Reponse to “Fear of Raids and Losing Contact”

I really liked Angela’s post. Personally, I think I never really looked at the hardships illegal immigrants have to go through. These people are looking for a better life for their families. It is just unfortunate that many illegal immigrants receive bad reputations of taking our jobs and bringing in crime. I thought Marger’s section on illegal immigration was very interesting. I like that he pointed out that many of the jobs taken over by illegal immigrants are seen as undesirable. In the article Angela posted I thought that this quote was very interesting: “Under U.S. law, children born in this country to illegal immigrants are American citizens and cannot be deported.” I guess this is not anything I have every thought about. That has to be a very scary thing for parents to worry about.
On the other hand, both Marger and this article points out that illegal immigrants sometimes receive tax-payer benefits except for in cases like Georgia where strict laws were passed. I am not sure how I feel about this, on the human rights side of things I believe they need these benefits but as a tax-payer it’s hard to swallow. I think the only solution would be making it easier for immigrants to gain citizenship, especially those families who are just trying to make a better life for themselves.