Comments on: Immigration To U.S. Highest In History

The Skinny: More Immigrants Came To U.S. Since 2000 Than During Any Other 7-Year Period

[rudy654-2009]

There are plenty of American citizen students who would do the field work if the pay were fare. Posted by drivelphobe at 01:29 PM

Prove it. As for myself, I worked in a position where I tried to get Americans to do these jobs, and they simply wouldn''t. Most universities and colleges aren''t built near fields.

[rudy654-2009]

Posted by vampire1288 at 02:16 PM

How ironic that your ancestors came to kill, and these people come to work the fields. It says a lot about values.

[rudy654-2009]

We''''re such a bad country to live in, you have hundreds of thousands of people a year leaving everything they have to come here.Posted by jowand at 02:11 PM

Nice try. They are not coming from prosperous Western Europe. They are fleeing Third World poverty. Big difference, I would say.

[rudy654-2009]

By the way people, there is an easy answer to stopping illegal immigration. STOP buying the produce that is picked by them, STOP buying the products from Con Agra and Tyson, STOP shopping for the cheapest of the cheapest at Wal-Mart and start supporting American jobs that pay a living wage plus health care benefits. If you are not willing to do that, you really have no reason to complain, because you are the problem.

[rudy654-2009]

That Land Is Palestine,, and the Illegals are all Jewish..... Posted by rokero0666 at 03:45 PM

I look forward to the day when people will no longer be a planet divided by borders and religion and all that krap that allows you people to hate one another.

[rudy654-2009]

Criminals did NOT build America; Citizens and LEGAL immigrants built it.Posted by DrColes at 02:47 PM

Keep lying to yourself. The fact is, your illegal ancestors invaded someone else''s land, violated their laws and killed off those to whom it rightly belonged to and then have the nerve to discriminate against the descendents of the original inhabitants by calling them illegals. Is it a wonder that Adolf Hitler admired the U.S. system for its reservations and illegal land grabbing? Hardly.

[kennedy7955]

Is there any country in the world as dumb as the USA to allow their country to be overrun by illegal aliens? I doubt it. The government has said that there are an estimated 12-15 million illegal aliens in the country, which means that the number is actually 24-30 million- about the population of Canada (33.4 million). When will we the American people get so disgusted that we demand change?

[DrColes]

Criminals did NOT build America; Citizens and LEGAL immigrants built it. Illegal Aliens and Immigration is NOT the same thing. 80% of the American people want an end to anarchy! This is NOT a Democrat, Republican, Independent issue. It''s an American Issue.

Illegal aliens are criminals, those who hire them are criminals and those who aid-and-abet them are criminals.

Illegal aliens in America have NO rights. We are required by law to arrest and prosecute, deport them. (Title 8 U.S. Code) To report illegal aliens call the DHS National Hotline 1 866 DHS 2ICE. (1-866-347-2523)

No, matter your political party affiliation, and setting aside your thoughts on issues. We all need to remember what it is to be an American Citizen. We need to make sure our elected representatives obey their Oath of Office and keep their Oath of Allegiance. See http://tinyurl.com/2znnvl Know whom you are voting for.

[vampire1288]

IF YOU DON''T BELIEVE UNLIMITED IMMIGRATION WILL HURT THIS COUNTRY.. JUST ASK AN AMERICAN INDIAN.. A ONCE PROUD PEOPLE WERE REDUCED TO ALMOST NOTHING BY THE U S ARMY... USING CANNONS ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO WERE JUST SEEKING SAFETY... GENERAL GRANT ORDERED THE ARMY TO KILL ALL THE BUFFALO THE INDIANS MAIN FOOD. IF WE ALLOW THE ILLEGALS A FREE RUN THEY WILL DESTROY US AS WELL...

[jowand]

We''re such a bad country to live in, you have hundreds of thousands of people a year leaving everything they have to come here.

[dan9111]

It is very easy to apply the scientific method here. There is no "chemical litmus test" to see which immigrants are legal or not. It is a made up concept.

If you want to keep certain people off your property, that is your lookout. But do not attempt to usurp the property rights of other Americans who disagree with you. Property is easily sustained as a basic human right, and if you believe the INS trumps property rights, then you do not really believe our rights exist at all except at the pleasure of our Masters in Washington. Not at all an American concept, but a traitorous one.

[peter776-2009]

Over half of the immigrants coming to the U.S. since 2006 are ILLEGAL. These people are not immigrants -- they are illegal aliens who have no right to be in my country. Illegal aliens consume my tax dollars, increase crime in my neighborhood, dumb down my kids'' school, crowd my public facilities and parks, and wear their culture on their sleeves instead of assimilating. For the overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens, illegal aliens bring nothing to the table, and indeed take away from it. Only the greedy and unscrupulous well-to-do who hire illegal aliens for menial jobs profit from their presence -- everyone else loses. We need national policies implemented immediately to deport illegal aliens en masse, and refuse them all government services, including education and health care. Illegal immigration must be stopped, and the border with Mexico must be sealed.

[trillion1]

I have yet to hear the pro illegals tell the truth. They start by saying everyone is anti immagrant which is a lie. It''s the illegal one''s we want gone. American''s won''t do the work is another lie pushed by the businesses that don''t want to pay a fair wage that would cut into their obscene profits. Here''s a beauty. We can''t stop them from coming. We could if we had secure borders. Also, you can''t deport 20 million illegals. We don''t need to. Give their jobs to Americans and stop all the free benefits and they''ll leave in droves.

[drivelphobe]

rudy654...

There are plenty of American citizen students who would do the field work if the pay were fare. I went to Fresno state back in the 60''s, and students did this work seasonally when they were out of classes. Don''t think for a minute there are jobs Americans won''t do. They''ll work at anything, but the wages have to be based on American values, not Mexico''s.

Eventually, the illegals will demand more and more money, and it will all back fire. I still urge deportation because I''m sick of this garbage. I can''t stand looking at the illegals or listening to their mexican jibberish. I don''t want one more tax dollar spent on their entitlemnets. They have to go.

[pepperp1]

Dirt Weed

YOU WISH, 25 percent of America nnow claim themselevs to be a member of the rancid GOP base and they are the only fools biting at this red meat 2008 WEDGIE AKA RNC ROVE Bush Bait to get you sickos that have to hate to the polls. The rest of us, We the People, know your rancid greedy party created the problem under your sole Republican one party rule for years, 12 million Illegal coming in overstaying streaming across our boarders being used as slave labor and stuffing these undocumented un policed in our communities, dumbing down with Political Cronies Immigration courts and enforcement which has been non existent under this President. In the last seven years while your Republican Representative were starting a disastrous war, pillaging the treasury, plunging our country into a generation worth of debt, increasing the number of Americans below the poverty level, you SUPPPOSE they couldn%u2019t have render an EDICT to send this supposed group you hate so much home. GET OUT OF HERE no one is buying this CRAPPPOLA hate issue of your own Parties making, you enjoy your own Wedgeie up your own asssss. The rest of us will clean this and every other Massive greed based BLUNDER made during your Parties failed rule.

[allunknowing]

This story could be updated every day and the numbers would only increase. Nothing will ever be done. The beaurocrats just like to talk about it over and over. No one ever sticks out a good solution and follows through.

[drivelphobe]

rokero0666...

Birds of a feather...Go back across the border!

[denn034]

The flow of illegals can''''t be entirely stopped so, Bush''''s Guest Worker Visa that steers illegals away from welfare is the only logical approach to the issue.

[slim1h2o]

Rudy,, I was asking nolalou, that question. And I already have to buy cheapest produce I can find.

Why don''t you start defending this country, instead of slamming it.

All the illegals do, is hurt the legal immigrants image. And they are the ones that belong here, not the illegals. What part of illegal do you not understand?

[omega39-2009]

I''''ve never heard that claim, but I do know that when I tried to place Americans in agricultural jobs for Social Services, they all simply refused.

Posted by rudy654

Rudy, the claim was by John McCain.....


McCain responded by saying immigrants were taking jobs nobody else wanted. He offered anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona.

Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain%u2019s job offer.

%u201CI%u2019ll take it!%u201D one man shouted.

McCain insisted none of them would do such menial labor for a complete season. %u201CYou can%u2019t do it, my friends.%u201D

Some in the crowd said they didn%u2019t appreciate McCain questioning their work ethic.