Reply #28: Did you even read what I wrote? [View All]

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There is no "front door."

There is no line for them to wait in.

There is absolutely no way for the average Mexican citizen to even have a chance (even as remote as getting a green card in the lottery is) to immigrate to the United States.

If you don't give them even the hope of random chance, what were you expecting? For them to just forget about the job market up here? No, in fact they are willing to risk their lives, not only to the elements and to law enforcement, but also risk their lives to access our job markets in dealing with racist and xenophobic vigilantes like the "Minuteman Project" that do not understand the beneficial economics of the immigration and will be viewed by history as the modern incarnation of the Klu Klux Klan.

As abusive as our employers of these immigrants are, when it all comes down to it the Mexicans want to be here otherwise they wouldn't risk their lives to cross our borders. We should at least be decent enough to offer them the chance to at least legally immigrate, or recognize them with temporary worker statuses.