Millions of people are in need and deserve compassion

Everyone has a right to a secure livelihood and safe living conditions.
“People all over the world immigrate into our country. Americans don’t realize the pain and agony that these people go through just to make a living for a better life. Most immigrants come to the U.S. for job opportunities to help their families economically. American citizens believe that immigrants are here to corrupt us but i disagree because they help us with jobs that many Americans wouldn’t like to do. They go beyond expectancy, payed low wages, and are believed to be extremely hard workers. Isn’t that what America needs?”
NYT comment, Vivian R. August 30, 2010

Illegal immigrants take jobs that unemployed American citizens would hav

Besides taking jobs from American workers, illegal immigration creates huge economic burdens on our health care system, our education system, our criminal justice system, our environment, our infrastructure and our public safety.

Most immigrants just want to do the jobs few are willing to do

Xenophobia, the fear that has always been easy for demagogues to arouse because it's such a basic human instinct. But the immigrants now coming across the Mexican border do not want to sack our cities. They're not about to pillage our granaries or march home with Americans in chains. They just want to mow our lawns and clean our offices. They're coming to feed us, not take our food, yet we're demanding that our leaders keep them out. No Mexican busboys! No Guatemalan cooks! Stop them before they grill again!” New York Times, May, 2006

Dangerous criminals are involved in human trafficking

Terrorists can come across. They're devastating our ranchers down in southern Arizona - drop houses, kidnapping, automobile accidents, extortion, drugs, the spill-over with the drug cartels. We're facing all of it.

It is our responsibility to help since our nation sabotaged democracy an

For example, killing of children by gangs in Mexico is caused by the US drug war.