I've always been against illegal immigration, especially since my wife immigrated legally and I know what dealing with the INS is all about. It's not fun, trust me. So it pisses me off when people think it's ok to simply not bother.

That being said, I think making illegals felons is ridiculous. It just opens up a huge can of worms with enormous ramifications down the road. Especially since it would make aiding an illegal alien a felony as well. People's first thought tends to be "great, punish those who hire illegals" But it's not just the employers. It's also teachers, doctors, nurses, etc . A teacher who suspects a child may be here illegally would be forced to turn the student in or he could be charged with a felony as well. Basically this would turn any professional who might come into contact with illegals a defacto immigration officer.

I live in San Jose, California and the population is about 30%+ Hispanic. The stereotype Mexican is either a gang-banger, or lazy sombrero wearing tequila drinker. This is dead wrong, however, most of the Mexicans I have known are some of the hardest working people around. They bust their asses doing shit jobs that knowbody else wants and do it for far less $ than anyone else would.

What we need is some kind of migrant worker program. A new type of visa that is fairly easy to obtain and but is clearly temporary. Place certain restrictions on it, give the workers some kind of tax id#, etc. Something that will benefit both the migrant workes as well as the rest of us. Anything but this ridiculous new idea of making illegals felons.
Fengzi Reviewed by Fengzi on . mexicans on the march what do you think about making it a felony to be in the usa illegally. think about all the reprecussions of what will happen if they make it a crime. here in LA all the kids are walkiking out of school and on sat.there were over 500,000 people in downtown. i guess will see what happens. Rating: 5