More than one-third of Central Americans and 30 percent of Mexicans said their biggest problem in the United States was discrimination, against single-digit responses for similar questions in 2004. And 83 percent of Mexicans and 79 percent of Central Americans said discrimination was on the rise. - Yeah, well maybe that wouldn't be the case if they belonged here.

The poll also found 82 percent of Mexicans and 84 percent of Central Americans said they found it more difficult to obtain a good-paying job than a year ago. Forty-five percent blamed the increased difficulty on problems with documentation, while 21 percent blamed a lack of jobs. - How many AMERICANS find it difficult to obtain a good-paying job? And you gotta love the "problems with documentation" line. There wouldn't be any problems with documentation if they HAD ANY! Since they don't, then I guess it's a BIG problem. And now it's discrimination for employers to refuse to break the law? How twisted is this going to get?

''What I have found is both ugly and sad,'' pollster Sergio Bendixen said. ``There are millions of Latin American immigrants, especially those living in the deep South and the upper Midwest, whose lives have been made miserable by the anti-immigrant sentiment that is now so prevalent in so many geographic areas.'' Could it just be that AMERICANS are tired of being forced to cater to those who aren't supposed to be here in the first place? I don't see immigrants having any problem at all. But those poor ILLEGAL ALIENS sure are having a tough time of it.

González said he hasn't sent money to his family in the Honduran port city of La Ceiba since November and ties his troubles to a growing anti-immigrant sentiment -- even in immigrant-rich South Florida. ''Some of the bosses yell and say they are going to call the police on us if we don't do what they say or if we ask to be paid,'' González said. ``We work like animals and they still discriminate against us.'' - How about staying home and supporting your family, Gonzo? And if you're being treated so badly, all the more reason to go back to where you belong. If you want to come here to live and work, then go through the process, LIKE AN IMMIGRANT!

The IDB/Bendixen report estimates Mexicans will send $23.4 billion to their families back home in 2007, only a 1 percent increase from last year. In the first half of this year, the growth in such remittances was just 0.6 percent, compared to the 23 percent jump registered in the same period last year. By contrast, Central Americans are expected to send almost $10 billion in remittances this year, an 8 percent jump from the year before. - This proves the lie to the economic nay-sayers. Just these two groups of ILLEAGL ALIENS steal over $30 billon from the US per year. This is money taken out of our economy and injected into an foreign country's. How much is the total of all illegal "remittance" to their real country? How can anyone say, with a straight face, that illegals aren't damaging our economy? And this is only one aspect of many on just how damaging they are. It doesn't take into account jobs lost, taxes not collected, the social services burden, government and legal costs (police, ambulance, school, local/state/federal attorney and judge costs, court costs, etc.), and many more. 

I have not an ounce of sympathy for any of them. I don't want to hear their sob-stories because I don't care. The issue is simple - They don't belong here, they are here illegally, they need to go away. Any difficulties they encounter, any "discrimination" they encounter, any fear they feel, I find I can tolerate with great equanimity... 

The Closed Mind Erects Strong Barriers