why are ppl so closed minded?

If wanting our laws obeyed, if wanting all who immigrate here, to do it legally, is close minded. Yes I guess I am.

Well, first of all, you should learn how to use the spell check and punctuation more appropriately so maybe people would take what you are saying more seriously.

I am assuming that you are talking about illegal immigrants. Look, The cost of wanting to have a better life in this country is very high for everyone, not just for those who earn under minimum wages. I missed many Chinese New Years (which is the most important holiday for the Chinese)to be with my family because I had to study and get my degrees, I wasn't even there with my father when he died of heart failure, but do all these situations give me an excuse to not follow the laws??? NO!! Everybody who wants to come here to build a life for themselves have to make sacrifices(and I know that my dad would have never wanted me to do it any other ways), otherwise just stay home.

As far as latinos making under living wages making stuff that cost more than their monthly rent, could you not see that they are being treated so badly and paid so little "BECAUSE THEY ARE ILLEGAL"??? do you not see that it's because of their status or the lack of it that they can be exploited in which ever way? I hope the day would come when you can see that it's the laws and regulations and policies that made the U.S. the place where so many people come to make a better life for themselves and that if you people just want everything to be what you are comfortable with like back home where you came from, "YOU CAN GO BACK TO LIVE WITH THE MISERY AND HOPELESSNESS and LEAVE the U.S. alone

To All:

We have to think of the asker here:

Most likely a product of the public school system (before you bite back, my wife is a school teacher) and listens to all the Leonardo's, the Madonna's, the Kanye's and so on. Do not make us pity uneducated people or people that do an illegal act when they jump borders. I am part Mexican and Italian...and had my family come here legally generations ago. They made sure I went to school and grew to have fine things. I had crap jobs when I dropped out of school and became homeless. It was tough to survive when any job that took no skill was taken...by illegals!!! I made it by educating myself and moving up in the world, now I work for Honeywell and own a big house. I will never pity lazy unmotivated people, ever!!! This isn't to say that all illegals are but living in Phoenix, AZ I know for a fact that most all of them are. They are everywhere turning the part of town I grew up in to a third world city. Did I mention how much crime has gone up? Did I mention the piece of garbage that raped and murdered a coworker's daughter? Yeah, closed minded my foot!

The immigrants her illegally should not be. Those that are should not be earning .002/item.

This country has a limited amount of resources. Governments get their money from their taxpayers. So, the money the goverment has came from its citizens. If less money goes into the government that comes out, well it cannot be sustained forever.

We American citizens could start to lose what we have. Our standard of living could decrease do to the extreme overburden of this situation.

I keep seeing the same questions about why do Americans think this and that about illegal immigrants.

Do illegal immigrants ever think about what their illegal entry into the US could do us? How they could be draining our resources and risking what we already have. We have to work hard too for what we have and we don't get any guarantees if someone loses a job or has medical bills that we will even get to keep our homes. We struggle too.

Do illegal immigrants really care about US citizens at all?

As an American that is aware of the situation, I know the illegals are being exploited by Multi-National Corporations to lower the wages of unskilled Americans. As an American, my 1st concern is the welfare of American Citizens, although I have a lot of empathy for someone stuck in the Latin countries south of the border, where they are exploited by their elitest rulers & those born of wealth..

I am not closed minded & wish all people in this World could have the same kind of life that I and my children have... but being pragmatic, I know this country cannot support the World.

The issue is ILLEGAL immigration! People are against it because it's not exactly fair that people come here illegally while LEGAL immigrants have to face standard rules, regulations and waiting periods, now is it?? And yes, illegal aliens are stealing jobs from poor American citizens, and they're a burden to taxpayers who have to pay for hospitals, roads, schools, and social services being utilized. Sorry, you are not getting any sympathy from me on how little they make over here. Nine times out of ten, the money is wired back to their country which hurts our economy! All illegals need to be deported!

Are you new here? Trust me, they really do not care and they don't even try to understand but don't say Americans because there are many that do support and many that do attend marches and rallies. This doesn't even have to do with hard work of undocumented immigrants, it's about rights. Maybe if the process to come here legally wasn't so ridiculous there wouldn't be that many people coming here illegally. Then many of the antis think it's just Mexicans when a high percentage of the people coming in from the south aren't even from that country, they go there to come here easier. I remember when I would first see many of the idiotic, close-minded, and ignorant questions posted on here and I would think and ask myself if it was really possible for people to be like that, ignorant and without a heart but they don't care and we're already working very hard so that all immigrants receive the rights they deserve.

Taking all emotion out of this, the answer is actually very simple. LEGAL immigration is not the issue being so hotly debated of late. Illegal immigration is the problem.

In short, it's against the law. That simple.

I cannot blame those who are walking through the door as they are only taking advantage of opportunity. The blame lies with our own failed policies and government.

So that's the short answer, it's illegal to enter the country without going through the proper, established procedures.

Hope that helps.

I have to counter with why are immigrants and persons like you deaf to whats actually being said. Americans do not want people here ILLEGALLY, its taps our already strained resources, and costs us money. I don't give a darn about what Latino's do and how hard they work. If they are here ILLEGALLY, they need to go home, period. Its quite simple, and its certainly NOT close minded.

A lot of Americans don't have a problem with immigrants. This country was founder by people who came from different places. We are just opposed to "ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS" What makes it right to come here illegally? That would be like saying that is was OK to rob a bank just because I needed some money. The issue is about "ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS" not people who immigrated legally.

I guess I'm one of those closed minded people and don't have a problem with admitting it. our jobs are being taken from us by you people. You are a burden to us. we pay for the free loaders and that is what 12+ million of you are. You guys act as if Americans don't have problems. there our plenty of us that miss seeing our kids grow up. don't get the breaks we are in tilted too. work long hours, do jobs we hate, we work to pay our bills and pay for you free loaders. we have to learn Spanish to get a job about any where now a days because you all are to lazy and uneducated to learn the language. and most can't even read there language. I'm sorry that my ancestors came here to make a better life for there self. and even saved money up to come to what was a great country at one time. it is free for you people. I like how people say we have free education i guess most of you are for getting that we the tax payers pay for that. it's all one sided you all will get what you want. and it's only by the so called people that runs this great nation that don't have to deal with the struggles that will happen or already happening to there own american people. Me and my family already fit in that catagory along with many other fine hard working Americans. While there pockets are getting fatter, who cares we just want people to like us. the bottom line the big shots of this country shouldn't have a say to this at all. it should be us American's that live eat and breathe this every day of our life. I guess there forgetting to get out a little more and look around. D.C. is full of bums, families living in their cars etc. and guess what, they just happen to be Americans. That is just one place to name many many more to name that could on on with. that this country has turned there heads and looked away. and don't even have a care in the world about. i could go on but i won't. I will stay a closed mined person and live in this land of the not so free if your American. maybe one of these fine days i'll move my family out of this country back to where my ancestors came from and did it the right way. to bad they couldn't see what is is like now. it's a crying shame.