That's human nature, you lock the doors to your house don't you? We aren't taking anything away from anyone, they came here, they weren't kidnapped, if anything they are taking away from us.
But what is it they took, or are taking? Were they going to waltz in and steal YOUR job? That's all you can really point to is jobs, isn't it? And the jobs they can get, nobody wants, honestly. Housing? Maybe - if they can even
afford anything any other American who's nearly as bad off as these detainees can afford. Food? I don't seriously think that is a concern in this country.
Are we seeing a huge rash of thefts from our stores where the suspects are Hispanic/Mexican? Do we have statistics that back up? Everything unbiased that I can find point to their rates of crime as a percentage of population being below those of natural-born Americans. And I can understand if they don't provide a positive increase to GDP, but provide about the same (if slightly less) increase in percentage of incarcerated individuals and crime per capita. That makes sense.
In the end, however, I feel we
are taking their freedoms. They were walking around on the great big ball that is the Earth, and because they crossed some
imaginary line, we jailed them. We took that step. Otherwise they wouldn't be detained. At least be honest with yourself about that. I agree that, left to roam, they would have met the fates (by percentages) of all the other illegal immigrants that already exist in the country - of which there are A LOT. So at some point there is a "break" in support systems, and I am not saying we don't turn people away as often as we catch them trying to get in. I'm simply not for detaining them against their will for what amounts, literally, to taking a walk in a particular direction.