The reality is, they're already here. More are coming every day. I don't have a solution.
As long as our president and congress aren't willing to act, to do something, it's not gonna change.
Some people don't want them to leave (note statement above about president and congress) and those people are blocking true reform efforts. Until those people change, nothing else will change.
I received this e-mail today. It won't change anything either, but it makes interesting reading...
Subject: Cheap Tomatoes???? Not Hardly!! PLEASE READ & PASS THIS ON
THIS IS A DISGRACE!
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As the political system gears up for elections, we need to be
>careful about what we are reading! I just found this very interesting -
>from a teacher in California.
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>Subject: Cheap Tomatoes!
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>Cheap Tomatoes
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>This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or
>Independent.
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>From a California school teacher - - -"As you listen to the news about
>the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things
>that you should be aware of:
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>I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a
>large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1
>school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and
>income levels.
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>Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell
>Gardens, Huntington Park, etc., where these students are protesting,
>are also Title 1 schools.
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>Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When
>I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but
>a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make
>a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and
>trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT
>WORK)
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>I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least
>moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The
>school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant
>girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the
>inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family
>watch their kids.
>(OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
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>I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing
>funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for
>anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new
>computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month
>later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who
>obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in
>America.
>(OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
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>I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute
>teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here
>in the country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the
>female teachers, calling them "Putas" (whores) and throwing things that
>the teachers were in tears.
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>Free medical, free education, free food, day care etc., etc., etc. Is
>it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to
>demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
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>To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants
>contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and
>housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in
>the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.
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>Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs,
>more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding,
>new diseases etc., etc, etc. F or me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.
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>We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster
>because we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their
>right mind really think they will voluntarily leave and return?
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>There are many hardworking Hispanic/American citizens that contribute
>to our country and many that I consider my true friends. We should
>encourage and accept those Hispanics who have done it the right and
>legal way.
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>It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world
>culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting
>pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to
>assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and
>worried about "politically correct" that we don't have the will to do
>anything about it.
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>If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to
>everyone you know.
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>CHEAP LABOR?
>Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?
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>Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage
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>Consumers don't want expensive produce
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>Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs
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>But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase "cheap labor" is a
>myth, a farce, and a lie. there is no such thing as "cheap labor."
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>Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He
>takes a job for $5.00 or $6.00/hour. At that wage, with six
>dependents, he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he
>files an Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned income credit" of up
>to $3,200 free.
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>He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.
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>He qualifies for food stamps.
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>He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.
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>His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.
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>He requires bilingual teachers and books.
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>He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.
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>If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled, they qualify for SSI.
>Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare. All of this is
>at taxpayer's expense.
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>He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners
>insurance.
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>Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed
>material.
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>He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in
>benefits.
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>Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left after
>paying their bills and his.
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>The American taxpayer's also pay for increased crime, graffiti and
>trash clean-up.
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>Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people!