[TheBattman]

You know - the big pink elephant in the room that all seem to want to overlook -

Even if only freedom-loving, hard-working, saintly people were crossing the borders illegally, this would be less than desirable. Why? Because it completely ignores the reason they are LEAVING their country of origin. Mexico is a hell-hole. Most of the other common Central-American nations other Hispanic illegals come from are also 3rd-world trash heaps. So even if these illegals were such great folks - they are leaving a worse void in their home nation.

By coming here, they are turning their backs on improving things at home.

And to take it farther - the reality is - many criminals and other troublemakers make up a good chunk of the illegal population here.

And we haven’t even broached the whole issue of unemployed Americans... hovering officially near 10% (the real number is likely higher). Yet there are still millions of illegals employed across this nation.

[algernonpj]

And we haven’t even broached the whole issue of unemployed Americans... hovering officially near 10% (the real number is likely higher). Yet there are still millions of illegals employed across this nation.

Per PEW, while 1 in 5 are unemployed / underemployed, ~8 million illegal aliens have jobs. Not all illegal alien tromp across the border. ~30 - 40% of illegal aliens are visas overstays, many of them 'guest workers' such as H-1B's.

In addition, 125,000 new legal workers (a combination of green cards and guest workers) continue to enter the US each month, for a total of 1.5 million a year.