With thousands of Latinos protesting immigration reform nationwide (mostly by waving Mexican flags), the topic need to be discussed. The US is a nation of about 300 million people with an estimated 12 million illegal aliens. Now while the country can absorb some new immigrants, I think that everyone can agree that the country could not absorb a another 300 million people in a decade and be functional. So that means in some fashion that immigration must be restricted or regulated. So you create laws. This has all been done. However, then mass amounts of people break those laws and government officials turn a blind eye. Surely fear of being called "racist" keeps some of them at bay. However very few government officials wish to address this growing problem. There are some points to think about while discussing the debate:
1. Some of the need for immigrant labor is caused by malaise of able-bodied people who find they make more money living on welfare than working mininum wage.
2. It allows Mexico to get rid of their unwanted and not make their needed social and economic reforms.
3. There is a growing militant element within the Hispanic community which not only advocate immigration, but that the Southwest belongs to Mexico. This is further demonstrated by the mass of illegals protects that carry Mexican flags.
4. The very strict and cumbersome LEGAL immigration process.
5. The lack of assilimation of new immigrants. There is a lack of desire to learn English or to speak it.
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