You are right. Illegal aliens unless they are lucky or really smart, streetwise or otherwise are virtual slaves. Employers, landlords, and others treat them however they want to- knowing they can't/won't report them to authorities.
There are many reasons I am against illegal entry into this country:
1. Absolute security of the border is necessary to keep out terrorists, and dangerous criminals. Some of the illegal crossers may be terrorists, or dangerous criminals there is no way to know.
2. Criminal activity is increased in general by illegal entry. Illegals often smuggle in drugs or commit other crimes in order to pay the coyote who brought them in. All of the border problems are related, it is a vicious network.
3. Burden on our legal, medical, educational, and social system. People who enter illegally are "out of the system" which means there is no, or not enough funding available to cover the cost of their medical care, education for their children, or any of the other services they may require while they are here.
4. Most illegals compete with our blue collar laborers and our children for entry level jobs. It is an unfair competition because they will work for less money, and poor or unsage working conditions. This stagnates wages and degrades workplace conditions in the fields they enter in large numbers, like agriculture, construction, and service jobs. Even in jobs that pay the same, if it is cash under the table, the employer will give preference to the illegal to save the payroll burden. If they are on a payroll the employer knows they will put up with more on the job. This gives illegals an unfair advantage over our own workers.
5. In my opinion the system of hiring illegals is similiar to slavery. They are cheated and mistreated by many because they can't go to the authorities. I am against slavery, and the mistreatment of humans I see with the illegal alien situation.
6. I think illegal entry into this country should be stopped, because it is illegal. If we choose to enforce certain laws and not others, it is simply not fair. Allowing illegal entries destroys the sovereignty of our nation. We sure can't waltz into Mexico or any other country illegally and get a job, put our kids in school, use their social programs. They simply don't allow it and neither should we.
Exactly right. I did say that exploitation of illegals was one minor reason. A complete list would have been just like yours, with the order changed a little. I don't see that you missed a thing. My order would have been 6,1,3,2,4,5.