Immigration debate should turn from money to people

When I hear people around town talk about immigration, they talk about the costs, the impact of the children of illegal immigrants on our schools, the impact on our health care system and the effect on public welfare. What is more striking to me is the big issue they are not talking about, that they refuse to talk about — the fundamental change of the social makeup of our community.

By and large the majority of illegal immigrants entering the country are from Mexico and other Latin American nations. They have been coming by the tens of thousands for dozens of years. They are changing the makeup of the population and creating social issues that our government deals with on a daily basis.”*

*From: http://www.modbee.com
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