Migrate Somewhere Else vs. I Sure Do Love Mexican Food. (My Take On Immigration)

w/ everything to do w/ immigration being everywhere, i think i'll give my opinion on it. it's not as harsh as my title probably makes you think, but i suppose it is harsh.
i'm not going to spew facts, statistics, opinion polls, percentages, pie charts showing the good and bad - only what i think based on what's in my head.
i have no problem w/ legal immigration. america has always been a place where people have come to escape something horrible or to gain opportunity. i think legal immigration is great. (as alex linger just pointed out, i am here because of legal immigration)
the word illegal says it all. murder is illegal. if someone murders, is tried, and found guily, they are punished. so why should it be okay for someone to do something "illegal" and get away w/ it?
i'm not going to sit and say that they haven't helped out america. they do take jobs we don't want. but i do think people would take them. if there is a need, it will get done. but regardless, it's our responsibility since it's in our country. if it doesn't happen or does it's up to americans.

i do think, because it's such a big deal right now, they should just say "okay, if you've been here for more than [some amount of time] come, get your papers, you're legal". and if they don't come by a certain time, that offer is void, they are illegal and if found, they are sent back where ever they came from.
i think border security should be heightened, it should be impossible to sneak into America. i mean we're so worried about terrorists yet we have who knows how many people sneaking across (not me because i don't know statistics) but i'm not saying we should shoot them.

i am saying, there is a legal way to get here, so do it the legal way. so why don't they do it the legal way? i don't know. but i think that it should be easy, while secure, enough for people to get in legally and not force them to be homeless once here.
we shouldn't reward the illegal people - who aren't paying taxes - to take advantage of us and cause our taxes, my taxes, your taxes to increase. it's not fair to you or me. i also think providing water stations in the desert for these illegal people is retarded. why should we aid them in breaking the law? that's like giving a thief your car key.
there are organizations that bring people over for a certain amount of time, to earn money and go back to their country. Target uses this for their janitorial staff. they can then go back home earn more money and then pay to become legal.

Conclusion:
people should allowed in this country. but it's unfair to you and me to allow the ones who are illegal to stay and suck up what isn't theirs and drain me of that very same thing.
just because you stole the car, doesn't mean you can keep it.

Disclaimer:
this is my view, you can tell me yours but let's not start a war.

(for sara.)