The only thing the illegal immigrants need to have underway is their butts back to their own country. If they come here legally & go through the process they deserve their chance, just as our laws dictate. If they come here illegally & then join our military & risk their lives for our country, they should be granted citizenship. I think the crap about our govt. spending federal money to carry immigrants who come here & claim asylum is ridiculous.
A friend of mine lived in Sacremento & was barely getting by working at a poster factory & rooming with 4 or 5 other people in a two bedroom apt. His dad was killed in Vietnam & has an education as a machinist, the people who lived next door to them were Ukranians who got $100,000 a year for five years from the federal govt. for living expenses, a business purchased for them by the federal govt. (seperate from the 100K a year), their rent paid (seperate from the 100K a year), new furnishings purchased for their apt. (again, seperate fro mthe 100K a year) & they were sheltered from taxes for that five year period.
My friend found all this out becasue he was sleeping on the floor with a military surplus wool blanket & the Ukranians were hauling a leather couch to the curb for pick-up! He inquired about the couch, (scored it for a bed) & struck up a friendship with the father & oldest son, they had a good pot connection & my friend was a stoner at that time & they ended up spending a lot of time talking with each other.
My buddy eventually ended up buyiong a Toyota B-210 wagon from them & driving back to Arkansas, gave up smoking dope & has a daughter & a job installing sattelite dishes. As a single father he provides the best he can on what little money he makes...but I always wonder how the Ukranians faired after the $1,000,000 our federal govt. spent on them.
