Illegal Immigrants

Elected people of all parties and persuasions, Beware! For some reason, y'all are just not getting it!

Democrat or Republican, we don't want illegal immigrants to be granted amnesty. Period. I have paid into this system for how many years but can't get assisted health care or get tax breaks because I'm not married, don't have kids, and make too much on the one hand (just enough to get by), and don't qualify for being a charity case on the other because I haven't popped out multiple illegitimate kids (citizens or otherwise), haven't put my illegitimate and/or illegal immigrant kids and family into our health, education, and unemployment system, and have actually worked for a living.

George W. is trying to put his political history on the same level as Ronald Reagan in the hopes of saving himself from his low approval rating in Iraq. It'll never happen. In fact, he's making things worse, even in his own party. He already sucks, but what he's not seeing is that everyone, and I mean everyone, is fighting it this time. Even conservatives who worshiped Reagan hated his granting amnesty.

What happened to representing the People? When most of those surveyed (male, female, conservative, liberal, immigrants who followed all the rules to become citizens, etc.) say they disagree with granting amnesty, then why aren't the politicians elected to represent them listening? Survey says, they just don't care anymore because they have their own agendas.

What aggravates me even more is that media and talk radio continue saying that Democrats and the left support this bill, which makes no sense since many of us "libs" DO NOT support this at all. Maybe the "elected" do, but that's what I was talking about above. As a citizen who works for a living and has spent years paying into the system, I do not support this bill! Texas Overnight host Charley Jones cited a reputable survey stating that Democrats and Republicans alike were against amnesty for illegal immigrants, then the very next week he kept talking about how the "Dems" approved of it. What? Mr. Jones, please don't cite one thing and then incite another. Some few idiot elected "Dems" may approve of it, but this liberal, educated, taxpaying lower middle-class person does not!

And the idea that a thinking person, regardless of ethnicity, would waste time going home to his/her country, digging up $5000 he/she doesn't have, and waiting 13 years to become a citizen, rather than keep doing what he/she already has been, is ridiculous. In other words, most illegals will stay right here! Enforcement is already limited, so how will this change things?

And let's take it one step further: If all the illegals here are granted amnesty, follow all the rules (payments, going home, etc.), and are entered into the system, the cheap labor everyone keeps citing goes away. The new citizens will be awarded employee benefits, protection, and legal wages. So then what happens? NEW illegals flood the system with the cheap labor that was lost! Hellooooooo? Who's not following this besides the politicians? As long as employers get away with hiring cheap labor (laws that are already on the books and rarely enforced address this), what's actually going to change other than I'm competing for benefits with pardoned illegals who haven't paid into the system? And then those new "legals" are replaced by more, possibly cheaper "illegals" to make up for the loss to employers? Huh?

I know political sides in this country have reached the point of not even having rational debates or discussions, but some things are so obvious that we should put political disagreements aside. This new bill is ridiculous on its face and in its adherence and enforcement.

If a person wants to be a citizen, guidelines are available and have been followed by thousands of immigrants who are now citizens. They worked at learning English and American history, learning the rules and laws, taking the tests and filling out forms, paying the fees, enrolling their kids, and, eventually, swearing in as proud citizens of the United States. They earned their citizenship. What's so hard to understand about that?