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Vitovt

California, the state that is No. 1 in everything from wildfires and earthquakes to celebrity murders, is also the most populated by undocumented Mexicans. It's easy for Mexicans to get in and easily disappear. <br /><br />We can't be serious about curtailing illegal immigration when we print signs in Spanish, allow them access to medical care and other taxpayer-paid social services, educate their children and now, in New York state, even prepare to issue them drivers licenses without green cards. <br /><br />Mexicans are good parents and hard workers; most are law abiding and a valuable asset to U.S. employers. It's a crime that they cannot find decent employment in their own country. Illegals must be stopped not because we don't like Mexicans, but because there is no end to the number that will come. If we have to pay more for tomatoes because it costs more to pick them, so be it. <br /><br />Mexico's immigration laws, on the other hand, are draconian on immigrants. They must speak the language (there are no bilingual programs), must be skilled or an investor, are not permitted to vote or demonstrate, are denied welfare and go to jail if undocumented. <br /><br />California's Title 1 schools for disadvantaged children (read: immigrant) are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. Students get a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruit and juices that would make a Marriott proud. <br /><br />Teachers say the waste of this food is monumental, with tray upon tray of it dumped in the trash uneaten. <br /><br />These schools also provide daycare for unwed teenage mothers (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. <br /><br />Teachers frequently have to intervene for young substitute teachers whose illegal immigrant students raised so much hell with the teachers, and throwing things, that they are in tears. <br /><br />Teachers complain that with free medical, free education, free food, daycare and other benefits, it's no wonder immigrant students feel entitled not only to be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements. <br /><br />Those who point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to society because they like having their low-wage gardener and housekeeper and enjoy paying less for tomatoes might do well to look at the real world of illegal immigration and what they're actually paying through taxes. <br />http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071026/NEWS/710260340/1015/OPINION02/NEWS/Mexicans_overrunning_California<br />

PapaJoe

They seem to be a reason that there seems to be only 2 classes in the state of California (near the coast anyway), the rich and the poor. The middle class seems nonexistent.
The middle class are the stabilizers, aren't they?

California is not alone in dealing with immigrant issues, legal or illegal. In Westboro, MA, they have multiple language issues. I understand that the teachers are having a tough time. (chinese, indian, hispanic, etc.) They say it's like a mini UN.

Something needs to be done but since a lot of the rich get out of paying their proper share of taxes, what the heck do they care? They get to keep more of their money because they get cheap labor here. It's we, the hardworking and taxpaying public that get duped every time. It's why I will no longer vote Republican as a rule unless it's an extraordinary candidate.

200pips

The same people who think they contribute are also the same ones who want this country destroyed - or just want the rest of the country to look like California! Which is the same thing.

detox

I have no problem with mexicans in general. its illegals i have a problem with. maybe you should clarify yourself to avoid people calling you racist.

Alex3

I guess the shake and bake state has many problems and the illegals are just one of many. How soon will the demands of educating their children, and caring for the health care needs including the cost of their anchor babies bankrupt the state. Is having cheap tomatoes worth the price of bankrupting the state. Maybe those tomatoes are not so cheap after all.

Eriilopmasa

Illegals don't qualify for free medical daycare education or free food they don't have ssn numbers duh! They don't pay taxes at the end of the year but they also don't claim any back. It's lazy Americans on welfare who use and abuse the system