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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Specifically how do you feel about people sneaking into your country, not paying taxes, using the healthcare system for free,their children getting ESL, free meals and other Amazing programs in public schools, committing crimes against Americans, drug running, babies of undocumented immigrants getting citizenship, etc,etc. I think it is a serious problem. I just visited Yakima WA, and the city is under HUGE strain because of the influx not of legal immigrants, but illegal, undocumented immigrants.[/quote]

My completely honest answer is I just can't force myself to feel even 1% of the indignation at illegal immigrants that a third of the country can muster up. I see the majority of them as people that are desperately looking for better lives for themselves and their families. And I recognize that my family's own immigration to the U.S. had more to do with historical accident and luck than any merit on our part. Though my family came over legally through skilled immigrant visas, we were essentially refugees and were leaving our country one way or another. I would do anything to make a better life for my children, so, while I can intellectualize why we need immigration caps, I just can't work up anger at someone who is making a difficult sacrifice for their family that I would wish I had the strength to do if I were in a similar situation.

Since you've asked for my feelings, I won't get in a detailed tit-for-tat about a lot of the assumptions you threw out as given. Many illegals do pay taxes, they don't commit crimes at a higher rate, the best economic evidence suggests they are generally good for the economy, etc., because at the end of the day, those facts won't change your opinion or mine; if I thought they were a major drain on the economy, I still wouldn't hate them for making the choices they did.[/quote]

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