Willravel

It doesn't scare this flower child one bit. I, like you, have worked in industries that are saturated with "Mexicans" (or undocumented guest workers), and I've found that they really do a fantastic job. I only did landscaping for a few years, but I'm still in contact with a lot of my former co-workers. Juan-Carlos, a Honduran (btw, be careful drinking REAL Honduran coffee) came over here with nothing. He was a victim of a horrible economy at home and high crime rates, so he fled here to the US. He worked hard, earned low wages, but was promoted quickly to an assistant foreman (immediately under me) and after I left he took my position which paid $15 an hour. Now, he' starting his own company and already has great connections he's drawing on. After he establishes his company here, he will move back to Honduras and briber his way into the applicant system in order to become an American.

He worked harder than everyone else around him (combined), was very happy with wages that are low by American standards but high by Honduran standards, and is embarking on what looks to be a very promising career as an owner of a landscaping company.

Had he been chased out by Minutemen or turned in to INS, none of this could have happened. Opportunities like those he's taken advantage of here in the US simply don't exist in Honduras, and I can't imagine anyone saying that he doesn't deserve the same opportunities as me simply because he had the misfortune of being born outside of the US. He does deserve them, and I respect him for taking full advantage of them.

I support immigration reform because the only way Juan-Carlos could become an American was by breaking the law. Ideally, I'd like open boarders, but if a system was put in place that didn't make it nearly impossible to get into the US, I think it'd be a good start.