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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5763488" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Most come here in hopes of getting a job that they'll use to help family back home because where they come from there is no government safety net.  We aren't being overrun by people from Western Europe.  Not everyone is a leech.  But I'm all for not supporting people who come here illegally.  Those that come here legally were vetted for a criminal record and jumped through a lot of hoops to get here including waiting a long time.  Controlled immigration means building housing and selling food and clothing to them.  Generates a lot of economic activity.  Uncontrolled immigration means an overwhelmed system that will bite us having to support millions as well as letting in criminals and most likely terrorists.</p></blockquote><p></p>