[BIRD33]

I meant that in jest. The common retort to anyone against ILLEGAL immigration is that that they are a racist. Does not matter your logical reasons for being against it. They will usually try to muddy the waters by convienently leaving the ILLEGAL part off as well.

These immigrants make up about 5% of the workforce. Their are plenty of teenagers and others that are unemployed or underemployed will do the lower wage jobs if that workforce is not present. Now, if the companies are paying too little, they will have to raise the pay. This will increase the cost of goods somewhat. However, the overall good for the economy will offset this. Not to mention that the ability for us to spend more money per student educating our own children will pay off dividends in the long run as well.
This is not just about health care, Bird. The ILLEGAL immigrants are a tremendous drain on our public resources, including schooling, public assistance, traffic and so on. This is not a problem all over the country, but it is a tremendous problem in the southwest.
This is not even mentioning that the majority of the wages the ILLEGAL immigrants are making is leaving our economy. They pay little in taxes, and consume as little as possible. This is a drain as well.

I have a pretty good feeling we are not going to convince each other that we are each right or wrong. We can do this all day long, each of us making our points.

Illegal is just a term that could be replace by undocumeted worker.We know their here.They've been here for almost 100 years and every president has been aware and practically approved of the situation but they are illegal?Please show me a teenager who wants to be a sheep herder for $30 a month and I'll agree with you.I just dont want the price of goods to rise and the only way to do that is to have an illegal or undocmented workforce.Any tax solution kills small business and would start a mass exodus of companies overseas.Seriously what happened to the textile industry in the Carolina's then?