Quote Originally Posted by Feanor
I agree with you here in a limited degree. Illegal immigrants are mostly "from the south"; they do take entry-level jobs, and they do tend to lower the working wage. On the other hand they are willing to work so they aren't exactly freeloaders. They tend lean on social services, but then so do many bona fide American Wal-Mart employess, so I hear, who can't exist on what Uncle Sam (Walton) pays them.
Yet yhey do put money back into the local economy.

Quote Originally Posted by Feanor
No surprise that the laws aren't enforced against illegal immigration. Employers love them: cheapest wages, no benefits, and they can't complain about lousy working conditions. Illegal immigration is only a sign of the vigorous operation of the free market and it isn't going to stop while business owns the politicians.
Granted, employeers sshould be strung up but had illegals not shown a willingness to lower the wages in the first place, we would not be in this situation.

Quote Originally Posted by Feanor
But look on the bright side: those "from the south" are almost all Christians and one of the reasons that there is no significant internal threat to the US from Muslims.
MAybe someday you canadians will realize that not all Christians are righties. Now, if the left-leaning, God hating obama government would only do their job and not depend on others to do it for them. In either case, yu should be thankful this country provide a big buffer between them and you.