Should They Stay Or Should They Go?

That's right folks, I'm talking about Illegal Immigration. I have some interesting stuff for ya'll to read, interesting facts and suppositions, interesting websites..all in all it's going to be fun.

What upsets me the most about the illegal immigrants isn't that they're here to make a living, or to get adequate health coverage for their families. It's the lying, cheating and stealing their way in that pisses me off. The fact that they don't pay taxes, the fact that they live off us -the taxpayers.

Here's some interesting statistics for you. (Source:http://www.immigrationcounters.com/)

1. There are 20,807,746 illegal immigrants in our country.

2. $22,213,559,996 have been wired to Mexico since Jan. 06

3. There are 3,958,846 children of illegals in Public Schools.

4. The cost of incarceration since 2001: $1,398,147,712

5. There are 332,598 illegals incarcerated now.

6. But, there are 642,804 illegal fugitives out there roaming the streets.

7. There are 9,872,933 skilled jobs taken by illegals.

8. There have been 1,942,742 Anchor babies born since 2002.

Let me tell you a story. My husband works for a company here in The Middle Of Nowhere, that just KNOWINGLY hired 16 (!!!!!!) illegal Mexicans. Oh, they have all the right document (fakes, as they all have the same birthday...yeah right) and all the proper identification. But if they're legal, why isn't taxes being withheld from their paychecks? BECAUSE THEY'RE ILLEGAL. My husband knows this for a fact, because his own BOSSES told him this, thinking we wouldn't do anything about it. Ha! Wrong move asshole. We've already reported them to Customs, and our local television news station.

Anyway, border patrol wouldn't be such a bad idea if Mexico's leaders would quit encouraging their citizens to jump the border. In an article written by Jon E. Dougherty from NewsMax.com, he writes:

"On the surface, Mexico is indeed laden with extreme poverty. A great many of its citizens live in squalor, and the infrastructure to provide for the population does not exist on the scale it exists in America.

One of the most common misconceptions is that Mexico is a poor nation. Mexico has a lot of poverty, yes, but it's not "poor." In terms of the potential to obliterate much of that poverty, Mexico has one of the greatest capacities in all of the Americas to do just that. It is rich in natural resources and, should it decide to tap those resources, could eradicate much of its own destitution.

Mexico is the richest nation in Latin America when measured by GDP, and by a wide margin: in 2001, Mexico's GDP was the highest in Latin America, a substantial 22.5 percent more than runner-up Brazil," writes Walker. "When GDP per capita is the gauge, Mexico is second only behind Argentina."

Why so much poverty? Why isn't Mexico City doing more to alleviate the suffering? Why are so many Mexican migrants risking life, limb and capture to sneak into the United States? Why aren't there more opportunities for them at home?

Simple. The country's oligarchic elite won't allow that to happen.

Others argue Mexico, by adequately tapping its own financial and physical resources, could do what other economic powerhouses have done – invest its way to success, by building up its industrial infrastructure and educating its own workforce.

Such investment would require money, however. And it's much easier for Mexico to freeload off a willing wealthy neighbor. One like the United States.

And by doing so, Mexico actually reaps financial benefits.

They know Mexican children will be cared for and educated. They know medical needs will be met, and they know other basic amenities of life will be supplied.

More importantly, they know they won't have to pay for it.

It's past time for Mexico to grow up and stop mooching from its more successful neighbors. The longer we allow Mexico to freeload, the longer its people will suffer." (Note to reader: I didn't copy the entire article here..for a more complete read click the link above)

There have been numerous debates about solutions to this problem, and one such "solution" is the North American Union (also the building of a North American Super Corridor). And while I support Pres. Bush on most of his endeavors, this one I do not.

The North American Union (NAU)/ North American Super Corridor (NASC) is supposed to open the borders for trade purposes (yeah right), and help stabilize the immigration issue. Dennis Berheandt writes:

"On June 21, viewers of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight heard the alarming introduction to a segment of the program devoted to the future of the United States of America. "The Bush administration's open-borders policy and its decision to ignore the enforcement of this country's immigration laws is part of a broader agenda," Dobbs intoned. "President Bush signed a formal agreement that will end the United States as we know it, and he took the step without approval from either the U.S. Congress or the people of the United States.

The standard diplomatic language was a prelude to a radical proposal calling for the merger of the three nations in several important ways. Under a so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), the nations will no longer have separate borders, but will "implement common border-security." The three nations will no longer respond on the national level to emergencies but will have a "common approach to emergency response." And, in a move that has tremendous implications for the growing immigration crisis, the three leaders agreed that the United States' north and south borders would be eliminated. Under the SPP plan, the three nations will "implement a border-facilitation strategy to build capacity and improve the legitimate flow of people and cargo at our shared borders"."

You know what? This is scary stuff. Not just because it rids us of our sovereignty as a country, but because this opens up a whole new wad of issues concerning our nation's liberty.

I want to know your thoughts and feelings on this topic. If you have anything you'd like to add, please feel free.

Want more info? Check these sites:
http://www.cis.org/topics/illegalimmigration.html

http://www.cis.org/topics/currentnumbers.html

http://www.illegal-immigration-statistics.net/