Underage Illegal Immigrants Flood Across Mexican Border

Illegals of all ages have been pouring across the southern border for quite some time now. Rough estimates put the number of current illegal immigrants in this country somewhere around 11 million. This number is up for debate as more and more illegal immigrants pour across the border on a daily basis.

Recently we have seen a major influx of illegal immigrant children making the trek across the border, many coming alone.  They come from countries south of Mexico, countries including Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. They flee those countries and make their way through Mexico, a country with stricter immigration laws than we currently have, in an attempt to make it to America.

What is causing this influx of underage illegal immigrants. According to KRVG.com, an ABC news affiliate in the Rio Grande Valley, many south in countries throughout central America are viewing television ads encouraging them to make the journey to America. They are being told that once they arrive here they will be met with open arms, given jobs, healthcare, and much more.




We on the American side of the border are also being inundated with propaganda attempting to tug at our heartstrings. We are being told that these people simply want to come here for a better life. That may indeed be the case for some, but most are attempting to come here in an effort to take advantage of our welfare system run amok and to gain wealth they can send back home, all while contributing nothing to our country as they pay nothing into the system they are taking advantage of.

Right now in Austin, Texas there are roughly 60,000 illegal immigrant children between the ages of 7 and 18 being housed in a military installation at Lackland Air Force Base. Recently President Obama addressed the situation as a humanitarian crisis and is enacting procedural measure to deal with it including the use of federal agencies such as FEMA. In addition to utilizing FEMA to deal with this "crisis" there are also plans to fly these children to live with family members who may already be here or to simply fly them to other parts of the country.

If this current influx of illegal immigrant children continues, it is estimated that by year's end we will have roughly 120,000 underage illegal immigrants residing in the United States.

Young Conservative
@Steve0423

They Are Called Illegal Immigrants for a Reason

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS - Individuals who come to this country ILLEGALLY!!!

You may ask how is it that an individual can be considered illegal.  The idea is quite simple, we have a document called The Constitution of the United States that was drafted some 200 or so years ago that has acted as the document from which we find he basis for our government and the laws that govern our land.  In this document we find a portion of writing that touches on immigration and how individuals should legally emigrate to the country of freedom and liberty.

If you are wondering where in the Constitution it refers to immigration, the 14th amendment to the Constitution states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” are, “citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”  As a result if you are born here you are automatically a citizen.  This doesn't necessarily touch on the issue we are facing today with roughly 11 million illegal aliens currently residing in this country.

We can also refer to the Constitution for help with the "illegal immigration" issue as well. 

Progressives are constantly talking about how the Constitution must adapt to the times this couldn't be more true with the immigration debate as we must adapt to the changing times with regard to immigration.  Long ago immigrants came here through ports like Ellis island and and the port of Galveston and they had specific standards they must abide by to gain admittance into the US. Today we have immigration laws that must be adhered to to become a United States citizen just as we did then. 

These laws are being directly broken when ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS who make the decision to cross the border illegaly.  This is where we must understand that these individuals are criminals, they shouldn't receive the same rights American citizens do, and they should be automatically deported back to Mexico.

Instead the liberal government we have in place today sees these individuals as "undocumented workers" giving them the ability to continue to reside here even though they pay no taxes while taking advantage of our healthcare and school systems.  This is precisely why we must all be concerned with the Immigration problem in the country!!!  It is not a debate, there is a simple solution deport those who aren't here legally and strengthen the border.  END OF DISCUSSION!!