With over 10 million illegal aliens in the U.S who is to blame and how would you solve this problem?

Starman

I would solve it by legalizing them and letting them earn a living in peace. : )

BTW
Poverty and the lure of a solution are to blame.

talaniman

I tend to agree,but here in Texas most of the legal Mexicans resent the fact that they had to go for years to get the citizenship. I don't know if amnesty would be fair to those who chose to go thru the system. But on the other hand how can you deny a poor person willing to work a chance to feed themselves and give their children a better life? President Bush is sending troops to the border but the door has been open for so long, how is he going to deal with the 10 million already here? I personally think it has been the intention of the government(NOT JUST BUSH) to exploit these people for cheap labor anyway. There are many getting rich off the backs of illegals and I absolutely think this should stop.

Stormy69

Comming here to work is one thing and that is fine.. what drives me absolultey insane is the hundreds of thousands on welfare that can not speak a word of english that stand infront of you in the grocery store with thier 5 kids and pregnant using foodstamps to buy steak!

wizzkid89

It's hard to tell the aliens, that they cant come to this country and make a life for them self. However, we need to stop them doing it illegally, we would never have that many immigrants here if they didn't come illegally because there are immigration quotas that keep that in check. I live in California, and it's a melting pot out here of white,black,latino, asian and what not. It was definitely a transition from when I moved out here from the midwest. I think in all respects it's a good idea to stop the aliens from coming over, because we can forget this is happening and just turn our backs but eventually and I think it already has happened, that it will run out of control and poverty will only increase to the point where the majority of Americans are affected by it. I'm not saying ship them back, or never let anymore in, just finally the U.S. government should start regulating it better and adjust the influx of immigrants based on what our economy needs.

Starman

Its good to keep a balanced viewpoint when it comes to subjects like this which can tend to become unbalanced and propagate harmful misconception which can motivate harassment.

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Krs

Its a problem world wide.
Even in Europe.

In europe there some illegal aliens who have been in my country for 2 years.
wow thats a nice long holiday isnt it!!!
While we as citizens work our asses off and pay high taxes to support them.
To me its unfair.

And also i would like to protect my identity - not lose it at the end of the day.

talaniman

Just to look at all sides fairly, would you be trying to go to another country if there was opportunity in your own country? Could it be that other governments around the world are so inadequate that the people run from them and move to where they can at least eat in peace? So could you say that the inability of government to meet the needs of the people is a reason for migration by people in the first place?

Krs

Yes i left my country when i was 19, wanted to experience something new something different - so i went to live in england for 6 years, but i was legal i had VISA's. This was back then b4 we joined the european union, now i can travel anywhere i want within europe with no visa's being part of the EU.. Thats fair enough!

But aliens its different.
Its all down to the government at the end of the day. Its the governments fault for aliens running away from there country illegally coz they are unhappy and come in illegally in our country! They should sort out there own problems instead making THEM OUR problems.
But as how selfish this may sound... is it my problem? is it my countries problem? my answer is simple... NO!

talaniman

In the ideal world we all would be working together to feed and take care of everyone's needs but we as humans tend to be selfish and sometimes we forget that not everyone has it as good as we do and I'm sure that If MEXICO really cared about thier people would they be running to the US?