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br> -- Diamon Sforza br> San Diego, California /p>

Downside to massive immigration are numerous. Here are a few:

1. Currently in California; 33% of jail cells are occupied by illegals! Recently, 10,000 gang members were rounded up by various agencies of law enforcement across the country. That represents ten percent of the total! Why do I mention it? Because almost to a man, they're here illegally. That means 90,000 gang members are roaming around the streets preying on people! Is that a benefit? I also seem to recall Federal jails have the same percentage of illegals. Who pays for them? Why the United States taxpayer of course! President of Univision recently asked Lou Dobbs if he was for the use of concentration camps, nice touch! I wonder what he'd tell the man in NY, whose wife was raped and murdered by an illegal? Or the wife on Long Island whose husband was slaughtered by a gang of illegals? That's six children who won't have a father and mother to come to.

2. Economics. You're correct, there's a market for the labor. Problem, few avenues exist for the illegal to move up the socio-income ladder. In this country it now requires education, something not available to illegal immigrants. Factories, a source used by generations of workers to advance in this society are closing. The jobs (GM comes to mind) provided good pay and benefits. Thank NAFTA in part for that one! How long before resentment spills over into bloodshed?

3. Many of the current group of immigrants don't like this country as evidenced by dual citizenship. Why immigrate to a country from wherever if you don't want to become a citizen? For that, I do blame in large measure the spineless group of politicians that inhabit Washington! Hispanics refuse to communicate in English, preferring their own language. Should the rest of the country adapt to them? Again, why immigrate if you don't want to learn the language?

4. Who pays for things like education and health care for illegal aliens? All that nonsense about tax payments etc. is just that nonsense! Here's an aside; hospitals along the border with Mexico are closing in record numbers, due to the flood of illegals! And what about funds transfer out of the country? Some $24 billion leaves the United States for Mexico and places south.

p>In summary; would our roads be less crowded? Would our cities be safer without 100,000 gang members roaming the streets? Would health care be accessible and affordable? Would our schools be better if illegals were shown the door? Here's my recommendation; call time out, meaning no immigration for a five or ten year period while the current group assimilates. And if you're here illegally; have a nice day, see you soon! br> -- Bob M. /p>

I fully agree that those currently in the country illegally should not be parachuted back into the center of their country.

I do not, however, agree that those currently here be enrolled in an amnesty program. They broke the law coming here, so they should be returned to their country of origin. Many of the illegal aliens are drug smugglers, MS-13 gang members, and other common criminals.

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