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Originally Posted by Homeslice
Illegal immigrants:
1) Use our roads & hospitals without paying for them (unless they pay taxes, but I would like to see hard data on what % of them actually do)
2) Send a substantial portion of their earnings back home, OUT of the American economy
3) Are often involved in drug smuggling (National Forest land in CA is often stolen by these people in order to grow weed)
4) Do not care about integrating into America as much as those who are legitimately pursuing citizenship (Many plan on just making some money and then leaving after a few years)
Not to mention, if this government really cares about terrorism, like they claim to, then why not focus their attention on what is currently the easiest way for terrorists & weapons to get into this country? Wouldn't that be a more effective approach than all this Patriot Act/Echelon crap?
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1) Roads are in general paid for by the gasoline taxes which many illegal aliens pay. Hospitals are a fucked up mess but I'm betting that there are just as many American citizens who skip on hospital bills.
2) I can't blame them one bit there. Our tax system sucks and would love to see a revolution of tax payers sending their money overseas somehow to force the government to change our fucked up tax system.
3) Drug smuggling can be fixed with repealing the prohibition of narcotics.
4) It isn't our business wether people in the United States integrate into our society. We are a free country (or suppose to be) and if someone wants to print their lunch menu in Spanish, Italian, or Latin then that is the business owner's business. But I feel all government business should be handled in English.
The last part is where my problem with illegal immigration lies. The defense of our country. I've always believed in stronger borders on both sides. I know we don't have a problem with Canadians coming in but overall our country's defense falls on us. We can't depend completely on Canadian immigration or government to prevent terrorists from entering their country and then into ours. But the Mexican border is where we should start.
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