We are deporting more people under Obama than we ever have before in the nation's history, we are agressively going after employers for the first time in the nation's history, and the actual number of undocumented immigrants in the country has been falling for 3 years in a row. So I don't think it is sensible to call it an invasion and imply that we aren't doing anything about it. That's just spin from the anti-immigrant crowd.
As for your party analogy, it doesn't hold up. Living here isn't a party where you give out free stuff. Illegal immigrants come here to work and they work for very little money. We generate enormous profits off of that arrangements which allows companies to expand and create more of the higher paying jobs citizens are interested in too. Some estimates are that if we were to deport every undocumented immigrant tomorrow we would lose around $1 trillion a year from our GDP. Some entire industries would cease to be able to operate. Now, you can debate the economics, but to just try to compare it to a party isn't compelling in the face of all that.
I think we would all like to know what the real statistics are on illegal immigration. I suspect politicians hide the real numbers. Most often I have heard the figure 11,000,000 to 12,000,000 illegal aliens in the United States. Wiki says the figure could be as high as $20,000,000.
Illegal immigrant population of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The cost to American taxpayers is about $113,000,000,000 a year.
http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=23198&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1741 It has been estimated that America could deport 12,000,000 illegal aliens for $296,000,000,000 over five years. By all means yes, this is a bargain.
While there are a number of estimates around illegal aliens seem to be holding 7,000,000 jobs, and some of these are elevated positions in middle management. In the past presidents Eisenhower, Truman, and Hoover deported to get these jobs for veterans and those unemployed by the depression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback We might want to think again before we ignore these jobs, a berry picker in Georgia can make $25,000 a year!
As to the money illegals send out of the United States, CBS reported that it could be $30,000,000,000 a year. That is money
straight out of our economy. To some South American countries this represents their second highest source of income. Bottom line is we have one in five Americans living below the poverty line. When we get all of their lives of our citizens on their way, and provide college educations for those who want them, we can give a thought to illegal aliens.
Please back up your trillion dollar a year figure. My readings indicate we are lucky to get $7 billion back in taxes and Social Security.
The United States has been promising African Americans for nearly 150 years a better life. African Americans did not sneak into the United States to steal a a livelihood. In fact most were brought here against their will. When we have satisfied all their needs we can consider non-citizens. I am very impressed with what I have been reading about Chicago Urban Prep, a charter school giving African American men an opportunity for college.
http://www.urbanprep.org/ They achieve 100% college acceptance. This is the kind of thing America should be investing in, not border busting, non-reciprocating, resource depleters.
