Who is to blame for Illegal Immigration from Mexico: Liberals or Conservatives?

Question

Liberals want the cheap votes.
Conservatives want the cheap labor.

Answer 1

Liberals and Conservatives are both to be blamed for their accommodation of the illegals to serve the interests that they want from them.

Answer 2

Neither, We live in the greatest country in the world. As long as our borders continue to be open people especially from Mexico where conditions are horrible will continue to come.
If we want to stop illegal immigration then we should build a wall AND aggressively patrol it. Representative Duncan Hunter of California has proposed just that.

Answer 3

I would say first and foremost, Mexicans are to blame. They are the ones that chose to break the law, and chose to desert their own country (that they promptly proclaim as the BEST in the whole world once they arrive in the USA). Democrats and Republicans are both to blame for the continuation of this idiocy, for varying reasons from increased profits to believing these criminals deserve medical treatment, schooling, etc. on our tax dollar.


Yahoo Customer Care...why would you reward a criminal by giving him exactly what he was trying to steal, US residency? No, legalizing them would only make the problem 100 times worse. We need a big wall and to enforce immigration laws. We as Americans need to let businesses know that we will not tolerate them using illegal immigrants, and report anyone that does, etc. It's OUR country, we need to take the bull by the horns and improve it. (something Mexicans can't seem to comprehend about their own country)

Answer 4

Mexico and Mexicans are to blame, but really Mexico! They should have a economy where there citizens make decent, or enough money to support themselves and sustain some sort of a living. I would blame both Liberals and Conservatives for not protecting and securing the border, neither party is to blame soley more than the other for that problem, neither party have done anything

Answer 5

I would blame all from president down to local law enforcement. Nobody enforces laws we have now for illegal immigrants. Illegals get caught and everybody wants to send them to the closes farm or warehouse to work cause Americans don't want these jobs. Not the case we don't want to work for nothing.

Answer 6

Mostly Liberals are to blame.

In the short term illegal immigrants pay into the Social Security system which is almost bankrupt.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050410/news_mz1e10ruben.html

They also provide recruits for the military.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3271/illegal_immigrants_uncle_sam_wants_you/

But not all of them pay taxes.
http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/Library/Archives/SaveSS.htm

In the long term Amnesty Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers at Least $2.6 Trillion.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1490.cfm

Tancredo, Ron Paul, and Hunter have the most conservative voting records on immigration.
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop2.html
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop1.html

Of these three, Ron Paul has the best chance of winning the Primary election.
Paul's campaign has almost 4 times as much money to spend as Tancredo.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/finance/candidates/ron-paul/
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/finance/candidates/tom-tancredo/

Ron Paul has stated that he wants very strong borders and he was appalled that our government had taken border guards off of our borders to send them to Iraq.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/haman3.html

This is his six point plan:
Physically secure our borders and coastlines. We must do whatever it takes to control entry into our country before we undertake complicated immigration reform proposals.
Enforce visa rules. Immigration officials must track visa holders and deport anyone who overstays their visa or otherwise violates U.S. law. This is especially important when we recall that a number of 9/11 terrorists had expired visas.
No amnesty. Estimates suggest that 10 to 20 million people are in our country illegally. That’s a lot of people to reward for breaking our laws.
No welfare for illegal aliens. Americans have welcomed immigrants who seek opportunity, work hard, and play by the rules. But taxpayers should not pay for illegal immigrants who use hospitals, clinics, schools, roads, and social services.
End birthright citizenship. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong.
Pass true immigration reform. The current system is incoherent and unfair. But current reform proposals would allow up to 60 million more immigrants into our country, according to the Heritage Foundation. This is insanity. Legal immigrants from all countries should face the same rules and waiting periods.
http://ronpaul2008.com/issues/border-security-and-immigration-reform/

The NAFTA Superhighway might be another significant threat to American borders.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBmFrYWPoG8
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul349.html

Answer 7

Right both sides. The Republicans love the slave labor and the Democrats love them to keep the welfare machine alive.

Answer 8

Both sides are to blame and even most of us to a certain degree.

Apathy rears its ugly head for most Americans. But luckily those same apathetic people reared up and demanded that congress deny McCain, Kennedy and Bush their amnesty bill.

I get a huge laugh at the guy above me. By his way of thinking the "bottleneck" is to blame. THERE IS NO BOTTLENECK. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN ONE UNLESS YOU WANT UNLIMITED TENS OF MILLIONS TO IMMIGRATE ANNUALLY. This "bottleneck is merely the US ONLY accepting 1.3-1.5 million people a year instead of the tens of millions who want to be citizens every year. We will double our population to over 600 million within approx. 60-70 years at our present rate and he wants us to eliminate that "bottleneck" so we can be at 600 million in 20 years.

He must really hate his children/grandchildren if he wants them to live in this country at those population levels!

Answer 9

The immigration policy is to blame. If we didn't make legal immigration such a tight bottleneck, no one would prefer illegality to legality.

Answer 10

Retarded parents that influence there kids are the ones you should be blaming. Kind of like SPEAK ENGLISH. Illegal immigration should not even be an issue. And if you don't like illegal's LEGALIZE THEM. If you don't like what your congressman are doing then why don't u become one.