I agree with you all about the welfare and living off the government. I live in a low income apartment. but i have to pay my rent but some that live here work and still dont pay rent and get welfare.no its not right to the working people i am disable and i have a child but i do the best i can with what i have these people that keep living off the government needs to be stopped

OOPS- never mind, my husband and I should have never gotten married, just shacked up and raised illegitimate children so I could get welfare! Look at the birth announcements in the paper, see how many are actually MR. and MRS.-my bet, they are getting government assistance. Look at the bride section on Sundays-see any trends there? If there is a way for the system to be worked, I guarantee, their are people working it.

I don’t think the illegals qualify for government assistance-since they are here illegally. Of course, if Obama has his way, that will change!

I agree completely SOUTHFAN1981, A crime is a crime, no matter if they’re a good worker or not if they’re here illegally, lock’em up or ship’em out! But wait I forgot! you’ve got to have the permission of the Mexican government before you prosecute any of their citizens or ship them back! I don’t think of welfare as being giving food or medicine to children, I tend to view welfare as giving money to people who will never attempt to help them selves as long as they can sit there and get it without working for it. what do you think about those doctors in other countries that send their patients that can’t afford an operation in their own country, to the USA and tell them to go to the hospital’s emergency rooms knowing they can’t be turned a way? As soon as they are well they’re off back to their own country of high gas prices. All the while the American tax payers are picking up the bill. The crimes against illegal immigrants would never occur if they were not here.

And public universities are in no way free-I know I have a child who will be attending one this year. And, it will be paid for out of our pockets-because we work and cannot qualify for a pell grant, or any other grant. Yet, if I divorced my husband, quit my job, and sat on by butt all day-I might could get a free ride. Fortunately, I have a higher moral and work ethic than to do that.

southfan1981,

I do agree with your statement that crime is crime no matter the nationality. As to the comments about public schools and roads-my tax dollars pay for those. My tax dollars also pay for the children who get the subsidized meals. Not to mention that my children pay $2 for their lunch, so someone else can eat for free. My problem with the welfare system, is that there are too many people who can and are able to work, that simply don’t. It is a free ride for them, it encourages laziness and essentially we are supporting those that live this lifestyle. I will clarify, that I have no problem helping those in true need. My mother-in-law was on food stamps for a short time in the 70’s while she was putting herself through nursing school, and raising her children. However, it was a SHORT time, not a lifetime career of government handout and sucking the system for everything you can get out of it. Are you aware, there is now govt. assisted phone service?

A crime is a crime no matter the nationality of a victim. I do not see any exceptions in our state constitutions or statutes.

As for the welfare thing: How is sending your child to public school/university, eating food that has been subsidized, driving on public roads, sitting on the beach here in LA or buying gas that is no where near the cost it is in other countries any different from receiving welfare? If you think that “welfare” in the form of food stamps or $100 a month for a child is costing that much of our national budget, you are mistaken. Did you spend your economic stimulus check yet?

Well, yes, if they are here illegally it doesn’t matter if they are good or bad workers, they’re still committing a crime, and if criminals are robbing criminals and no loss of life is involved I wouldn’t put that high on my list of priorities for the police. If while committing a crime another criminal take advantage of situation and robs that criminal I think it should be considered a hazard of the criminal activity . Not that I wouldn’t try to stop a robbery if I saw it occurring but I wouldn’t be out there aggressively trying to make a safe haven for illegal immigrants.

I don’t give a crap how good a worker is. If they are in this country illegaly They do NOT deserve to work in this country. They also don’t deserve to be robbed. So the way I got it figured is, if people don’t give the outright law breakers a job they don’t have cash and therefore don’t get robbed. I’ve seen state inmates on road crews that are good highly motivated workers who want to make a better life for themselves. And they work for free!
So for those of you who are still having a tough time getting your focus about this I’ll break it down; ILLEGAL=CRIMINAL!

Amen to the parts about Welfare and government assistance, But we’re dong the same for other countries. I think we are responsible for this present generation of workers, trying to see the next generation didn’t have it as hard as we did, I think we succeeded way to well. Another words we spoiled them and it’s still going on today. The teaching seems to be,” don’t work hard and sweat let some one else do that, you just get the easy jobs”. From my very limited time in Mexico I’ll have to say the workers here are some of the best from Mexico, they have more drive and want to get a head in life. Percentage wise, I’m willing to bet Mexico has just as many if not more lazy workers and those willing to use the system. Here we get to see our best and worst workers, up close and personal. The workers from south of the border for the most part are some of the best laborers Mexico has to offer and thankfully we don’t get to see all of the other side of that coin.

rmseek1234:  AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!