Reply #146: so what you are really saying, based on your question...is that

[fleabert]

you think illegal immigrants, PEOPLE, with full intention and belief:

'break' into this country
eat 'our' food
use 'our' stuff
spend 'our' money
and have no concern for 'us' or 'our' welfare

?

that is the oddest thing I have ever heard. Do you actually know anyone who is in this country illegally? You do realize this includes students whose visas expire, people with Green Cards that expire, and people who cross the border intending to stay a short time, and end up staying a lifetime? And a lot of them end up becoming citizens in the long run, their children born here are citizens and stay here, and their children, and their children, etc... all of these people contribute to the wealth of this nation- and not just monetarily- consider the culture they bring, the languages, the knowledge, the history, it goes on and on.

you are over-simplifying something that cannot be simplified. These are flesh and blood PEOPLE...not just a number in a newspaper article or a statistic in a study or census, and I bet you would be shocked if you went out and actually got to know any of them in a personal way. Shocked by how much empathy you might have for their situation, and how much it might make you think of how your own family came to this country.

you insult my family when you make simplifications like this.