Reply #18: I don't mean to sound like I agree with Joe the freakin plumber, [View All]

[DUlover2909]

but...

What is the solution? Alot of people are pretty pissed about what they view as an invasion. They see their public areas being tagged by gangs, their jobs being lost because of low-cost union busting laborers, their hospitals either closing down, running on deficits, or charging more to paying patients to cover the indigent. Our emergency rooms are packed every hour of the day. Pregnant women with no insurance and no citizenship and hence, no prenatal care are showing up at the last minute in labor.

Don't get me wrong. This is not an ethinic issue or an elitist issue. The problem is that the USA is not a bottomless well of money and prosperity. There are people all over the world that would love to come here for a better life. We all want a better life; US citizens included. It's not fair to other nationalities that they can't just walk on over or come here as easily on a work visa that they allow to expire.

I'd sure like to see a progressive solution from someone smarter than me. I know it's complicated but that's just the kind of problem we hope our elected officials can tackle and resolve. I'm prety sure we have immigration laws for a good reason. To simply look the other way and let it happen seems cowardly and unjust. So what do we do?