Illegal Immigation

First let me preface it by point to the term -----------> Illegal

Second let me point out that simply doing something because of need that is Illegal is still --------> Illegal

Let us change the premise to a kid who sell say something relatively harmless like small amounts of marijuana maybe a joint or two a week just to help him buy his books for college. Should he not be prosectuted or fined if he is caught simply because of need?

Now I also want you to consider this, every job that an illegal immigrant has is a (potential) stolen job from an American worker. Now, we can argue that some of the jobs are jobs Americans don't want, but if that is the case and the illegals weren't here, that would force companies to increase wages in our free market supply and demand system to the point where the salary would be attractive and therefore an American worker would take it.

Finally, I want you to consider the effects of what occurs when an illegal takes money OUT of the American economy and sends the funds back home.

1) It lets Mexico escape with bad policy, and not making Mexico better for their own citizens. As long as America tolerates illegal immigration, which adds BILLIONS of dollars to the Mexican economy, the Mexican government not only tolerates their citizens sneaking across the border IT ENCOURAGES IT. Why? Because when an illegal enters this country, they benefit their people back in Mexico, and therefore the citizen isn't complaining that the government isn't being reformed, as they are making enough money from AMERICA to not force their government to change.

2) It negatively effects the American economy. Think basic economics for a second, and lets make it simply. Let us say that an illegal makes $100 and sends it back home. If that money was kept in the American economy, that money would go to support a local gas station, a local grocery store, a local clothing store etc., all of these companies which HIRE AMERICAN WORKERS. When illegals send money home, they on the back end, reduce the number of AMERICAN workers than can be hired, as they subtract money out of the AMERICAN economy.

There are benefits to illegal immigration as well. But when you consider that it is illegal, that it robs Americans of jobs in two ways, directly and indirectly, and then consider the security risk that it poses in the post-9/11 world and ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A BAD IDEA AND SHOULD BE FOUGHT!