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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My honest opinion is that I admire them. Just like a PP, I admire the fact that they are trying, desperately, to make a better life for themselves and/or their children despite unwelcoming, discriminatory, degrading, rude and ungrateful people in our country making the road to that better life really hard. The majority of undocumented immigrants do pay taxes, they don't commit voter fraud, they don't use the health care system, and they don't qualify for welfare-programs such as food stamps. I'm totally fine with birthright citizenship. Our country has experienced higher rates of immigration in our history, and we, as a country, survived and thrived.

For those worried about cities such as Yakima, WA, you should truly lobby the federal government for comprehensive immigration reform. The federal government benefits from immigration due to the payments into the system that immigrant workers make, among other types of benefits. It is the state and local governments that bear the brunt of the cost. Comprehensive immigration reform could lift some of that burden off the states, but since the federal government benefits under the current system, it doesn't have too much incentive to make big changes.[/quote

I wish your bleeding heart lecture was true. However, there is a legal way into our country. My parents did it and they became naturalized citizens. It isn't easy, but my parents were poor and truly wanted to be Americans. I don't sense this from most illegal immigrants.  They are here for themselves and send much of their money home. They could care less about thus country.[/quote]

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