Illegal means illegal

HR4437 protesters at "Megamarch" (downtown Dallas 4/9/06)

I don't doubt that illegal immigrants are hard workers. I see groups of them in the morning waiting in vacant lots for day work. However, they are here illegally. Doesn't that make them criminals? And don't tell me illegal immigrants do the jobs no one else will do. The problem is no one will do them for the low pay that's offered. As long as illegals do the work for next to nothing and the company/owner can get away with paying them under the table, how can legal workers compete?

I've heard people say how they're just trying to make better lives for their families, and I'm sympathetic. But millions of Europeans, Asians, and Africans also want better lives for their families and are also hard workers. They pay legal and governmental fees, complete paperwork, take tests, and cut through other red tape to come here and stay legally. Why should it be harder for them because they can't just walk across a border or hide in a truck and be driven across.

I heard a man on the radio yesterday asking for supporters to attend the march. He was asking participants to wear white shirts and bring American flags because "we love America and we want to stay here." Great! Stay as long as you want. Just get a green card first.