percentage of people who really get them. Probably just enough so Mexicans can clam they ALL pay taxes.
Am I correct in that they don’t file, they just get a smaller paycheck, so the employer can pay the taxes on these workers? Thats what one Mexican advocate claimed, also they are for sponsored illegals not free-runners.
And laura that string you gave to look up goes to a government sight that has nothing to do with ITIN numbers. FRAUD, typical.

Linda, can you really read? The website is about immigration laws. Maybe what you are claiming to be fraud, is it actually the website for Homeland Security , lool, really you are an ignorant…

OK Laura what is your beef did you apply to be a citizen or a National? Nothing in your story adds up – you were saying you were sent back to your country for a few years because you were applying for your citizenship and you had to leave your husband who wasn’t a citizen yet but had been here for 30 years with 4 children from a previous marriage – even though he had been through two amnesties and could have been easily granted citizenship within those 30 years – you come up with some other excuse – did you or he apply to be a permanent resident or a US Citizen? Either way the 30 years thing blows away any excuse for either.

And I wanted to say something about those job’s that we won’t do. In Canada do you know why we won’t ” those ” job’s ? because they won’t hire us, they will put
an ad in the paper as required by law, you will interview, but they won’t hire you. They will say no Canadians applied and so then they get to hire Mexicans in cooperation with the Mexican Govt.
It’s a huge open scam, at least in Canada…

I hate staged , fake questions it’s really pathetic. In Mexico a non citizen cannot even own property so come on….

It’s okay, Auntie Zeituni didn’t have her papers either. But now she does, along with free housing and health care.

What ever happened to Love Thy Neighbor.
Jesus said love is the greatest gift not follow manmade rules and lines on earth.
All human should have the right to work
(to work we need a social security card)
The greatest terrorist are home born americans like Tim Mcvey and the guy who went to Pakistan to train and set a bomb in New York. How many terrorists have come from Mexico, Central and South
America? 99 % of immigrants are just trying to survive and make a living.
Come on Haters and let people work to support their families.

Is someone a criminal if they try and support their family the best they can. It is time to get rid of Country lines and solve world problems. Beside how many people have been killed fighting for country lines and pride. Millions in
World Wars. Come on People. People before country manmade lines.

Can anybody say “rigged”. Exploiting a child this way is despicable.
The only thing “broken” about the immigration system is that Obama refuses to enforce the existing laws and will not secure the border.
The feds know that 7.5 million illegals are using stolen IDs and they know who they are. They could easily cross reference those stolen SSNs to find out who the rightful owners are and then notify and help them. They don’t and they probably won’t.
Obama could care less about the victims of identity theft by illegal alien criminals.
Let’s recap. 7.5 million of the estimated 12 million illegals are committing at least one felony (identity theft) in addition to illegal entry. These criminals have already proven they can never be citizens here.

Not only are illegal immigrants’ children getting free education, they are getting in-state rates at most colleges without proof of anything. YOU try doing that!
Go back, come in legally, and I have no problem with immigration. But don’t come in at the start breaking our laws and then claiming your ‘rights’!

What a crock of crap. So she is a child, sounds like she is an attempted activist too. Her “mother” needs to get the hell out of my country. The so called first lady should have said. “well, little girl that is why we have to revoke the anchor baby bull. So you can be deported real easy with your mother.” So she is crying about her mother, while she is living off the backs of CITIZENS and going to MY school

Let’s predate the immigration issue. What did the two Bushes do about the immigration problem, the Clintons? Every and all unfinished business is now on the President’s plate and the new ‘tea party’ is now, not then, the loudest. hmmmm…something is wrong with this picture. WARS, ECONOMY,IMMIGRATION, JOBS, HOUSING FORECLOSURES,DEFICIT, HEALTH CARE, ENERGY, EDUCATION, PARTISAN POLITICS, OIL SPILLS, TERRORISTS, OSAMA? Did any problems get resolved the past eight years or before? Texas is changing the ugliest parts of history like slavery. Why?

I want to know why they wasted more jet fuel and flew to Maryland instead of going to her daughters school??

Some of the posters here are incredibly racist and, quite frankly, stupid.
I propose we let all honest and hardworking immigrants in and kick all the aforementioned posters out.
That’s the America I want.

It is an unfortunate fact, but the real problem is that the Democrats do not want to get rid of the illegal criminals. Those illegal criminals, once given the right to vote, will all vote for the Democrats. That is the real root of the problem. Instead of getting rid of the criminals, the Democrats want to turn them into voters. It is all about power.

Once again, what Michelle should have said as a proud american first lady mom.
Don’t worry, the US government will not separate you from your mother. If she indeed doesn’t have the right papers to be here then she will need to apply for them. If that means she needs to go back to her country then she’ll take you with her and your mother can then apply to come to America legally.

kk2003, I’m all for anyone who wants to come to this country. They want to provide for their families. They want to better their situation. I welcome them with open arms. They only catch? They have to do it the right way.
Does your bank want you to come to their office, take out a loan, and buy a home? Of course they do! You just have to apply for it. They’re not trying to deter you from bettering yourself. But there’s a procedure to follow. If you walk into the bank, take the money and buy a house without the papers, it’s called stealing, and it’s illegal.
Same with the immigrants. We’d love to have them here. We want them to be able to vote. Let their children learn in American schools. Have better jobs. But there’s procedure.
My great-grandparents on my grandfather’s side came here during the great immigration rush at the turn of the last century to escape oppression in Odessa, Russia. No one stopped them from wanting to be here. But they still had to register. Still had to obtain citizenship.
We are still the land of opportunity. If you want to come here and be a law abiding citizen…. then WELCOME!

KK2003 posted a comment about, all they wanted was to have better jobs and schools for their kids and blah, blah, blah. Well if I go out and rob a bank or something, I can just say well all i wanted was to pay my bills and past taxes that I owe and blah, wah, wah, this dont make it justifiable. If you break the law by comeng here illegally then you already have no regard for our laws, whats next for you, DWI, rape, child molestation, murder, ( because after you kill someone you ll just high tail back across the river and they will never get you anyway )NO ACCOUNTABILITY for these people. Thats freaking scarey, thats what we should be talking about.

kk2003 if you want to help the illegal immigran, please do so but in there their country.
Ilegal immigration did not start January 2008. It has been going on for years until both parties leadership. We can either sit back and point fingers or roll up our sleeves and come up with a solution or allow people that are not even citizens control what happens.
I am not sure about you but I will not allow an “univited guest” to take over my home. I would deny them access to my money(welfare, food stamps, SSI,etc), my house(subsidized housing)my school and would even thnk about taking them to work with me, and would not even think about allowing them to become a member of my family without checking them out.It would be on my terms, not theirs. I would not allow them to break up my family(CA against AZ, providing santuary to invaders)
The illegals are making a mockery out of us just like China. We complain about not having jobs but we support the very companies that are outsourcing jobs.
And we are suppose to smart people.

People, please look at the cause: NAFTA, NAFTA, NAFTA, NAFTA, NAFTA!!!!!! This was Bush 1 and Clinton. CAFTA was Bush 2. It is American foreign and economic policy that created the flood of undocumented immigrants.

O for goodness sake!!! “Draining our economy” cr*p again just to defend urge to discriminate!!! Grab your keyboard, flip it over, read where its made and there you go there is a reason for our economic crisis !!! There is no limits to human stupidity indeed!!!
Large amount of manufacturing jobs were outsourced to counties like China, Pakistan, India ect. All left for us is fast food cr*ap jobs and SOME customer service. You can’t build strong economy on those kind of jobs. We need our jobs to be brought back from overseas rather then penny pinch about some little kid getting free schooling. Big corporations feeding you all this propaganda and you buying it.
I’m a legal immigrant and now a US citizen. It took me 10 years to come to this country going only God knows through what back in my birth country trying to survive hunger and war. I should be bitter about illegals just crossing the border and able to find a peace. But I’m not!!! I can see what the real problem is and its not a poor guy standing there on the side of Home Depot hoping to earn couple of bucks to feed his family. Go thru your house flip over items that you own such as furniture, computers,hardware, tools, pot and pants mostly all of your belongings including clothes on your back made in China or somewhere else overseas. How can you ignore that!!! Your jobs weren’t taking by illegals, they were taking by big corporations that don’t want to pay taxes or worker’s compensation or fair american level wages.
Forget the illegal guy that picks up those dirty backbreaking jobs nobody else wants to do. Kick some corporate butt for selling out our country for a quick buck. But of course to stand against powerful guy takes lots of effort. Who wants to fight their lawyers, our congress, force them to change laws about outsourcing. Forget that, lets just build a wall and pretend that all illegals come strictly from Mexico and call a day!!!

Norma,
All the more proof that we need prison reform.
Once again, I have nothing against immigrants. I’m a product of immigration (About 4 generations ago.)
It’s *illegal* immigration I have a problem with.
One of my coworkers is from Mozambique. She’s here legally. My boss is from Nigeria. My Sunday School teacher (and one of my best friends) is from Peru. All here legally. All wonderful law abiding citizens. And I’m happy to have them all here.

My father is a naturalized US citizen and my mother a legal resident so I completely agree with being in this country the legal way.
My problem is that people always associate “illegal alien” with Mexicans or Hispanics. There are other people from different non-Hispanic countries who enter this country with a visiting Visa and never go back home. However, no one ever seems to be complaining about them. If yall are going to be blaming illegal aliens for crimes and living off our tax dollars, then you should remember there are Asians, Middle-Easterns and others here in this country illegally, not just Hispanics…

Wow any of this people dont have a clue of american history this land was founder by INDIANS!!.People are complaining about illegal immigration but i dont see them complaining about legal people who are living OFF our system who are sitting at home without doing anything and what benefit are u talking about the only thing this people get is free school other than that they dont get health insurance and they do work doing anything for a low low pay.like the accident with times squares he was LEGAL WHAT ABOUT THEM PEOPLE THAT DAMAGING THIS COUNTRY ARE HERE LEGALLY AND NOONE IS COMPLANING AND white people that are child molester child abuser are going away from america to do escape The law.children are taking away from their parents what kind of psycho people with no heart are u.People are inhumane.The only thing this people want is to escape poberty and injustice.this land was immigrants our history is full of IMMIGRANTS

KUDOS TO LORENA! I totally agree with you! But the leagals from here do not see all the citizens that are on welfare programs. Have you all not seen the news lately about all the citizens receving assistance from the government. They do not even have enough workers to complete all those applications. And those people are the ones from here that do not want to work and live off the government!!!

We’re all immigrants. The only real people that are from here are the Native Americans, I bet you didn’t say much when your ancestors came and took over their land huh? What really gives you the right to be here? You still have to pay for taxes no matter what… what makes you think you’re only paying for illegal immigrats. You’re also paying for your homeless peers. Send all your unemployed relatives to go work at the fields. I’m sure there is plenty of jobs available there, unless you can’t hadle the job…

One third of America now speaks Spanish as a FIRST language. This is wrong! I resent having to press 1 to hear a recorded message in English. I resent seeing consumer product labels printed in both English AND Spanish. Why are we making it easy for these illegal invaders to live here? Either speak our language or don’t come here!
Why is our federal government is not concerned with the epidemic of illegal Hispanics crossing our borders and occupying our lands?
Why is it that the Immigration Department is not raiding these rallies protesting immigration rights and the new Arizona law? Seems to me a perfect place to start thinning the heard. DUH!!!
Why is it that these illegal invaders can’t just go thru the usual and lawful process of immigrating to the US? Why is it that they feel like they are entitled to come here without respecting our laws? I have never liked line butters and that is exactly what these people are doing. They are butting in at the head of the immigration line to move here, rather than waiting their turn.
Why is it that those of us who take an anti-immigration stance are labeled as racist? Mexico is a nation. Mexicans are not a race, they are citizens of Mexico.
If these people labeling us as racists would stop to ask, I think that they would find that it isn’t just Hispanics, but we are against anyone moving here illegally! That is ANYONE from ANY OTHER COUNTRY! This is not being racist! This is just demanding that our laws are respected, obeyed and enforced!
Why are we racists just because we want these morons to comply with our laws, like they are supposed to?
Why are we racists because we want to see people who break our laws deported and thrown in prison for a second offense? Entering the US illegally is breaking our laws. Upon entering the US, these people these people have already broken our laws. So, why should they garner our support? I wonder if those supporting illegal immigrants are also supporting child molesters? After all, they are both criminals!
Why is it that the US government is not doing more to locate and prosecute those who aid and enable illegal aliens? Why are they not being hunted down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law?
Now that we can see Arizona’s new law causing thousands of illegals to leave the state, why is it that MORE states don’t follow suit? Why doesn’t the federal government enact Arizona’s law nationally? Hey, if it works………
Why is it that so many people believe the propaganda that immigrants only work as migrant farm laborers or domestic help? The truth couldn’t be more distorted! These people are taking jobs in the US as truck drivers, factory help, administrative/clerical help, and many other jobs that middle class America relies upon to support their families. High school kids can no longer find jobs, as these illegals have stolen them.
Big business is simply hiring bilinguals to supervise the Hispanic speaking illegals and give them instructions. Bilingual HR people are preparing documents in Spanish. Benefits companies are printing their documentation in Spanish and English.
Corporate America is only too eager to give these illegal invaders YOUR JOB, and sponsor them for citizenship. Why? Because they are trying to drive down the wages paid for these jobs. They are trying to force Americans to accept less money because of the competition from illegal Hispanics! Can you afford a pay cut because an illegal is willing to do your job for less money? I can’t!!!
This issue goes way beyond just human rights. It has become a matter of preserving the rights of tax paying, hard working American people! People like you and me are suffering because our government is allowing these people to live illegally in our nation. Well, ask yourself, who owns our elected officials? Big business!
These are the people conspiring to allow illegal Mexican invaders into our nation. They are wolves hiding inside human rights clothing. Don’t let them fool you any more. Demand today that your representative fight illegal immigration and send these illegal invaders home or to a US prison now! Be sure to remind him that there are more of us hard working Americans out there than big business supporters and until things change, they work for us!
Their is a claim that without illegal immigrant labor, the price of fresh vegetables will sky rocket. My solution for this is for the US government to pay a subsidy to these farmers, using some of the money that currently funds our “war” against illegal immigration. If it is impossible for them to find jobs, then there is no more reason for them to come here.
Follow that up by increasing the penalty for those employing illegals to a mandatory 20 year prison sentence. Also, start fingerprinting any illegal caught and returned. If they are caught a second time, throw them in prison for 20 years. Why allow the merry go round cycle to perpetuate itself? One strike is all you get, then you are sent to prison to be Bubba’s new “BFF”!
Come on, bleeding hearts, use your heads for something more than a hat rack! The moment these illegals cross our borders, they are showing disrespect for our country, our citizens and our laws. These people don’t deserve rights. They are criminals! CRIMINALS! Only US citizens have rights. If they want rights, let them go thru proper channels and work to become a citizen. They have to earn it, not have it handed to them!

Immigration is great for America.
ILLEGAL immigration is illegal and therefore not.
This child’s mother should be deported rather than enjoying taxpayer funded services (including public school) that she hasn’t, isn’t and will not ever be paying into.
Something for nothing if you are Mexican?
What’s up with that?
That’s discrimination against legal immigrants–like my parents-who did the right thing and now are paying a penalty–taxes.
Why are citizens and law abiding citizens fined (taxes) for following the law while illegals run free to take advantage of the services taxes buy?
This is the problem.
Not immigration
Illegality.
Deport her. Now.

The problem isn’t immigration and people who understand and work hard know that. The problem is being illegal. We are the only country in the world that papers aren’t necessary. Why are passports provided, visa, id cards, it is for identification. If you aren’t doing anything wrong. The major problem is printing and having everything in Spanish you are making it easy, easy, and easier for anyone to come and hide here. Anyone – that is the first thing to stop – the next is just because you have a baby here that baby should not be a considered an American if the parents aren’t. If you have a baby in another country.. if you are of French nationality and your baby is born in Ireland — your baby is considered French country of birth–Ireland. Not an Irish citizen.

Gary Nason,
In the first part of your comments you state that they are illegal from any country Right? But throughout the rest of your comments all you talk about is Mexicans. And that thing about everything being in English and Spanish well tough cookie for those that are not bilingual. Yeah for us because we get paid more than monolinguals. So if you don’t like it to bad. there are alot more immigrants here than you think but the other races will not work the hard labor jobs oh because they are not used to working in the sun and don’t like working in the sun so they just stay home and watch TV and receive all kinds of benefits. Will your race of people go out the fields and pick vegetable and fruits?? I am sure they will not! So get over it and start worrying about rapist, murderers, child abusers that are not mexican because both you and I know that they are mostly whites and african ammericans.

I completely agree with M.Majors. The people who are snatching the so-called inflated high paying jobs for Americans are the corporations!!!! Where does Nike make its sneakers? Where does Dell, HP, Apple, etc make their computers and accessories? You got it right!!!NOT IN THE US OF A!!!!
All you balbbering racists ought to stop and think about how your rich white bretherns who promote the so-called “free market” aka the stock exchange-have contributed 100% to the demise of jobs here in America-why? shareholders like to make money….they force companies to cut costs, and the companies will farm it out to China and India.
Infact, all this outsourcing has actually WEAKENED U.S. technology might! We actually gave the Indians and Chinese and Singapreans all our brilliant technology. They copied it very well, improved on it, while our fat rich corrupt white CEOs were getting their $$millions, andthe so-called tech employees who tout they are so smart are being outsmarted!

Hey Gerry Nelson, if illegal immigrants are taking on middle class jobs and high school students are not, then maybe your high school stutdents need to start working to do a better job in their interview. Plus keep in mind that most jobs now in days require atleast a High school diploma or a GED, don’t tell me that an illegal immigrant brought their US GED from another country. High school students are lazy, i’m lazy… I don’t want a hard working job, thats why i’m getting my university education so that i don’t have to compete for a job with someone that only has a high school diploma. Encourage your kids to go to school instead of getting depressed about not getting the job at walmart.

The comments on this site are something else. Some have half the answer, some are completely clueless. Illegal immigration does not affect my employment, but it does effect the employment of people I know. I have a guy who mows for me, he’s poor, getting older and is low in skills. He is however an honerable man and a hard worker. He has been unemployed for years, picking up whatever odd jobs he can get – like mowing. But he can’t even get a job with the hundreds of yard service companies or construction crews. Why? They would rather pick up a couple illegals from a parking lot and pay them 5 bucks an hour instead of hiring a legal person for 8 or 10 an hour. It’s criminal. It’s the fault of those who hire them, but mostly it is the fault of the Federal government that allows them to be here. They do not enforce the laws. Clinton, Bush and Obama are all guilty of dereliction of duty. They are more to blame than the companies that hire them. If your competition can beat every bid you place because they hire illegals, then you will be forced to follow suit or go out of business. My employment is effected by legal immigration and outsourcing. The government allows 100,000 high tech workers to be imported every month. With near 10% unemployment it is still going on to this day and most people don’t even know about it. Illegal immigration hurts poor and low skilled workers and legal immigration hurts the middle class workers. And yes, buying non-american products hurts us too. And lets not get started on the economic drain of those illegals who do not pay taxes, yet use our schools and hospitals witout paying a dime. The only solution is to enforce the existing immigration laws and to lower legal immigration to match our countries needs. If illegals were treated even slightly punitively, they would start leaving on there own. If you feel bad for poor people then look in your own backyard, there are millions of legal americans who need your attention and support. But mostly they need jobs, and there are over 10 million jobs held, right now, by illegals, that could be filled by those americans.

So Erin you are admitting you personally are lazy – because some of us do know how to bust our asses – we work very hard and our tax dollars are supporting 29% of illegals being on welfare. But there is no excuse for them to come here illegally. Let us think the number of illegals here just from Mexico the Gov averages at @ 10 million if these people got together and went back to Mexico with all of their efforts to avoid the law here – maybe they could fix their country. The numbers are there the Cartels would lose. The problem is Mexico doesn’t want them – they want them here so they can send back money to Mexico. The Mexican Gov is corrupt and won’t do what is right for their people so they teach them how to get here… now 87% of the people caught crossing the border illegally already are wanted for other crimes – but we should take them blindly. I have no pity for this child or her family if they are sent back to where ever her Mother is from if her mother is an illegal. Don’t screw our country – go and fix yours.

~* You’ll act all smart! Your R all imigrants! People who do not have papers can not get government help! But you want to sound all smart like you know everything! The first Europeans to arrive in North America — at least the first for whom there is solid evidence — were Norse, traveling west from Greenland, where Erik the Red had founded a settlement around the year 985. In 1001 his son Leif is thought to have explored the northeast coast of what is now Canada and spent at least one winter there.
While Norse sagas suggest that Viking sailors explored the Atlantic coast of North America down as far as the Bahamas, such claims remain unproven. In 1963, however, the ruins of some Norse houses dating from that era were discovered at L’Anse-aux-Meadows in northern Newfoundland, thus supporting at least some of the claims the Norse sagas make.
In 1497, just five years after Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean looking for a western route to Asia, a Venetian sailor named John Cabot arrived in Newfoundland on a mission for the British king. Although fairly quickly forgotten, Cabot’s journey was later to provide the basis for British claims to North America. It also opened the way to the rich fishing grounds off George’s Banks, to which European fishermen, particularly the Portuguese, were soon making regular visits.
Columbus, of course, never saw the mainland United States, but the first explorations of the continental United States were launched from the Spanish possessions that he helped establish. The first of these took place in 1513 when a group of men under Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the Florida coast near the present city of St. Augustine.
With the conquest of Mexico in 1522, the Spanish further solidified their position in the Western Hemisphere. The ensuing discoveries added to Europe’s knowledge of what was now named America — after the Italian Amerigo Vespucci, who wrote a widely popular account of his voyages to a “New World.” By 1529 reliable maps of the Atlantic coastline from Labrador to Tierra del Fuego had been drawn up, although it would take more than another century before hope of discovering a “Northwest Passage” to Asia would be completely abandoned.
Among the most significant early Spanish explorations was that of Hernando De Soto, a veteran conquistador who had accompanied Francisco Pizzaro during the conquest of Peru. Leaving Havana in 1539, De Soto’s expedition landed in Florida and ranged through the southeastern United States as far as the Mississippi River in search of riches.
Another Spaniard, Francisco Coronado, set out from Mexico in 1540 in search of the mythical Seven Cities of Cibola. Coronado’s travels took him to the Grand Canyon and Kansas, but failed to reveal the gold or treasure his men sought.
However, Coronado’s party did leave the peoples of the region a remarkable, if unintended gift: enough horses escaped from his party to transform life on the Great Plains. Within a few generations, the Plains Indians had become masters of horsemanship, greatly expanding the range and scope of their activities.
While the Spanish were pushing up from the south, the northern portion of the present-day United States was slowly being revealed through the journeys of men such as Giovanni da Verrazano. A Florentine who sailed for the French, Verrazano made landfall in North Carolina in 1524, then sailed north along the Atlantic coast past what is now New York harbor.
A decade later, the Frenchman Jacques Cartier set sail with the hope — like the other Europeans before him — of finding a sea passage to Asia. Cartier’s expeditions along the St. Lawrence River laid the foundations for the French claims to North America, which were to last until 1763.
Following the collapse of their first Quebec colony in the 1540s, French Huguenots attempted to settle the northern coast of Florida two decades later. The Spanish, viewing the French as a threat to their trade route along the Gulf Stream, destroyed the colony in 1565. Ironically, the leader of the Spanish forces, Pedro Menendez, would soon establish a town not far away — St. Augustine. It was the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States.
The great wealth which poured into Spain from the colonies in Mexico, the Caribbean and Peru provoked great interest on the part of the other European powers. With time, emerging maritime nations such as England, drawn in part by Francis Drake’s successful raids on Spanish treasure ships, began to take interest in the New World.
In 1578 Humphrey Gilbert, the author of a treatise on the search for the Northwest Passage, received a patent from Queen Elizabeth to colonize the “heathen and barbarous landes” in the New World which other European nations had not yet claimed. It would be five years before his efforts could begin. When he was lost at sea, his half-brother, Walter Raleigh, took up the mission.
In 1585 Raleigh established the first British colony in North America, on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina. It was later abandoned, and a second effort two years later also proved a failure. It would be 20 years before the British would try again. This time — at Jamestown in 1607 — the colony would succeed, and North America would enter a new era.
~* BUT YOU WANT TO ACT LIKE U.S. BELONGS TO YOU’LL LEARN YOUR HISTORY! In all reality you’ll are the illegal imigrants that stold US from it’s rightful owners!*~

Chon,
The whole healthcare problem has nothing to do with immigrants. Stop blaming people who sacrifice so much just to be crammed in a room with too many other people. Why do people have the need to find someone else to blame for anything that goes wrong.

• When are you going to report that Immigration has detained this undocumented alien? We all would like to see our tax dollars at work.

Hey Sonia – the “Native Americans” weren’t originally here either this continent was not the beginning of the human species.. so your entire argument is hogwash… The majority of the people from Central America are not even descendant from the “Indians” in that region as they were killed off by the French and Spanish and new diseases from the European explorers. So technically it is mostly descendants from Spain, France & Portugal that are coming in from southern border illegally…

STATEMENT IF YOU ARE ILLEAGAL YOU CAN NOT RECIVIE GOVERMENT BENIFITS. YOU THINK IT IS ILLEAGAL THAT USE UP YOUR TAX DOLLARS WRONG ITS THE PERSON ACROSS THE STREET OR THE PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY THAT WOULD RATHER GET FREE FOOD THEN USE THIER OWN MONEY TO BUY FOOD OR THAT WOULD RATHER SIT ON THERE A** AND WATCH JERRY AND MUARY ALL DAY. OR THE AMERICANS THAT HAVE CHILDREN AND UNFORTANITLY THESE CHILDREN PASS AT A YOUNG AGE BUT STILL RECIVE TANF AND FOOD STAMPS FOR THEM. ILLEAGLS HAVE TO BUY THIER OWN FOOD AND PAY TAXES ON IT. iF THEY GO TO THE E.R. THEY PAY FOR IT AND ARE TAXED. THE ONLY ILLEAGALS THAT GET SOME WHAT OF A BREAK ARE SCHOOL CHILDREN BUT LETS BE HONEST THEY DIDNT DECIDE TO COME HERE ILLEGAL AND THIER PARENTS PAY THIER SHARE OF TAXEX FOR THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL IGNORANT PEOPLE GTEME WORKED UP IF YOU ARE GONNA STATE SOMETHING MAKE SURE IT IS RIGHT………..

ASHLEY do you know that haitians recive TPS that means they can come here illeagly and then apply for a green card same thing for Honduras and el salvador and a couple other countries the statements I make Is becuase I lived in Mexico for 2 years not vacationing but actually lived there yes you can leagaly come here but question for you if you cant feed your family how would you pay your family. a work visas are 131 dollars you make 50 a week you still have to pay your bills in the end of a week you owe money instead of having a few dollars to save for a visa what would you do.

Crystel,
You’re right. That doesn’t excuse American citizens who sit around all day and do nothing. Something should be done about them too. The way I see it, if you have to take a drug test to get a job, you should have to take a drug test to get unemployment and welfare.
But just because one part of the system is broken doesn’t mean we let the whole thing go to spoil.

THEY ARE LAW BREAKERS WHO HAVE BROKEN INTO OUR COUNTRY & DEMAND THAT I SUPPORT THEM WITH MY TAX DOLLARS. We MUST know who we have in this country. If you go to Canada or any other country, you MUST carry your passport at all times & be prepared to show it upon request. That is not discrimination, it is the LAW, which is something these LAWBREAKERS feel they are exempt from. Why are they so against showing proper documentation? They are bringing in diseases that we eradicated years ago. The refuse to learn our language, they DEMAND we give them full access to OUR social services that MY tax dollars go into. They are DRAINING OUR TAX SYSTEMS AND DRAINING OUR STATES & our states are running low on money for taxpayers who put into the system who may themselves need a little help. If we don’t send these LAWBREAKERS back, I’m afraid there will be nothing left of the USA & for Obama to stand by the side of the president of Mexico and not stand up for Arizona and what they have done to me is treasonist! That ILLEGAL in the White House should be impeached. He is quickly selling out the USA and dragging us down. We will soon become a 3rd world country. Who will take care of us then???

I am so sick of the ‘racist’ BS. Let’s see … if I am trying to find someone who is in the KKK do you think I am going to go looking for a black person? No, the fact that thousands of Mexicans pour through our borders every day is the reason we think most illegals are Mexicans. And since the pathetic Mexican government would like to tell us how to do our job and say that not all illegals are Mexican, then how the heck are South Americans and others getting into their country illegally and then subsequently coming in to the US through Mexico? If you think these illegals cannot get welfare even though they have no papers you are very wrong. Go sit in a ‘free’ (only to freeloaders…not tax payers) clinic and listen and you will find out how to receive every ‘free’ benefit there is out there….but only if you speak Spanish. My husband is Hispanic and I speak Spanish…I did this one day and it is beyond eye opening. Also, the woman who drops babies like flies says she isn’t married or her husband is in Mexico and she gets plenty of welfare for her anchor babies. It is really a racket…the Hispanics who got here first are teaching the ones that follow how to bilk us idiots out of our hard earned money….at a price of course. The ones who got here first take advantage and charge the heck out of the ones just now getting here for the ‘free’ info on how to get every benefit they can. That is why the legal hispanics don’t want the illegals to have to go back. Often a legal hispanic will own a company and when you contract with them, you find out they are the only legal one in the company. I live in Texas…it is pathetic the level of pandering to the illegals here. Mexican flags everywhere and Mexicans looking at you like you are invading their country and they are having to pay for your existence. When other states get taken over as badly as the border states, then maybe some of you bleeding heart idiots will ‘get’ it. I am a very generous person and donate to charity often, but I am sick of the government deciding the illegal Mexicans (yes 95% of the illegals in the border state are Mexican) should get my contributions via my taxes. Those of you that want them to stay can support them…the rest of us are sick of it. You think they act all defiant during the marches, you should encounter them on a daily basis. They just wanna work hard…really…every time I pass by a construction site, I see 10 of them just standing around or one working and 9 watching. Pay 2 or 3 legals a decent wage and you would get twice as much work done. Before you start spouting off BS about we are all immigrants…my people were here first as I am almost full blooded American Indian and my husband is hispanic so I am not racist. By the way, neither he nor my two sons mind having to carry ID and wouldn’t mind showing it 24 times a day if it would get our state cleaned up. Sick of the stupidity….if you love them so much move to Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, or Mexifornia. As for us, our house is for sale and we are looking to move somewhere where the schools aren’t dumbed down so the English as a Second Language (seriously?) students don’t feel so left behind, where your neighbors don’t have 20 cars parked in the front yard, where you aren’t blasted listening to that stupid music with its same three notes over and over, where your neighbors put their trash in the trash can not throw it all over your yard….the list could go on and on about these ‘wonderful people who just want a better life, etc’. If you want a better life, make it for yourself in your country…don’t come trying to Mexicanize mine.

How does a credit card help and i have not meet an illeagal with food stamps you are thinking of cubans or people who recive TPS just becuase they are hispanic does not mean they are illeagal that can get those things the only states that issue license are washington and new mexico

I’d rather pay a little more in taxes and know that somewhere, somebody is going to bed with food in their belly and clothes on their back and getting
the education that every “human” is entitled to…regardless of their ethnicity! That is what our great country is all about.
I wouldn’t want to be part of a cold-hearted and selfish and prejudiced nation!!

And there are many americans with 5 or 6 kids that 12,000 dollars a year only pay 50 bucks a check on taxesand live off welfare and still get a a large amount of money at the end of the year for so many kids go to any under class ghetto and most woman have more than 3 kids

Crystel,
That’s the first reasonably sensible thing you’ve said.
What to do about the people already here is another problem entirely. I still say they should all have to pay the fines, register, and take immigration classes. Anyone with any felony charges needs to get the boot.
As to reform, sure, make it easier. I’m all for that, too. Lower the fees. Uncomplicate the paperwork. Set a higher limit. (50,000 per year is a rather paltry number for the visa lottery.) Actually, I think we should do away with the lottery and set it up on a triage system. Those in most need go first. But that’s me talking.

I hope that the little girl and her family get DEPORTED soon, because as we all heard THEY DON’T BELONG HERE. I’ll be looking in the news for the announcement of their deportation.

Yes you can deport 12 million people, what a job creator. Come to this country legally or don’t come. Think of why they help build homes & roads here..because big busy didn’t want to pay “Americans”. Americans first, period.

Illegals is costing Arizona a billion dollars a year. We just had tax raised due to stupid people not making or State trim the fat out. I am sick of having to pay for the illegals kids education, illegals medical, and all the damage from all the tagging and trash left all over the place. I am sick of them protesting our laws, and begging Obama to give them Amnesty. I am sure that everyone of them know that coming here the way they did is breaking the law. So that says they do not care about any of our laws.
If you want to be legal get your papers. Support and be proud of the United States Flag. You left your country and should in no way be flying the Mexican flag above or before the red, white and blue. Learn English as this adds many problem. If I moved to any country I would have to learn the language.
And I do agree That Obama must be an Illegal himself as he stands against most of the Citizen. He is selling out our country and is a total disgrace to the United States. He should be put in Jail, and since his wife does not like the United States, just deport her to Mexico. I think she would be happier there.
The Mexican Pres. lets is own law enforcement treat USA Citizen very badly, He even lets them rob us. And so he has NO RIGHTS to tell us anything about our laws.
If he wants to work together, then he needs to fix his own problems first.

What a sucky attitude americans first. thats why ultimatly our country is falling to pieces becuase everyone thinks me first

Like most people..I think we need to get a grasp and maintain some control over illegal immigration, however, I wouldn’t avocate sending a child and her family back to Mexico or whatever country she came from because her family doesn’t have their “papers”. Maybe we should educate these people so they know the proper channels to follow to be here ‘legally’. This is probably the only home that little has ever known. I wouldn’t dream of throwing her out!!

We can’t fund education the US Citizens but we can give education to an illegal child? So the laws only apply when we like them? Why don’t they go thru legal channels to be here LEGALLY. You can bet no other country would provide free education, medical and housing to a US Citizen who was in their country illegally. This country blew it voting for obama. McCain WAS the right choice!!

Has the thought that this was a planted question crossed anyone’s mind? I mean come on, that girl is 7, maybe 8 years old. It just sounds like she was supposed to say “Arizona” instead of “Barack Obama.”

Crystel,
If your husband is illegal and he’s married to you, he can get his green card based on sponsorship of family. It will take some time and money, but they can’t take him away from you permanently. Depending on how long you’ve been married, it may be easy, or difficult.
My brother in law married an illegal from Cuba. She got her green card in 2 years.

Cubans get green cards any way and the fact the he entered the us illeagaly means that i could apply he would have to go back to mexico and process there where he would be denied becuase there would be no extreme hardship like my daughter needing his blood me going mentally crazie or things like that i work at an immagration law firm had several opinions only thing that would help is reform

First of all AMERICA is not a Contry like a lot of people say we are “Americans” why they come to America? My understanding is that this contry name is “United State of America” Mexico, Canada,Peru,Brasil, Argentina we all AMERICANS because we are in the AMERICA continet all the way From The North Pole to The South Pole.

You CAN get rid of the “ILLEGALS”…just start putting the employers in jail for hireing them and fine them big time!! The WILL leave this country because of NO JOBS. Karoo4me it started with the Regan administration in the 1980s.
Yes it did!! The libs talked him into legalising hundres of thousands with the understanding that they would FIX the borders. Another LIE from the left. Thats all they have is lies. You people HAVE NOT READ THE LAW in AZ!!!!!

Crystel,
I would post the link here, but it won’t let me do that.
Check out the USCIS .gov website and select “Green Card Through Family”. It might not be as bad as you think. Critical need and extreme hardship is not always a factor in determining who stays.

Wow, so much selfishness and prejudice.
Tom, sure they may be illegal but they still worked to earn that money and it is their to do with what they please.
Crystal, do you honestly think that only mexicans are corrupt? Most of the politicians in this country have been white and quite a few have made the news for being corrupt and lying and cheating not least of which was “W” Bush who illegally, yes, that is right Illegally spied on his own people using wire taps. It may have been for a good reason but again if you want black and white that man did a lot of Illegal things.

Look, have any of you that are so in favor of immigration laws like Arizona has, even bothered to look at the waiting list to get into this country? The truth is we make it virtually impossible for many to come here legally..and that goes for legal workers who may want to bring their families here…it wont happen for at least ten years…are you kidding me? Would you wait that long for a loved one? and if the food industry, ag industry and many more, lose these fabulous workers your comfort zone in this country goes to zero..so stop being so superior and get real here….

Illegal…the word says it all? Get your papers, get your citizenship, learn the language and laws, and welcome to the USA. Simple plan to follow, but so many don’t. Too bad if the line is long, it’s there for a reason. I applaud any immigrant who has come to OUR country legally and is a productive member of our society. We take from our own to support illegals and it’s disgusting. I AM American, and working 3+ jobs to support myself, currently have no insurnace nor can I get assistance…why?? Assistance is over burdened with helping illegals. My children lose programs in their schools since money HAS to go to teach illegals and fund programs to help them. Are you kidding?? Our rights fall aside.
Do it right, or go home. Sounds harsh, but honestly…we need the old Ellis Island system back. Proper paperwork, citizenship, mandatory english…you are in AMERICA and you need to be here legally. We welcome you as a CITIZEN!
What we are breeding in this country are people who excel at milking the system to our own demise. Americans do it too, but less and less now that the government has been so free with the borders. Any person, any color, any country, any religion…get your papers and do it right.
That little girls question to the wife of the President, was no doubt planned, and whoever said it earlier said it best, she should ask her MOTHER why she may be deported, not pass the buck again our way. Immigrants have a HUGE responsibility to follow our laws and the government has a bigger responsibility to UPHOLD the laws.

If the U.S. would follow through with all “races, ethnicities, and delinquints” (cus those are currently the problem right?) we would not be considered the land where dreams come true and to become better… also if they would really want to cut dwn on all immigrants they should start by the people who make bombs no? mexicans do not build bombs… they are here to work… and live a better life, when their home country cant provide it… these people dont really want to be here… they get home sick just like we all do… idk if you all noticed but the whole money issue started happening when mexicans were being deported cus no one will lower themselves to do their jobs!

Sorry in some ways I see this as a political ploy brought forth by the child andher family. Yes it may be that the girl posed the question on her own, but she also has to realize that because her mother does not have the legal visa, work ect here in the states then the family needs to be deported as a whole because her mother is a illegal immigrant in the US and thus because the laws were not followed then the mother is the one to blame for her mishap. Hopefully though there is not a rush to keep the mother here by special permission by the president because the spok in front of media and the first lady. Sorry not here legally GO HOME.

Amnesty is a slap in the face to all the hardworking immigrants who stood in line to enter legally.
It’s not racist to recognize that the overwhelming majority of illegals come from Mexico, and look Mexican. Nobody including Arizona is rounding up people and detaining them for being brown.

CF SO JUST BECAUSE YOU LOOK MEXICAN THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR YOUR PAPERS IS THAT WHAT YOUR SAYING??? So it is profiling that they are going to base it off of so they are targeting people just because like you “LOOK MEXICAN” What does an american look like??

No “Immigration Reform”,
i.e., Amnesty, “Path to Citizenship” EVER.
If you are in the USA illegally,
you get DEPORTED.
Since you know that will happen,
DON”T BREAK OUR LAWS
and come here ILLEGALLY.
If an American employer knowingly hires
illegals, the punishment:
1. Your business is auctioned publicly,
you do not get ANY of the proceeds.
2. 10 years hard labor in jail.
I predict the Arizona law, with a few modifications, will be adopted by other states around the country.
And who is this Mexican Calderon to dictate U.S. policy?
I never voted for that guy.

The “law” is extremely racist and offending. If you are going to start checking people’s citizenship do for people who like Canadian, Irish….It disgusts me to think our nation is soooo stupid they will let ignorant senators and governors take away our rights and allow racial profilling. its like the old saying, “when they came for the poor i didnt say anything–i figured someone else would. when they came for the uneducated i didnt say anything—figured someone else would. When they came for ME there was no one left to say anything. it starts w/something small like this but if u dont stand up for your rights you could be next. i am 1/4 mexican and my family has lived in texas for over 100 years. how dare if someone question my citizenship.

How crazy the hate is today? How easily people forget their roots. America is a melting pot of immigrants. Our growth has depended on the conquering of others as all great societies have. What is separates us is our willingness to accept new people and cultures into the fold. We will find ourselves at the back of the pack if we do not stop this racism and hatred that has recently reared its ugly head. Old feelings die hard, and now they are really showing its self in full force. What that child expressed are real fears that a lot of people share.

My great – great grand parents came over from Germany, they changed their name and learned English. The tried to blend in to what America was then in the late 1800′s. They pledged their allegance to America. The legal and illeagal immigrants of today have their hands out and fly flags of their forefathers not ours. ONE NATION, ONE GOD, ONE ALLEGANCE.

It is illeagal to smoke crack – it is illeagal to be in America with out proper documentation. Both are crimes. IT IS PAST TIME FOR LAW OF THIS LAND TO BE INFORCED, not just some of it all of it. Illeagal Immagrants says it all. Illeagal – means not allowed. IF you do not belong in America and have papers – go home. It is past time for us to take America back. The state of Arizona has it right!!

If you are here illegally, then come forward and let the government know and then the government should give you 18 months to file your papers and get legal. After that then enforce the Artizona law. That way Hispanics and ille3gals can’t say they weren’t given a chance. Tell all the Hispanics to reach out to all illegals and tell them to come forward. One of the biggest reasons that Illegals won’t do this is that they do NOT want to give 35% of their money back to the IRS like most citizens have to do. Plus they will no longer be eligible for free medical and hospital visits. I know a few of illegals and this is what they told me. They said they could make more money in Mexico than staying here and paying taxes.

Ice is supposed to deport illegal aliens. Bet this one is safe. This administration is only interested in enforcing laws that are “politically correct.”
In this meaning “politically correct” means it gains more votes than it loses.
Unfortunately, this fully meets my expectations of Obama.

First I need to give some background so not to be generalized by the pro-ILLEGAL people.
1. I am a what is called first-generation immigrant, and I did the legal way.
2. I voted Democrat for every time.
That said, I have some questions for the pro-ILLEGAL people.
1. If I could and if my wife went though the trouble, spend the money the energy and endured the headaches to do this legally, why can’t they? what is SO SPECIAL about these people that they can break the law and DEMAND rights?
2. No one is disputing that some, even majority of the work and probably work very hard, but how does that mitigate that the mere fact they work here broke the law? not to mention, ID theft, tax fraud, assuming they are not using any social services of course. They have to continuously break the law to stay here. When was the last time the cop let anyone off of a speeding ticket because you said, “I work hard”???
3. It is well known that ILLEGAL depress wages. That said, it is strange to think that legalize the ILLEGAL will some how raise wages, because when the current ILLEGALs are legalized, they will be protected by the labor laws, and the employers who hire them before will simply looking for new ILLEGALs to fill their spot.
4. It is also well known that when you reward a behavior, people will do more of it. Some people saying that there are this and that requirement and fine, so it is not a really a reward. But the goal of these people is to stay here, and if you allow them to achieve their goal, to them, it is the ultimate reward. So…How do you stop a bad behavior by rewarding it?
5. It is also a complete myth that somehow legalize these people will be beneficial to the economy. Most if not all of the ILLEGALs here working at jobs that is low skill, low pay, with no health insurance. Therefore, they pay no income taxes (and if legalized, like to get earned income credit from the government — getting more money from the government). On top of that, we they can now legally get all the social services. Also, the government will pick up an additional 20 million people’s health insurance. How are we going to pay for that??? and How is that going to make the economy better????
6. People calling us anti law-breaker all kinds of names — racist, bigot, cold-heart, etc. The immigration all does not discriminate against any race, gender, age, and sexuality, etc. and we are only asking to enforce the law, How is that making us racist? It so happens that majority of the ILLEGALs come from south of the boarder, does that mean against ILLEGALs racist? But saying that the pro-ILLEGAL people made a special class of people — namely, Latinos, can break the law of this country. that make the pro-ILLEGAL people racist.
7. It is also a myth that profiling is always bad, or profiling is always the police’s fault. In fact, we human are bred to profile, we profile people by their looks, the way the dress, the way they speak, the way the act, every day. Profiling is one of the great tool for FBI to catch serial killers. When majority of the ILLEGALs come from the south of the border, maybe the Latino community should look at the mirror and wonder why they are profiled. My question would be, if there are 20 million Asian ILLEGAL immigrants in the country, you bet they will profile Asians instead of Latinos.
Now. I really want to see how the Pro-ILLEGAL people defend LAW BREAKERS.

To Start off with, I am APPALLED at the ignorance of people. NO, not everyone can come to the U.S.A. LEGALLY. In certain countries, like the South American countries and Mexico, only the people who have MONEY are able to come here with a VISA. With this said, who are the low-income people, whom are the ones that predominantly reside in this country, going to literally “buy” a visa to come to this country.
I am not saying that illegal immigrants did not violate a law; however, if you knew that you cannot provide for your family because there is not possible way of earning enough money, wouldn’t you RISK YOUR life to come to a country where a job, even if it is a degrading, low paying, and hard, is made available? Think about this fact all of you ignorant ignoramus……THESE PEOPLE RISK THEIR LIFE TO COME AND WORK IN A COUNTRY WHERE THEY KNOW ARE NOT WANTED. HOWEVER, THEIR LOVE FOR THEIR FAMILY ENABLES THEM TO ENDURE THE HUMILIATION AND HARD JOBS THAT THEY HAVE TO PERFORM. Are you REALLY going to clean bathrooms for $7.00 an hour? Are you REALLY going to cut grass from 7 am until 7 or 8 p.m. for ONLY $7 an hour? Are you going to endure people insulting you and ORDERING you to work faster and faster? I didn’t think so.
Instead of ATTACKING illegal immigrants we shoudl all work together to find a way to remediate this problem. After all, NOT ALL OF THEM ARE CRIMINALS! The vast majority are hard working families that come to this country for a better life.

Why should some little girl be made aware that her mother is a criminal!? Are you kidding me? Would you tell a 5 or 6 year old girl if her mother were a bank robber or an arsonist? Come on! She’s a LITTLE GIRL. All she “needs” to know is how to behave like a little girl and to be nurtured by her mother.

I think people are using ‘criminal’ out of context. While illegal immigrants are ‘criminals’ they are not all committing criminal acts – robbery, rape, etc.
Wake up – there is no solution. Illegal immigrants DO take low paying jobs that most educated adults do not want. They do contribute to the economy as consumers. They may not pay taxes, but at $7 – $10 per hour they are low income enough that they wouldn’t pay taxes anyway. I am not thrilled that individuals here may have access to schools, and other social services, but I don’t have kids and 60% of my taxes go to pay for schools and that’s just life. My taxes also pay for the fire department and my house has never been on fire, but that’s just life.
Rules obviously have to be enforced to regulate the number of people entering the US, and anyone who is illegal who does commit a felony should be deported, but none if this is Obama’s doing (or even Georgie) so get over it.

Norma:
Typical Pro-ILLEGAL rant,
1. Yes ILLEGALs come with all race and nationalities, but MAJORITY of them come from south of the border. your just have no idea what profiling is right???? and Have you actually read my post before you started your rant????
Majority of the serial killers are white, fairly intelligent, between 25 to 35, that does not mean all white, intelligent, 25-35 year old are serial killers. Profile is looking for patterns, since majority of the ILLEGALs come from south of the border, then the profile is what it is… Like I said in my post, if majority of the ILLEGALs are Asians, then the police will profile Asians (which I happens to be btw), and I should look at the Asian community of why there are so many illegals before I complain about everything and blame everyone else.
2. Yes we are all humans, you have not answered my question. What makes them SO SPECIAL that we allow them to break the law and allow them to come in this country illegally??? and everyone else has to follow the rules? Should we take all the poor, uneducated, unskilled people in the world?????? I mean they are all human???? that said, If I come to burglarize your house, would you call the police? are you racist for report me??? I mean I am human….
3. Yes… Mexico is a poor country, but, have do you know that the RICHEST person in the world in Mexican? and there are lots of millionaires in Mexico???? The wealth gap in Mexico is very, very large, so… Mexico export all the poor people to our country, do nothing about their social services, and expect us to pay to take care of their own people? How fair is that???? shouldn’t all the rich people in Mexico do something to build up their own middle-class?????
You are probably right that I won’t last a day there, but what that has anything to do with what we are talking about???? there are many, many people in even worse situation, should we bring the all in???? I bet you won’t last a day in Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, etc. but does that mean we should bring the all here???? Are you willing to pay for all the people in the world????
People like you who claim to be caring, “They are all humans”, but guess what?? this is real life, and it is not fair. Excess tolerance and political correctness from people like you will be the downfall of this country.
Oh… and pretty much as soon as you starting calling me racist. I know you have no answer to any of the questions I posted.

I have faith in Az’s future and am willing to invest. I am going to start a
company requiring 20 employees. Not
wanting to be burdened with troubling
taxes, I plan to hire illegals. But,
only those blonde blue-eyed illegals.
Therefor, I’ll avoid any hassles as a
result of reasonable suspicion by
Sheriff Arpaio’s rangers.

The illegal immigrants ARE NOT CHEAP LABOR. They have come here where most DO NOT PAY TAXES, yet many ( not all ) live off of government programs paid for by the American citizens and LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. The drain on our economy is crippling this nation and has got to stop or the United States will not be here for our grandchildren.
Other countries do not allow this to happen because they realize it is not a sustainable path; we need to follow their lead.

Let’s look at this comment — “They do contribute to the economy as consumers. They may not pay taxes, but at $7 – $10 per hour they are low income enough that they wouldn’t pay taxes anyway.”
There are other taxes that everybody does pay if they are legal, such as social security taxes, which millions of illegal aliens actually do somehow get money from. Also, the free health care they are afforded where others of us have to mortgage our homes to pay for.
As a natural born citizen, my employer is required by federal law to obtain proof that I am legal to work in the US. How do so many employers get by ignoring this law without being prosecuted and/or fined? If we did not hire them at depressed wages, they would stop coming. Maybe we should look at one of the root causes of the real problem…

Most people do not understand the Arizona Law. One of the reasons that people are up in arms about it, is that it gives local law enforcement the right to enforce the Federal Law that has been in place for the last 70 years. These people are here illegally. What if someone moved into your house while you were gon. When you got back you would call the cops to have them removed because what they did is against the law. That is what the Arizona Law says. If I go to France one of the most Liberal Countries in the World, I had better have every legal docuement I need on my person or I will be arrested and escorted out if I can prove who I am. As far as the little girl goes, Her mother has been here illegally for 7 years, why didn’t she file her papers. If she has a social security number it might actually be stolen, that is why most have been deported in Arizona. Make sure you find out who is supplying these fake ID’s to Hispanics, oh I am sorry, most of the time other hispanics. Oh and don’t call me racist my Grandmother great aunts, and uncles were born and raised in mexico they all came here legally or became legal shortly after

Echo40
I understand what you’re saying..but do you think everyone should endure that because you had to?
Wouldn’t you like to see the process easier or more attainable.
I also think people should be screened before coming here too.
You have to pass a background check to own firearms or to get credit or an apartment, job,etc.

Well…obviously we should implement and enforce our own “process”.
Ultimately, it’s this governments choice who stays nd who goes.

We have American citizens in prison for tax evasion in our own country. We have others jailed for identity theft. And yet, there are those that argue we should not prosecute illegal immigranst for doing the same thing? These people have committed a crime we do not forgive of our own citizens and yet we are going to let them get away with it? And then we reward them by alowing them to stay?
How can anybody even begin to think this is justifiable?

This was posted by A Wanderer “They may not pay taxes, but at $7 – $10 per hour they are low income enough that they wouldn’t pay taxes anyway.”
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Please don’t pull the “they work dirty cheap and don’t make enough to pay taxes” crap.
Until a few month ago… I was making 8.50 an hour and still had to pay fed., state, Medicare, Workers comp, Sui and other taxes. And if I wanted insurance it would cost me 180.00 a month.. only working 24 hrs a week didn’t afford me the “perk” of getting insurance.
The contractor replacing a fence, asked me if I would “give” the worker 90.00 for the days work because he “deserved” it. I told him “NO”. You hired the guy, you can pay him out of your profit. I wasn’t make 90.00 a day…and I sure as hell wasn’t paying for someone to not pay taxes.
Being born here is a blessing. But it comes at price. We support anyone who feels the U.S. owes them. People come here with big dreams and work hard to make them come true. Then then are those who come here with a handout… take, take, take and never give back. They want a say – and speak against the U.S. for not giving more.
If the U.S. is such a horrible place -Go back to where you came from and make it a better place. Stop tearing down this coutry.

My statement about not paying taxes was correct. First of all, at $8.50/hr, the typical person will get all state and federal taxes back at the end of the year. Second, employers pay workmans comp insurance, not the employee.
The point being raised was that earlier statements that illegal immigrants are paying taxes and putting money into the economy is a falsehood if they are making those wages. Also, those same people are using services designed for our own lower income services in the form of food stamps and medical care. They are using charity as a form of income to support themselves and their families.

For those saying that illegals don’t pay any taxes, how do you know that? Where’s your proof? I live in Washington state where agriculture is our HUGE export and obviously, the ones working the fields and orchards are usually illegal immigrants. Having lived with a family of illegal immigrants for the majority of my life I have witness them filing and sending in their taxes. And it’s not just this one family, several of the illegal families come to us to help them do their taxes or to refer them to other resources that will do the same.

What’s your Facebook address? can’t find it…