Most of the illegal aliens I have seen are contributing to the economy, not taking from it. They work hard, pay into SSA, even though they will never draw on it.

Our history of bringing in immigrants has never been very good for the immigrants. When the Iriah were coming in because of the potato famine, the signs said "No dogs or Irish allowed." When it was the Italians it was just as derogatory. Same with the Chinese when they were building the railroads. When the Vietnamese came in during the 70's, they caught the same flack. I think only the blacks were welcomed with open arms, and oh yeah, chains.

For a good economy, unemployment should be around 5%. That is normal with people moving from one job to another. When it is below 5%, that is a sign we need more workers. Our economy needs more Mexicans to do grunt work.

We should be having government programs that are bringing workers in, vetting them in the process. Building walls that keep foreigners out is counter productive. Having strong Ports of Entry with good immigrant screening programs will keep the drugs out and our economy growing.

Treating people derogatorily doesn't really help anything.

There is no such thing as an undocumented immigrant. An immigrant is one who has pursued a legal avenue to permanently move into a country and adhere to the laws of immigration for that country. A migrant is someone who moves around to different places within the same country. How, then, can a legal immigrant to our country be undocumented?

What you are referring to is called "illegal aliens" who are trespassing and in some cases squatting on our land. They have no legal right to be here, and they have broken the law by sneaking here. I feel bad for those people who want to immigrate to America the legal way, learning the language, having physical and mental exams and taking an oath to abide by our Constitution.

I'm sick of those who want to re-name something because it suits their political agenda. They are ILLEGAL ALIENS. Period.

The true method of how to get rid of these scum is to heavily fine those that employ them..Americans must understand that these people’s le do not want to become Americans. They simply want to reap whatever benefits they can claim. Any extra money made here goes straight back to their home country. Once there the money is saved or used to build houses or property. That money is gone from our country forever. No taxes paid! Cut off the social benefits, fine the people that hire them and they will go home or at least somewhere else.

When I had my CPA firm, I had several clients that had high numbers of undocumented workers. They were both in highly regulated specialized construction fields. The work is very hard, labor intensive.

I asked both of them why they didn't hire legal workers. They told me, both, independently, that normal workers couldn't or wouldn't do the required work.

When they had certified payrolls, they were paying a minimum of $48 per hour, so these weren't cheap jobs. They could only get illegals to fill the jobs. They had a few legals, but not many.

I have heard that that is the same situation on many farm jobs in the midwest. There are a lot of industries, some seasonal, that are limited because they can only get illegals to do the work. When ICE makes their raids, it puts them out of business. Most of the illegals are hard workers because that don't have any other choices.

This is a more complex issue than some of you are making it out to be.

There is no such thing as an undocumented immigrant. An immigrant is one who has pursued a legal avenue to permanently move into a country and adhere to the laws of immigration for that country. A migrant is someone who moves around to different places within the same country. How, then, can a legal immigrant to our country be undocumented?

What you are referring to is called "illegal aliens" who are trespassing and in some cases squatting on our land. They have no legal right to be here, and they have broken the law by sneaking here. I feel bad for those people who want to immigrate to America the legal way, learning the language, having physical and mental exams and taking an oath to abide by our Constitution.

I'm sick of those who want to re-name something because it suits their political agenda. They are ILLEGAL ALIENS. Period.