@Foxfyre,
Excuse my absence. I was away for vacation. Foxfyre: I don't think that any illegals should be allowed to stay here. If I went down to Mexico and overstayed, I'd be hustled back over the border. Illegal immigrants are one of the reasons, medical care in the US is so expensive. On the other hand, South Americans, for want of a generic label, have been coming to the US for decades, working in the fields of California, harvesting crops and doing the "grunt" work, this government claims that US citizens don't want to do. In a tight economy, when jobs are scarce or cutbacks in employment for native Americans is down, I know of many people, some professionals willing to work the farms.
Laid off employees from banks, car dealerships, Wall St., etc. are working at Starbucks, McDonalds and retirees whose stocks plummeted, are looking for work. Illegal Immigrants need not apply because Americans need these same jobs, now. Just one opinion.