I am surprised that no one has commented on this article and subject. Perhaps it is that the people who most regularly contribute to the blogs on this site do not have to deal with the issue readily. Most wealthy people see this as political fat to chew on and not a dire problem. Unfortunately it is much too late to change the tide. We can get enough people to support excercising the immigration laws that are in place already and certainly educate people of the ramifications of illegal immigration. It sucks to loose a customer or a job to a illegal who will work for much less, because of less liabilities and overhead, and someone who will not pay taxes... Enforcing the law is the first step for all citizens who want to remove this cancer. If we just start turning in employers and illegals we can take our country back and economy, slowly. We who have paid our taxes and obey the laws of our country, who have paid thousands of dollars for our children to be delivered at birth, we whose relatives did go through the immigration process to gain legal status and learned history and the first language of our country... I remember when the influx in latino, illegals, happened in our Roaring Fork Valley. We had latino families, few, for quite some time and got along well with them and they assimilated well. When the influx and illegal immigaration started, much violence came with it, and the cocaine! My friends, and youngest brother at some point had all been threatened at gun point by pesky teenage latinos wanting to establish some sort of territory or identity here in our community. It was puzzling. My youngest brother's close friend family had to move away from the Roaring Fork Valley from death threats by some of these same punks. I am not prejudiced and have had many mexican friends, but find it hard to put up with this countries lack of consciousness on this issue.

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