¡Hoy es el Cinco de Mayo!

[Dark Jaguar]

Essentially, America IS immigrants when you break it down. However, it's managed. People who want to come in, legally, must pass a not so rigerous, but very important, exam. That exam basically just has a few requirements. You aren't swarming with parasites, and you are capable of supporting yourself. That's pretty much it. In the process of becoming a citizen, these people learn more about America than most natural born citizens will ever learn. They also get a SSN and the responsibilities of all Americans, paying taxes and such. These people have earned the right to be an American because the test is basically to weed out those who only have potential to be a drain. Illegal immigrants, however, go across the border in droves. Some that live near the border make a daily living of getting money from us and taking it down to Mexico. It's a hard life, but it's also illegal. If they can't make it in legally, they need to take a long hard look at themselves and find out what they are doing wrong, and also pick out the lice. Not that they ALL have it mind you, or even most, but that's just one thing that'll keep them out if they do. There's also only so many allowed in every day, and there's a perfectly good reason. You allow as many people from poor nations as want in, then unfortunatly, and this isn't really too much of a knock against them, but it really ruins our economy which is so sensitive. Add in too many of an element at once and you can throw everything off, and in this case, it's people starting right off at the bottom of the ladder. Result? Some of them might actually maange to achieve the American dream. The rest however, even if it's only odds, are doomed to a life of obscurity and toilet cleaning. It really WILL end up dragging the US down to Mexico's level. So, only so many in at once, and they have to do it the legal way. Why not instead of putting all that work into desperatly sneaking into the US, put it into making Mexico a better place? It's truly amazing how many people just give up just because they realize how little they can do. Some people try doing things, but everyone else just stands still. The nation, up to the point of leadership, really needs to push and reward constructive efforts on the part of the people. A large amount of them need to unleash their potential to make things better at once. The best way to do that is a government announcement during the commercial breaks of Spanish Dragon Ball Z, perhaps. I dunno, the fact is they need to face their problems head on and not complain that we aren't just letting them all in. When they clean up their act, THEN we'll see, but at that point they won't even want to come over because things will be fine there, where they no longer look at foreign people funny when they are actually surprised most people's cars are armored.