Name: Stan

Date: 27 May 2006 18:11:31

Comment: You say your purpose is to invite people to think, but you only offer your point of view, with certain facts to "round out" your thesis. Many of your historical facts, though being true, are not relevant today. I have seen many sides of America, from being born in 1950 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, attending a high school which was entirely white
until my senior year of 1968 when we had one black girl in the sophomore class, serving in the US Navy's 6th fleet until 1973 (when I lived together with all races and classes for 4 years), to living in Northern New Jersey observing the explosion of ethnicity and immigration first hand for the last 33 years. I have seen the effects of overcrowding with little common language. I have seen young American citizens struggling to jump-start their lives, my sons included. We are seeing the effects of a flood of immigration, mostly illegal, in todays' society. In 1886, which you mentioned, our country was not being flooded with Chinese, even though some folks didn't like it. Even in 1986, we were not overwhelmed with people straining our resources. Today, there is scarcely anywhere in this country one cannot find Central or South American people. More to the point, there are places now in our country where no English can be found at all, even in local businesses. The condition of the immigrant's home countries is NOT our responsibility. Our responsibility first is to our own, then to who we can help, if needed. Just like any other country. If nothing is done, which seems to be the direction you lean, soon the entire face of our country will be changed. Imagine, if you will, our country controlled by a voting majority of Hispanics. I personally would not want to see the day. Do you really think they don't see that? I'm offering my personal opinion in saying this, but anyone who disagrees with what I've just said is an incredible idiot. I only wish I had a national audience.

Name: Susan

Date: 27 May 2006 09:01:57

Comment: It is unfortunate that there are so many people in this country illegally; however, have you ever looked at the help wanted ads anywhere in the U.S.? Even if you don't get the newspaper, all you have to do is walk around the mall! There hundreds, no thousands, of employers looking for help... And it's not just in the lettuce fields!

Many U.S. citizens want to work, sure, they want to work they want $50 an hour with benefits and a 3 day work week.  Oh, and they don't want to be required to have any sort of experience, training or education. Even High School students are too good for entry level positions these days! Does anyone even remember what it was like to work your way up in a company?

It is easier for most to go DES and get a check and stay home and watch Oprah!  And DES will tell a person who comes in for a little help "We want to help you but you make too much money, if you quit your job we can do this and this and this for you".  Don’t believe it?  Go in and ask to get a little supplemental help if you have a job... 

For many illegal workers, they came into this country legally but with the difficult amount of paperwork it takes to continue or receive even the simplest work documents they stay a little longer and a little longer to support their families because there are so many jobs here.  I'm not saying that breaking the law is ok, these illegals are stretching our already stretched school and hospital system but think about it, a do-over isn't unheard of in this country, how many of you have ever been given a warning by a police officer even though he knew you were
speeding or running a stop sign, etc?

In my opinion, the U.S. needs to 1) re-vamp the welfare system so able-body people can get out there and get a job and get off my tax dollars 2) Make it possible for those non-U.S. people who have a sponsor for a legitimate job get the proper paperwork to contribute to society. and 3)  Go after those legal and illegal who are leeching of the system. 

Finally, to say that there is an easy answer to this is ignorant.  It is mostly because of the laziness of our own citizens our country has become dependant on people from other countries to fill the gaps. 

In the past the American dream was available for all those who cared to work for it they just needed to come and someone would help them get on there feet! Now calling or visiting your local immigration center is like going to the IRS, no one knows and every answer you receive is different from the last person you talked to.

I wonder what would have happened if our founding fathers or even someone like Albert Einstein had all this trouble with red tape of paperwork and never had a chance to experience America.

Name: Peter

Date: 1 May 2006 22:22:25

Comment: Dear Henryk, Please keep up the good work! Peter

Migration to the Future. Great article! Objective, analytical and to the point. 

Politicians PLEASE do not SCREW IT UP.

Name: William

Date: 28 May 2006 08:09:58 

Comment: I understand that this country is made up of immigrants. But people fail to understand that the people that came here back when, came legally. They waited in line. Did not sneak in. These illegals now a day, besides coming in illegaly demand to have rights. What other country in the world do ilegals go in and demand  equal rights? What other country in the world accepts ilegals to demonstrate using their country flags? And the idea that these people do work that the average american would not do, does not fly. For I see a lot of average americans digging holes, dumping garbage and other medial jobs that people claim only ilegas would do. If companies would pay better, believe you me, more americans would do those jobs. Today's prison population is 29 percent ilegals. Does anyone see that? And who is paying for this outrageous situation? The average working american. Iam for immigration,  but the legal way.People should be given the chance, but I would have more respect and consideration for them, if they would come in to the country the right and legal way. Not by sneaking in, and then demanding "rights" Is like one of them, coming into your house, without being invited and demanding to stay, and enjoy everything that you have worked so hard for. Iam very critical of the federal government, for is them whom are to be blamed for the mess that we are in today. The main job of the federal government is to protect our borders, and yet they have failed so
badly and shameful. The federal government has gotten into every aspect of our lives, yet, what the constitution says they should do, they have not done so. I voted for Bush, and Iam dissapointed with him but, I guess I voted for the less of two evils. Iam a republican all the way, and I hate to think what would had happened if the democrats were in power today. Wow I get kind of nervous just to think about it. I believe the situation can be resolved by fining the employers who hire ilegals. This way, if they cannot find jobs they will return to their country and file to come back ligaly. I am puerto rican, and the same situation exists in Puerto Rico. Many dominicans and people from other latin american countries and from the caribbean have snucked into Puerto Rico, and taken over jobs for low pay.But being that is Puerto Rico, many people do not here about it. The federal government has also failed to protect the coast of Puerto Rico, as they have failed to protect the ones on the main land. All in name of the "mighty vote"

Name: Hernan

Date: 28 May 2006 15:10:44

Comment: Mostly, don't support illegal immigration nor I advocate for those aliens braking the laws. Those who knowingly brake the laws are delinquents. They will keep that behavior or it will get worse -if the society doesn't enforce the laws- Law trespassers that are getting away easily, will keep trespassing other rules and conventions. But, on the other hand, U.S. immigration laws are encouraging or forcing many people to brake the law.Let's look the case of Mexicans crossing the border. I believe this is not an issue related with general immigration policies -as every party want us to believe- but a specific political and bilateral problem. First, Mexicans don't believe in the border. They don't even believe the United States has nothing to do in those territories. For most of them, Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Nevada are rightfully Mexican territories given to the United States by corrupted governments. Mexicans don't migrate to other countries nor they have strong clusters outside the Western States. Second, Mexicans don't want nor they have an immigration policy towards people from Honduras, Guatemala or other countries in the region. It's easier for them to grant relatively secure and expedite pass for that people into the United States, transferring the problem and the burden associated with them. Recently threats by the Mexican government of lawsuits against border patrol measures only contribute to this theory. Not to mention that the U.S. government -backed by Corporate America- also confirms they are acting only for the polls and votes. They don't protest nor they answer those unacceptable statements from a foreign government, deliberately interfering with domestic affairs. An "amnesty" -with whatever name they want to rename- will send an utterly wrong signal. Those braking the laws get a prize while those abiding by the law will remain for years trapped in the bureaucracy of the immigration services. We have to separate the above mention individuals from the rest. They are not terrorists, they are not immigrants. They are illegal aliens with their own agenda. A program that has nothing to do with the American dream, the values of freedom, etc. But politics will placed them in front of us, the legal stream, those who respect the laws and abide by them. But I agree with you, most of immigrants in the U.S. are the best people the world can offer. We came here looking for opportunities and to realize our dreams. Either we developed a clear policy towards legal immigration or we continue encouraging illegal status.

Name: Dave

Date: 3 Jun 2006 19:12:02

Comment: If your not legal leave. And stop saying it's going to be a TAKE OVER. No problem if you abide by the rules when coming over and learn the language have all the right papers etc. It's all this rebal rousing and "we're taking over" crap that gets people ralled up. If you were in our place how would like us to illlegally invade your country and sap your social services to the point Mexico has done to us? And the more ill legales arrive here the lower the systems will get and it will begin to hurt even those folks.And most of all "you are Not AMERICA until you learn and use English and take the Oath"

Name: John

Date: 16 Jun 2006 22:53:00 

Comment: Henryk, may your Web site become a magnet for at least one third of of the potential worldwide market. Your evaluation on the components you selecting to build is outstanding, and are interesting in combination with up-to-the-minute gauge of how they're doing with handling the actual admissions. There will always be someone reengineering the process with great spirits and will encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds. You are deeply concerned with the social impact in a monumental intellectual influential modern era. Your awe for the scheme that is manifested in these and other issues is grandeur, but without treating and serving all who come to site, it feels more like an assembly line, No matter how good and consistent the experience is, you aren't as
likely to get many loyal and devoted reads. No matter how well you orchestrate the experience you don't want to emasculate them in the process. So your simple views should follow directly into the system instead of filling it with generic answers. The real issue is all about making choices quickly based on availability and automated processes. But then we need to realize who really has control here? The customer. Let the customers help other customers solve their problems. You wont be ready to foster community among customers until you've built a high level
of trust with each of them individually. I hope you continuously improve their experience of doing business with you. It may lead to a community.

Name: Bartolome

Date: 3 Jun 2006 23:46:41

Comment: I like your ideas expressed in this article.  Building a fence or a wall like that of the Berlin Wall does nothing good for both countries, Mesico and the United States.  Enformcement of our present immigration laws within and out is good way to curve illegal entry.  Let all people of different race, religion, etc come here legally provided they are able to find a job and support themselves while they are here. Nurses, for example, are needed and the Philippines has plenty of nurses who like to come here but the requirements are so strict that only a
few are able to qualify.  Also U.S. embassies thoughout the world are very drastic in denying visas of all kinds to prospective immigrants. If anyone who is able to provide themselves support while they are here looking for a job, maybe a relative or a friend, it would be easier for everybody. No law will be broken. Employers should be required to notify the immigration of the expration of a contract between employee and employer.  A good employe can always come back and apply for another opening.

Name: Craig

Date: 7 Jun 2006 19:53:19 

Comment: My great grandmother was a full blood Cherokee Indian. My mothers parents came here from Poland circa 1900. My dad is english irish cherokee etc. We all came from somewhere but legally is different from illegally. My wife is German from Germany. She and I had to wait 1 yr to legally have her come here and marry me. She could not get on a plane in Germany to fly to US until the paperwork went through. It is not right for someone to merely step across our border and have a baby US citizen no less with all the rights of same. Please keep the US the US I was born into in 1951. God help us all if not..

Name: Juan

Date: 19 Jun 2006 17:50:26

Comment: I understand why most of the american people do not like the idea of an amnesty, but belive me, illegal immigrants come that way, because it does not exist a way to make it legal, the last was 20 years ago, since then the goverment did not create a path to come legally, and by the way these people do not look for citizenship, they only want legal residence {green cards. Some later will look for citizenship. Plus they pay taxes when they buy groceries and goods, pay licenses plates, city stickers and fill up tax forms using itin numbers giving for the federal
goverment, and when they get paid with checks, the social security, state and federal taxes take their parts and do not forget the union fees, so lets see both sides of this and be fair. Thank you.

Name: Terry

Date: 22 Jun 2006 14:55:33   

Comment: On the immigration issue, you have done your best to debunk the real truth of the matter.  It sounds to me like all your concerned with is having taxpaying working citizens to fuel the Economy, whoever they might be.  My point is this.  I don't favor flooding America with tens of millions of Latinos, whether they be drug-dealers, vagrants or licensed Professionals and business owners.  Most of the present American Citizens do not wish to live in a Latino Dominated Country, no matter what the conditions are.  Get it.  You are just one more voice of many that find a lot of convincing reasons to ruin our country and "feel good" about it. You say let the Free Market govern Immigration. Are you insane?  What if the Free Market says we need to flood our beautiful country with third (turd) World Citizens from Central America, Africa, and Asia?  Do you really want to live with a bunch of gooks?  You have got to be a liberal.

Name: Greg

Date: 19 Jun 2006 20:27:21  

Comment: Henryk, you are a very smart person and I agree with your points presented here. You seem to have a workable solution to the "immigration crisis" I wish your voice is heard by american public and that
stupid "Sencenbrenner" shit just go away. They say that senate bill will cost us 50 or whatever billion dollars but interesting enough that nobody mentions how much deportation proceedings will cost (i think it will top war expences). And to deport all people - we will have to turn this country into police state - look how these bitches whine  about wire tapping and i just can't imagine what is to come if mass deportation is the chosen path.well, let's hope there are more people like you with common sence who can solve this issue in a normal and civilized manner.
Thank you for your work.

Name: Beatriz

Date: 20 Jun 2006 18:44:39   

Comment: Just to say that I really loved your article. You seem to be very well informed about the issue. Congratulations!

Name: Avon

Date: 20 Jun 2006 15:31:21  

Comment: You are so dumb. You obviously are an illegal hiding behind another name. GO back to where you belong. America can survive with the LEGAL citizens it already has. And don't whine to me that my ancesters
were immigrants. I'm NATIVE AMERICAN. MINE WERE HERE BEFORE YOU AND YOURS BARGED IN.

Name: Ralph

Date: 20 Jun 2006 15:50:46   

Comment: If not for the draft, we would still be in Viet Nam.  Having an all-volunteer army and the fact that congress has abdicated its duty to be the only body authorized to declare war, gives the president his private war machine to do with it as his dreams of power chooses. If, as he says, this will be a long and hard war, then reinstate the draft
and give everyone a piece of the burden.  No more buying the poor guys to go and die for the chance of college tuition, etc.  Let the burden fall on most families, including those of those of the draft-dodgers in Washington.  This would limit our wars to only those which most everyone would be willing to support.  The war in Iraq would be over
immediately and it would end those wars which we get into by lies, by those who will bear none of the burdens.

Name: Shem

Date: 23 Jun 2006 12:22:33    

Comment: 1 .they people should first have criminal     back checks before entering 2.they should have a full medical exam sent there lot of health issue and they handle lots food we dont need epedimics they should have proper shots tested avian flu heptitist aid etc.3 just what there educational qualification 4.they shouldcome    through the front
door and not sneak in if they do they are criminal like everyone else who committe a illegal act anyone hiring them is acriminal also it a ederal offense also not paying taxes federal rackteering

Name: Jeff

Date: 25 Jun 2006 06:59:58   

Comment: Illegal immigration is like illegal drugs.  It is illegal and we have an addition to it.The fix is to STOP. Cold Turkey. Secure the borders. There will be pain and adjustment for the users and beneficiaries of illegal immigration and they need to pay the price. The illegal immigration is corrupting the social and economic and health of the nation.  It is sick!

Name: Harry

Date: 26 Jun 2006 16:42:57   

Comment: You have reach an illogical conclusion that the influx of foreign workers would be good for the American people. You leave out the fact that they will work for less and will subsequently cause a decrease in wages , a loss of employment and a large raise in welfare type money payments. How can this be good for this country?

Name: Clayton

Date: 26 Jun 2006 00:51:07  

Comment: please stop criticing the imigration law....everyone deserves a chance....what if you were to look for an oportunity in another country....because of family issue or personal problems...other countries would welcome you.....but let's be realistics...you don't know how families struggles just to keep food in the table...and how many thousands innocent children have died in the border.....or how many children have lost their parents and perished in the border and never to be found again...you are too a son of a family also you are a brother of your family...you also have children....you also have a wife, a mom and a dad...imagine how hard it is ...if you lost them all in a blink of an
eye?.....well you guessed right...so let's be realistic and deal with this matter...after all these are people who have stayed in the country for a long time...and do not have their family.

Name: 1patriot

Date: 26 Jun 2006 17:32:46   

Comment: hey fellow patriot. i belong to a couple of organizations that are active in fighting illegal immigration. saveourstate, minutemen. we are having a rally/march on july 8th at hollywood blvd. ca. we need all the support, publicity we can get. it would do us all a great service if you could post this information on your web site. you can find more information if you go to saveourstate.org

Name: Tang

Date: 27 Jun 2006 10:20:25 

Comment: I would like to personally contact you to suggest the victorious way for neutralizing finally similar Haditha and Hamdaniya in Iraq (like My Lai in Viet-Nam); for not only reining and curbing definitively the ongoing skyrocketed clockwork death and ransom in Iraqi dire labyrinth, but also the recent spasm of sectarian violence "free-for-all" in the world of Islam; for overwhelming completely the nuclear proliferation Iran as well as in North Korea, without more wet bloodshed, worrying the United Nations or any superpower nation.

Name: Randy

Date: 28 Jun 2006 22:45:17   

Comment: HUH?? Bush has his kids join the military??  I thought it was VOLUNTARY?? Do not join if you do not want to join the WAR against terrorism.. Look at the bigger picture... Stop living in you own little world and join REALITY!!

Name: GERRI

Date: 26 Jun 2006 16:42:57   

Comment: I am completely disgusted with the way, our beautiful America, is looked upon, because of the serious direction, it is going. Europe laughs at us.  We are in terrible debt.  We are losing precious lives in Iraq.  I have had enough.  Everyone I speak to, feels the same way. The famous question is, who voted for Mr. Bush.  CERTAINLY NOT I.

Name: Bob

Date: 29 Jun 2006 08:41:45

Comment: In one of your printed responses you say that you write to get the reader to think rather than to force your opinion on others. However, in reader your many quotes hear, I find the truth to be something different.  Like so many political writers now, your negativity is boring at best.

Name: John

Date: 29 Jun 2006 09:27:40  

Comment: I fail to see, from what I've read so far on this site, how Bush twins' deployment to the front lines of Iraq would automatically lead to their parents' subsequent opposition of the war.  I can think of countless cases of friends and family members who have been deployed to Iraq whose pro-war parents continued to staunchly support the military effort.

Name: Jeanne

Date: 29 Jun 2006 13:01:18

Comment: SMALL TOWN TEXAS IS ANOTHER VICTIM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! WHERE DOES IT STOP!
Teenage Attack Victim “Very Fortunate To Be A Survivor,” Sheriff Says Two Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Brutal Attack On Central Texas Teenager.
(June 29, 2006)—A teenage girl who was forced off a rural road by two men who beat, raped and stabbed her and left her to die in a roadside ditch is “very very fortunate to be a survivor,” Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson said Thursday. Wilson said two illegal immigrants have been arrested in connection with the brutal attack.

Name: Timothy

Date: 30 Jun 2006 21:08:32  

Comment: Henryk, what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul? If we want peace, we must pursue justice.  There's a better way. It's called a Capital Homestead for every man, woman, and child. 
www.cesj.org.  Consider us.

Name: Myra

Date: 1 Jul 2006 03:51:29  

Comment: I KNOW THIS IS LONG, BUT I WADED THROUGH YOUR WORDS, PLEASE AFFORD ME THE SAME COURTESY.
THE PAST MANY DECADES HAVE SEE FREE ENTERPRISE CROSSING OUR BOARDERS. WHAT HAS COME OVER FROM THE SOUTH BORDER HAS BEEN FULL OF POOR, DESPERATE PEOPLE NEEDING OPPORTUNITY...SURELY YOU KNOW THAT MOST HIGH PAYING, FAST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POOR INVOLVES ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES/PRODUCTS. FREE ENTERPRISE WORKS WHEN THERE ARE ENFORCED LAWS WITH CHECKS AND BALANCES. MEXICO HAS HAD HUNDREDS, YES HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF CORRUPTION. THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER. WHY SHOULD AMERICA KEEP ENABLING THEM TO BE CO-DEPENDENT, DID WE ADOPT THEM? THERE IS AN OLD SAYING ABOUT
"BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU" YOU MIGHT JUST APPLY THAT TO THIS SITUATION. WE HAVE THE HISPANIC PROBLEM TO THANK FOR THE GREATER PROPLEMS OF: HUMAN SMUGGLING, DRUGS, PROSTITUTION, WELFAIR FRAUD, ARTIFICIALLY SUPPRESSING MINIMUM WAGE FOR DECADES, HIGH CRIME, HIGHER INCIDENCE OF VIOLENT CRIMES, AND CHILD PREDITOR CRIMES ON THE INCREASE. ADDITONALLY, OUR PRISONS ARE BULGING, SOME HOSPITALS ARE HAVING TO CLOSE THE ER FUNCTIONS. THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM IS BARELY IN THE BLACK, POLICE AND
SOCIAL SERVICES ARE BARELY KEEPING FROM DROWNING IN THE CRUSH OF CASES BOTH VICTIMS AND GANGS...MANY OF WHICH ARE HISPANIC! I DON'T SEE WHERE "FREE ENTERPRISE", WITHOUT FILTERING OUT THE UNDESIRABLE CRIMINALS AND THEIR PRODUCTS/BUSINESSES/CRIMES IS EVER GOING TO STOP INCREASING UNLESS WE SHUT THE DOOR AND START PROTECTING OUR NATIONS
SOIL FROM ASSAULT FROM WITHIN. THIS ISN'T A RELIGIOUS PROBLEM, IT ISN'T A DISCRIMINATION PROBLEM, IT ISN'T EVEN A RACIAL PROBLEM. IT IS A BASIC CIVILITY COUPLED WITH LAWS OF THE LAND TO PROTECT AND GROW SOCIETY IN A CONSTRUCTIVE AND SAFE
DIRECTION. WITHOUT IT, WE CAN'T MOVE THIS NATION FORWARD FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, MUCH LESS GENERATIONS TO COME.  THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN BREWING FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, I WILL NEVER, YES NEVER SUPPORT AMNESTY, AMERICANS WILL DO THE SAME WORK THAT ILLEGALS ARE NOW DOING, BUT NOT AT THE ARTIFICIALLY DEFLATED WAGES OFFERED.  IF YOU THINK OF THE PEOPLES WHO HAVE POPULATED NORTH AMERICA AS A BIG FAMILY AND THEN SEE THAT SOME OF THOSE FAMILY HAVE BEEN IRRESPONSIBLE ABOUT KEEPING CRIME DOWN THEREBY ALLOWING
CORRUPTION TO KEEP THEM IN POVERTY, WELL, WHY SHOULD THE OTHERS FEED, HOUSE AND PAY FOR THEIR EXISTANCE. YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT BEHAVIOR OF LAZY TEENS WHO LINGER AROUND THE THE HOUSE AND GROW INTO THEIR 20'S TO MOOCH OFF THEIR PARENTS AND NEVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN! CIRCUMSTANCES, SO WHY SHOULD THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DO THE SAME FOR THE HISPANICS, WHO JUST CAN'T STAY IN THEIR OWN TURF AND FIGHT TO HAVE A FAIR GOVERNMENT.  ADDITONALLY, IF THEY WILL RUN FROM THE ADVERSITY IN THEIR OWN COUNTY, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU WANT THEM IN A TRENCH WITH US WHEN THE GOING GETS TUFF.  HECK, THEY LEAVE THERE JOBS HERE IN TEXAS WITH NO NOTICE WHAT SO EVER TO THE EMPLOYER... THEY GO BACK HOME TO VISIT THEIR FAMILIES FOR MONTHS AT A TIME. THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PRACTICE FOR A LONG TIME.  I DON'T THINK THE HISPANICS AS A WHOLE WANT TO BE AMERICANS, THEY JUST WANT THE LIFE STYLE, EXISTING GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS AND THE FREEDOM TO HAVE THEIR ALL IMPORTANT VERY LARGE FAMILIES.. WHICH
THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO FEED. IN THIS COUNTRY... FOR DECADES WE HAVE HAD PLANNED PARENTHOOD BECAUSE OF SO MANY UNWANTED BIRTHS TO PARENTS WHO CAN'T OR WON'T CARE FOR THEIR OFFSPRING. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS CATHOLIC, DOES NOT EXEMPT THEM FROM CARING PROPERLY FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN! WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT DOES TO FREE ENTERPRISE?  JUST THINK OF WHAT OVERPOPULATION HAS DONE TO SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY. BESIDES HUNGER, THERE IS DISEASE, ABUSE, PROSTITUTION, ALL OF WHICH PAVE THE WAY FOR
AND ESCALATE THE POWER OF PURE EVIL ACTS IN THE FORM OF CRIME. WHEN THE GOING GETS TUFF, MOST AMERICANS FIND THEIR BACKBONES AND GET TO WORK TO FIX THINGS, HISPANICS JUST BECOME MORE MIGRATORY, MOVING OVER... TO ALLOW CRIME TO GROW AND SPREAD. THAT ISN'T TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK, THAT IS TURNING TAIL AND RUNNING. REMEMBER, WE ONLY HAVE TWO CHEEKS TO TURN ANYWAY...AFTER THAT YOU JUST BECOME A WILLING VICTIM.
LASTLY, WHAT MAKES ANYONE THINK THAT IF HISPANICS COME HERE TO LIVE AND GET ALL THE THINGS THEY WANT TO "MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE AND AT HOME", THAT THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY LEFT WON'T BE DUPLICATED HERE. I REMIND YOU WE NOW HAVE A GROWNING POPULATION OF VERY VIOLENT GANGS HERE IN THE CITIES MOST POPULATED WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS... FROM THE HISPANIC CULTURE. IT ISN'T WHERE YOU LIVE, IT IS HOW YOU LIVE AND STARTS WITH WHAT STANDARDS YOU SET FOR CIVILIZED BEHAVIOR. AMERICAS STANDARDS HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED TO DILUTE, BUT THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE IS NOW TAKING A GOOD HARD LOOK AT THE ABUSE WHICH HAS HAPPENED WHILE WE HAVE BEEN SLACK WITH OUR BORDER WITH MEXICO. I BELIVED YOU ARE MISTAKEN IF YOU THINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS GOING TO LAY DOWN LONG TERM,AND TAKE THIS FROM ANYBODY. EX: OBL, VINCENTE FOX, CASTRO...THE LIST IS ENDLESS.  I AM NOT ANGRY, NOT EVEN IRRITATED, BUT I AM RESOLVED IN MY BELIEFS AND ACTIONS TO PROTECT OUR SOIL FROM THE INVASION ASSAULT OF ILLEGALS AND THEIR DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS ON OUR WAY OF LIFE.

Name: KR

Date: 9 Aug 2006 06:00:22        

Comment: I believe everyone should be given a chance in this world... We live in a better country, not all of these people are as lucky to live in this better country like us.They pay their share to get legalize to live here. Life is not fair, but like for example a single person like me with no kids...I work hard for my money and I get taxed like crazy... for what!!! So some of these lazy ass Americans can be living off of welfare!! Basically the government is telling me.. HEY IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET ALL YOUR HARD WORKING MONEY BACK YOU HAVE TO POP SOME KIDS OUT!! Yeah right, be real... and I think we as a country should be fair with those who come to make a living...

Name: Keith

Date: 2 Jul 2006 06:36:24    

Comment: You are the most pseudo intellectual of all time.  You use the freedoms guaranteed to you by this nation to mock freedom.  How about saying thanks once in a while to those who guarantee you the right to
stay safe and to enjoy the life you lead. Say thanks to a policeman, fireman, or soldier instead of using your vituperative commentary to degrade everything.

Name: Kevin

Date: 1 Jul 2006 10:05:29   

Comment: what exactly is the connection with the stocks and profit gain from this company that is claimed to be in association with bush chaney a company that deals in armor, weapons, and tactical operations if this is true it is also true if u dont use it u loose it so make up for the lost by causing a war or a stupid reason to bury some of the
population and take away the worlds money and put in your own pocket. by the way my brother is now active on the front lines in iraq and my wife is active army and could be deployed at anytime.

Name: Terry

Date: 7 Jul 2006 06:24:46       

Comment: more than 4000 illegal aliens will walk across border between Arizona and Mexico with no searches for weapons. ID checks. Soon millions many will obtain phony identification papers, including bogus Social Security numbers, to conceal their true identities and mask their criminal record and presence. do you support this invasion? Hear About = A popular search engine Comments = Do we want to solve the problem? or play word games? common sense: 1)Close the borders. 2)Impose severe sanctions against employers of illegals. 3)Cut off all the freebies, and the illegals will all go home. next question do you want a receipe for ruining a nation? Flood it with tens of millions of poor third world immigrants that don't speak your language, but will need billions of dollars of social services and medical care for epidemic diseases. Then let the leftwing justify the invasion with their "bleeding heart compassion for poor alien immigrants".

Name: Carol

Date: 5 Jul 2006 09:46:33      

Comment: I trully wish that these Congress persons and Senators would stop being politically correct and SECURE OUR Own Borders and protect our Sovereignty as a nation. Most of these Illegal Aliens are just that and take advantage of the system, promote and abuse Identity theft, financial fraud, stealing college and high school information and by obtaining employment using other people's identifying information, from old employment, school or public records.
They have chosen to break all of our laws and are Criminals and should be charged as Criminals.  Those who hide and support them should also be charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and close businesses that hire them.
Americans are being forced to take lower paying jobs with less benefits because of them.  Many times American's Civil Rights are being violated because of Illegal Aliens on the job.  This is an invasion and a travesty of justice, under the irrevokable United States Constitution.  Most people don't realize they are being supported by abborent polygamist groups and misguided clergy.
Everybody should start putting two and two together.  Go to Virginia Watchdog and see some of that bad news.  Start reporting them to Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration or The Postal Inspectors.  Our National Security is in jeopardy as is our own futures and productivity.

Name: George

Date: 8 Jul 2006 17:31:47    

Comment: It makes little sense to adopt 10-20 million poor when we already have millions of poor who are citizens.  Amnestied illegal aliens and their families would have yearly incomes below the poverty level. They would pay no revenue into the Treasury, as they would get every dollar back.  Money required to pay for our defense, social services and government infrastructure would have to be made up for in tax increases or by adding to the national debt. Adopting Mexican illegal aliens sets a bad precidence in law, giving special consideration for foreign nationals who have shown blatant disrespect for this country's laws by entering this country illegally and perpetrating identity fraud and colluding in forgery, the last two being felonies. These people aren't deserving of respect and should be
disemployed and deported. Frankly, I don't care about your other arguments, and the rest of the citizens of this country who respect rule of law don't care either. Your purely capitalist argument will not sway the 60% of Americans who share my views.

Name: Mike

Date: 7 Jul 2006 08:46:08    

Comment: US Government should honor all of the "half bake" immigrant or asylum/refugee/removal/deportation person that still in process at local immigration office or federal court for they shows their intention to become part of this beautiful country. With exception for ones with criminal record shouldn't have this privilage.
Let them proved that they are part of the community by participating to local organization that served community like churches, etc. And if they are well accepted and could mingle with others then they are part of the community and truly shows their good will to become part of this land.
Once the immigration office is cought up, then they are ready to work on guest worker or illegal immigrant registration if the Senate immgiration bill is approved.

Name: Bernadetta

Date: 17 Jul 2006 09:40:18       

Comment: I have to say I was impressed with your insight!  In addition, you offer solutions where most people do is complain and state the obvious.  I am an immigrant myself and believe that what you propose will sort out our "problem."  My parents worked very hard and I, myself, at 27 have accomplished a lot more than my "American colleges" who had many more opportunities than I ever did.  It all comes down to WORK - very true!  Every time I got a promotion it wasn't because I'm "free loading" on American people's taxes (I pay taxes too).  It's because I worked since I was 14 (while my parents pulled 3 jobs).  After High School I worked full time to pay for my schooling (avoiding debt) and going to school full time.  It's true - if we approaches the problem with a "work solution"  it will quickly eliminate those who want to be here and those who don't. The American economy is Capitalism!  It is survival of the fittest (not food stamps)!

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. - Sigmund Freud

I'm reading some of these comments and it's sick!   A lot of these people keep complaining that immigrants are getting "freebies" while they can't even "get grants for school (solution Carol is to focus on how to get the money not how to get someone to pay for YOU!" Hello???  Immigrants are NOT the ones getting "these special government
treatments!"  It IS the American Citizen who is too "disabled too work," "has too many illegitimate children," "drives a Benz but buys food with food stamps," and "who is LAZY!"  We have just as many opportunities as an
immigrant -You should always be a step ahead of an immigrant.  It sucks when you find that the immigrant just built a bigger house than yours or that your renting from one.  THINK PEOPLE!  Stop looking and pointing fingers.  Nothing is free in American especially for immigrants.

Name: butcf

Date: 17 Jul 2006 22:33:26       

Comment: people from other countries come to america and became illegal immigrants or undocumented workers just because in their own country there is no opportunity! they come to america to have a better life.these people are just hungry.and are here searching for a better lives....it is not a criminal offense!
AMERICA is built on immigrants! AMERICA NEEDS IMMIGRANTS!!!!!!!!

Name: Chris

Date: 15 Jul 2006 19:07:25      

Comment: Most americans have it made. Sure, everyone has problems. But for the most part, we live a great lifestyle. I love america just the way it is. Most americans are used to living among other whites and sometimes alittle bit of blacks. Now forced to live with hispanics, people can't handle it. They are just people trying to survive, which is why they are here. To the evil and hateful comments YOU decide to post, ask yourself this: What would you do if if the united states went through another depression but CANADA was thriving and you knew you could get a job there to send money home? That's what I thought. Please post this, people need to see things from a humankind perspective.

Name: Carol

Date: 9 Jul 2006 12:25:26     

Comment: Illegical imigration simply stated is illegal. I am an American who can't even get grants with furthering my education. On the other hand, an illegal can obtain a free education. Near my home town a free health clinic was opened for illegals. I and my fellow Americans, in the meantime, have to pay for my medical insurance. If we don't have medical coverage and aren't eligible for Federal or State assistance like the illegals in our country, we then are prosecuted for the medical bills we owe, and have a lifetime of debt. I am so frustrated with the illegals whom beleive we fellow Americans owe them free rents, free medical coverage, free this, free that. And I am personally more frustrated with the leaders of our country who have allowed this to happen.

Name: Daniel

Date: 8 Jul 2006 20:06:38     

Comment: I have read your debate over at Alipac's website. I have to tell you that you are a great debater, but even the best cannot reason with idiots. I am an ilegal immigrant myself. I came to the us when i was 11 years old. Now I find myself a victim of the broken system. I am a Master's student in Molecular and Cell Biology, and I am following very closely the immigration debate and senate/house proposed solutions. I am sure that you have heard of the Dream Act, which is the main focus of our website/organization. I invite you to come over and discuss with us. I have read some of your writing, and altough not entirely, I agree with many of your points. Please visit us at Cosaonline.org

Name: El Hefe Grande

Date: 18 Jul 2006 08:33:25      

Comment: You're a victim of convoluted thinking and writing.  Please learn how to do both correctly.

Name: Kiryl

Date: 25 Jul 2006 14:15:42   

Comment: Very well thought points on this site. Would be great if senate and house could be as smart.
keep on going.

Name: Mary

Date: 25 Jul 2006 16:48:09  

Comment: If you had a child who was half immigrant half U.S. citizen you wouldn't be protesting that family sponsored paths to citizenship be terminated! That's the problem with this country is that no one can put himself in EVERYONE's shoes. I am a full-time mom with a son and my husband supports us, he is not hurting anyone and he pays his taxes! Grow up and get a better plan, and just think if your own kid were getting screwed up by this country's failure to think about the situations of all Americans, not just the over-privileged ones who don't know what