…and harm agents who protect the borders…the same illegals who smuggle drugs into American everyday…the same illegals who use up our resources (hospital beds, welfare monies, college tuition funds…) Why is there even a debate about this issue? It doesn’t make sense. Are these the type of people we want as Americans? As neighbors? I sure don’t…and there is nothing to debate. They either become Americans and partake in our society as worthy people, or they go home.

SAN YSIDRO, Calif. — Assaults against U.S. Border Patrol agents nearly doubled along the Mexican border over the last year as patrols cracking down on drug trafficking and migrant smuggling encountered increasing resistance — including the use of rocks, Molotov cocktails and gunfire.

Another article, showing us just how sweet and trustworthy these illegals can be:

While the American news media partake in the latest feeding frenzy — the I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby indictment — and politicians beat the drum over perceived national security risks resulting from the outing of CIA employee Valerie Plame, our military infrastructure is literally being invaded by illegal aliens. Reporters are too busy trying to find out who sent what e-mail to whom in the Leakgate case, while they ignore a true national security breach.

Just recently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Department of Defense security officials captured dozens of illegal aliens who were working at sensitive defense facilities such as the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and US Army, Navy and Marine bases in Louisiana and California. Those captured gained access to these military installations through contracted companies, according to ICE officials.

Unauthorized workers who gain access to sensitive U.S. military installations through fraudulent documents or other methods pose serious homeland security threats. Not only are their identities in question, but they are also vulnerable to potential exploitation by terrorists and other criminal organizations given their illegal immigration status in this country. Removing these individuals from sensitive worksites is a priority for ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.

ICE agents screened the identification of more than 450 contractors and sub-contractors working at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base-New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. ICE agents detained six illegal aliens performing contract work at that base. The Naval Air Station had previously conducted its own investigation and formally barred more than a dozen workers from the facility. The facility later requested the assistance of ICE to further investigate employees working for contractors there. Subsequently, agents and base security intercepted 10 illegal aliens attempting to enter the Navy facility.

Camp Pendleton is coming under review for illegal immigrants working on the base. Do we want illegals working at all our military bases?

Meanwhile… some in Congress have slipped an illegal immigration piece into legislation that has NOTHING to do with the issue:

The U.S. Senate is set to debate provisions that would significantly increase legal immigration levels.

The provision – part of its deficit-reduction budget reconciliation plan – comes just one week after Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced the Senate would not debate immigration reform until early next year.

The controversial measure would “re-capture” 90,000 unused employment-based immigration visas and exempt family members from counting toward the cap. The net result is an estimated additional 150,000 permanent legal immigrants per year, a 15 percent increase from the current level of one million legal immigrants annually.

So they’re geri-rigging numbers and pulling a fast one on Americans who care. This is wrong. They need to be called on this game.

Thankfully, some in Congress see this bull shit for what it is (it’s all about money)- and they have spoken up:

House Republicans are not pleased with the measure, which they claim will make the budget reconciliation plan even harder to pass.

“This is not the time or place for controversial immigration provisions,” Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) told the Washington Times. “We’re going to need every Republican we can get to pass (the budget reconciliation bill).”

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) – a vocal opponent of illegal immigration and proponent of tighter border security – promises to vote against the bill if it includes the immigration provision. Tancredo thinks it is inappropriate to consider immigration policy in a budget bill. “We should never be doing immigration policy inside this kind of bill,” Tancredo told the Times.

The measure is included in the budget reconciliation package because it raises the fee on employment-based visas by $500 each, raising an estimated $120 million per year. It is supported by universities, hospitals, technology companies, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.