Alabama's immigration law: Denying children food stamps - latimes.com

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If their own country is Mexico they will not starve.

Mexico is now #1 in the world for obesity. The US has slid to #2.

Mexico has universal healthcare and also a welfare program that is emulated in 30 countries, including the US. 98% of Mexicans have electricity and over 83% over the age of 15 have cell phones.

Unemployment in Mexico was around 5% a few months ago.

Also, those "anchor" babies born to Mexican parents are considered citizens of Mexico by the Mexican government, also. Most of the children are taught Spanish by their parents because that is all their parents speak. That is why when they are school age they have to be taught English === at taxpayers expense.

The Mexicans used to come here to work a few months or a couple of years and return to Mexico to live on their wages for several years in Mexico. They were mostly young single men.

However, Mexican and South American corporations have bought dairies, milk processing plants (Bordens), beef and chicken processing plants. These businesses operate year long, every year and requires workers to stay in the US. Add the US corporations, greedy business owners, people who have a yen for a low paid housekeeper and gardener ...and we have the "family" plan that is subsidized by the US taxpayers. Illegals are given free childcare, food stamps, medical and the adults even have classes to learn English available in certain places in the US and a host of other things to keep them here --- and you never hear the folks in Washington arguing openly what they're spending to subsidize the millions of illegals in the US.

Hence, the push for banks to make home loans to illegal aliens. Hence, the push for another round of "amnesty".

And that is why states like Alabama are pushing back.

Pardon ME if I dislike denying FOOD to children...even if they where form "Mars".....Under "whatever" circumstances. My mind goes to a film I saw in Nazi Germany of small Jewish children left to "starve" in the steets...What's the difference here? "I" was NOT raised that way and neither are MY kids. This is NOT the AMERICA I was born and raised in anymore....

If a person is over 35 years, this is not the America that any of us was born in.

The corporations have outsourced every job possible and imported labor illegally for 30 years and given the US taxpayers the bill for supporting their illegal labor's food, medical, housing and education.

The corporation's had to encourage the illegals to have children in the US so they could use stories like this to manipulate the US citizens into making this a "humanitarian" cause...which it is not and never has been.

But is it extremely beneficial for the corporations use the pitiful plight of the children to justify basically what amounts to importing slaves into the US.

MoC, I should've said that I completely agree with your post #2.2 and now #2.4 also. Those "are" facts NOBODY can argue with....

DEATHNELL J.,

I do not want children to starve anywhere in the world and least of all in the US. I also don't want children or their parents abused and used as slave laborers whether they are legal or illegal residents of the US.

In order to reverse the cycle of endless illegal immigration and the adverse impact that it has in the US, we must address the root causes both inside and outside the US.

The immigrants are well represented via MALDEF.

Of all of the various nationalities in the US, the Hispanics rate their very own separate Chamber of Commerce.

http://www.ushcc.com/

and just a small portion of a government report on Mexico/US relations ....

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32724.pdf

The Mexican government has actively promoted migrants’ rights internationally and the rights of Mexican migrants in the United States, but has been criticized by human rights organizations for failing to protect migrants from other countries who transit its territory

The Mexican government further acknowledges that Mexican workers will continue to emigrate until there are more opportunities in Mexico. The February 2006 resolution remains the most detailed explanation to date of the major principles behind Mexico’s policy on immigration. President Calderón expressed similar sentiments on immigration during his address to a joint session of Congress in May 2010. Mexican officials regularly voice concern about alleged abuses suffered by Mexican workers in the United States, and for the loss of life and hardships suffered by Mexican migrants as they utilize increasingly dangerous routes to circumvent tighter border controls.

Despite these concerns, Mexico benefits from unauthorized migration to the United States in at least two ways: (1) it is a “safety valve” that dissipates the political discontent that could arise from higher unemployment in Mexico, and (2) it is a source of remittances sent by workers in the United States to families in Mexico.