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Illegal immigrants come to this country for a better life. Once here some do jobs that you and I don't want to do, while others take jobs from people like you and I because they will work a job for less money. Many have babies, and live off of government assistant for their large number of children and their medical expenses. This is something that should stop.

Encouraging More Immigrants.
Providing a safety net for immigrants makes it so that more and more of them desire to come. After all, here they receive money for their children, they get health care for them as well as for pregnancies, they receive food stamps, and have a great deal of other benefits. This encourages more illegal immigrants to come into the country. There are few repercussions to illegal immigration, why would they not want to come? They get government aid, jobs, and are left to live here in the States.

They Don't Pay For It.
As working Americans we pay for government assistance in the form of taxes. Each paycheck we see the evidence and feel the burn. It is one thing for us to pay to take care of our own, but we are also paying to take care of people who have come here illegally. They aren't supposed to be here, but now that they are, we have to pay for it. We have to pay for the fact that they don't make as much money, have two or three times as many kids, and often work for cash. They don't pay taxes on jobs they work illegally. Instead they get paid under the table, for cash, or without payroll. Those that hire them often call them self employed and leave taxes up to them, which of course they don't pay.

Illegal.
We work hard to uphold most of the laws of this nation. We try to stop thieves, murderers, and even traffic violators. However, we do nothing to stop the illegal immigrants. They are illegal and as such should not be encouraged to stay. They should not be taken care of, feed by our government, or treated by our hospitals. Instead they should be sent back to their country or arrested for their illegal activities.

My views may seem harsh, and they are not views I have had for long. Being from Michigan, the number of illegal immigrants I came in contact with were very few. However, even their my experience left a negative taste in my mouth. There illegal immigrants will work in the Christmas tree farms. Many of them pay to come to America. They work hard making $15-35 an hour a million hours a summer. When the Christmas tree season is over they ship down tons of items they have bought. They send two guys in the car they purchased or they ditch it. They call up authorities and get a first class flight back to Mexico. Now I live in Texas. A land that has a great number of illegal immigrants. Some of them beg and make lots of money on the street corners. More are employed at good jobs because they will work for less money. Many work in the oil rigs where they have a great need for workers. Their wives claim food stamps, health care, and their children go to school. Americans pay for them to eat, go to the doctor, and to be educated. Where and when will it end?

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