They essentially have carte blanche to do whatever they want without consequence, all while collecting a check(s), courtesy of the American taxpayer.
Illegal Immigration is issue #1 to me. Think about it, it is effecting everything: national sovereignty, culture, national security, economics. It MUST be stopped and reversed. And we know, it can be done. Now, who has the balls to do it? At some point, when the government doesn't do it's job, the people will.
It will be the number issue in 2012. As you say,it affects everything. The govt can’t ask someone to accept less of anything if they’re letting illegals get annything at all for free.