Immigration

OK ..I know I have skirted around this issue and probably not to hard to know how I feel ,but here I go....I am for Legal Immigration.....illegal immigration pisses me off to no end....and why do I feel this way...ok here goes...for those who don't know me I have worked in the food service industry for the last 20 years..WOW I know a long time.....but I just recently left my job to attend school full time .....During my tenior in restaurants I have seen it all..The last company I worked with was probably the worst but who's to say...they are the ones I worked with for the last 3 years...The things I have seen with my own eyes.....1 employee who was being looked for by the sherriffs dept. (for child support) was suddenly fired and rehired under another name...in a matter of a few hours....the GM and asst's were very much aware of this and was a part of this happening...This restaurant was proably 90% illegals in the kitchen and the bosses knew it. Should one employee be fired they always had another in the wings waiting for a job (this sytem is referred to as the Mexican connection)...When people get on the local or national news and say "hey we didn't know" trust me they aren't telling the truth...the ID cards the illegals use a 2nd grader could pick out as fake...they have a system of pricing ....($50.00 for the least quality and up based on quality)...so back to other things I have seen...employees (hispanic) will go from one store location to another and use different names...and funny the GM knows they are illegal.....and they hide behind a system that is broken.....ok another reason why I am against it....1 girl who worked there who was from Guatamala ....everytime she got pregnant she crossed the border to the USA ....I think at last count she had 4 kids ...funny part she is only 20.....she always comes back to the restaurant and gets a new job under a new name and the managers hire her once again....They act like we are stupid and don't see what is going on....but I am smarter then that...for I was an hourly manager and I had privy to the inside of the office...ok back to our girl.....So after each child she births (that we pay for)....she is using our medical system...she returnd to Guatamala .....best part...when she returns to the USA to give birth to her new child she leaves her other children behind in her home country...ok here is where it gets fun.....All of her kids are now American citizens so guess what they are entitled to our medical cards ....welfare..and foodstamps.....so each time she returns to our country (even though she does not have her kids in the country) SHE GOES AND APPLIES FOR OUR SOCIAL PROGRAMS........think about that for one second...she is here they are there ..and she is getting benefits for them......if 1 person is doing this I assure many others are as well...When I was doing an opening shift at work one day and I saw her paperwork on the desk to be filled out for DFC (dept. of families and children) I was stunned because as I had just talked to her the day before about her kids being with her parents in Guatamala...but yet here on the paper asking for who lives in her household she provides ALL of the kids names...and yes ...event the managers who were above me knew this and YES they did send her paperwork in without question......I was pissed ...I work my ass off in order to provide for my family and as I just found out recently ..should you be american and actually need help ...your screwed.....why do I say that ..well after I left my job to return to school full time I lost my medical benefits...I went down to the local DFC and applied in order to take care of my children...not that we ever use it but better safe then sorry.....and what was my answer..I was approved for a medical card for 7 days....yes you heard me right....7 days........So as an American citizen who should have health coverage from this program I am declined ....but the Hispanic girl who has no rights to these services are getting them on kids who don't even live in our country....God Bless America.....hey you think if I went to mexico and crossed back over illegally I would get the same treatment they do......? I have many other reasons for my dislike of illegal immigration .but for those who say hey they just want better jobs......here is a lesson for you....8 years ago when I was a GM for a national restaurant chain I was hiring cooks in at $11.00-$12.00 an hour for start off...now as an new hire for a cooks position starting pay is around $8.00-$9.00 an hour.....why hire an american when you can hire an illegal who is just happy to have someone give them a job...the part most people don't realise is ..don't ask the managers if the employee is legal or not ...ask the other employee's ......in the restaurant industry we are very relaxed...the hours suck so we in turn bond more then other businesses so yes we know who is legal and who isn't......BUT keep in mind should anyone of our American employees stand up and protest that they have to learn Spanish in order to be able to do their daily jobs they would be considered a problem.....so employees keep there mouths shut out of fear not out of some sense of protection....