Illegal Immigration

The more illegals that leave Phoenix (and we still have at least 500,000 in AZ according to the latest estimates) the better off the citizens here are.
We have endured for far too long, over crowded ER rooms, millions of tax payer dollars being used for anchor babies and the resulting welfare payments to the mothers, our schools being mandated to spend millions of dollars on "English learners" (children of illegal aliens).

Some of the most ardent supporters of these policies are Hispanics, especially those whose families have been here for generations.
Over 30% of those incarcerated are illegals due to rapes, thefts, shootings, drugs, etc. etc. Phoenix is #1 in identity theft attributed to illegals stealing social security cards, and other legal documents and credit cards from our citizens.

Most every week, a new "drop house" is discovered. A lot of the violent crime here is directly related to the $200 billion human and drug traffiking industry from Mexico and other South American countries. A lot of illegals are involved in traffic accidents, and most have no insurance. There are whole neighborhoods (enclaves) in Phoenix that look like a third world country. The list goes on and on!

I see no evidence of our economy suffering due to "brown flight."
I do believe, however, that we need an orderly guest worker program, as our hotel, construction, and agricultural industries always need workers. Unfortunately, these businesses have been responsible for most of the illegals coming here the last 10-20 years,and exploiting them with their slave wages, while the citizens have born the brunt of the costs.

The big difference between this huge tide of illegal immigrants, and waves of immigrants in our nation's history, is that a large segment of this group feel an entitlement to be here. They believe the American Southwest belongs to them and we are the "illegal invaders", hence the refusal to learn English and assimilate. They want to have whole states declared part of Mexico,(La Raza). I suggest you read Patrick Buchanan's "Death of the West". There is a whole chapter that lays out their plan.

The Hispanic culture has been an integral part of the Southwest from the beginning, and is a beautiful one. The contributions to the rich quality of life in the Southwest have been immeasureable.

However, the illegals who are coming here, seem to be, in pretty significant numbers, representative of the dregs of Mexican and other Latin American countries'society. A large number of them are extremely poor, uneducated and a disproportionate amount of them are felons. The Mexican government has encouraged their people to come here for just those reasons!

Mexico needs to be forced to stop stealing our sovereignity! Much as we would like to, America simply cannot absorb all of the world's poor. My daughter-in-law and her parents are legal immigrants, having done it the right way, and recently became citizens.