Mexicans - the true americans

Solving the immigration isn't so hard when you look at it in a different way. First you have to divide this into two separate issues. First is the issue of homeland security/terrorism. This is separate from the actual immigration issue. We probably wouldn't be having this debate at all if it wasn't for the terrorism possibilities. It would be just business as usual. Certainly on this issue we need to be able to control our borders and know who is entering our country at all times. The issue of mexican immigration is where we need drastic change. We spend countless dollars trying to stop the stream of mexican people from entering our country and often the ones we send back simply try again later. Most of the proposals i've heard from politicians involve throwing more dollars at the problem. The solution is to let all mexican people except those with criminal records into the United States and allow them to have work permits. I would still make the path to citizenship just as difficult and lengthy as immigrants from any other country, but our attitude must change towards the mexican people. The mexican people who come here are the very embodiment of the american dream. Many of them risk their very lives just to get here. To come to a place where by the sweat of their brow they can build a better life for themselves and their families. They don't speak english, are discriminated against and live in fear of being caught and sent back. They willingly take the lowest jobs and show immense pride in their work no matter how menial. But they persevere and work their way up. They take jobs bussing tables, cutting lawns, and loading trucks, but after a while they are waiters, landscape company owners and the drivers of the trucks. Their families are important to them and they want to educate their children to acheive more than they do and have productive lives. And they are not taking anyone's jobs away. Those jobs have always been there. All things being equal , business owners would certainly opt for english speaking employees to avoid costly communication problems. But all things are not equal. People here are no longer willing to work hard and work their way up. People here seem to think they have something coming to them and don't want to work. Maybe the people who don't want to work should go to Mexico where there is no work. It would save the rest of us a lot of money not having to support perpetual welfare abusers. When i say perpetual welfare abusers I don't mean people between jobs who go back to work as soon as possible. I mean the people who never work, but still collect with no intent to work. There is no pride and no drive. America needs to be revitalized and this influx of desire from Mexico is just what we need. Just like when our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents came here filled with their own desires and the drive to chase those dreams. Immigration is what made this country great. We need more Mexicans not less.