Illegal immigration hitting closer to home than you think...

What initially drew me to the foxnews article was the ID fraud charges. Upon reading the full article I was actually even more uncomfortable. The fact that there is basically an entire business built around stealing from an American citizen to give to an illegal immigrant is extremely alarming. This particular fraud scheme,(located in Mississippi) had a hierarchy to the "buisness",  from managers to runners (gathering information and sending it via cell phone). One example was of them selling a packaged deal of a social security card and matching identification card. 11 were charged, while at least 80 identities (yikes!) were stolen to create the false documents. Not all locations were released, however, Texas and Pennsylvania were mentioned.

I can stand behind someone wanting to be American and coming to our country and taking the correct steps in becoming a proud citizen. In fact, at my church they offer citezenship classes free of charge. However, I will not feel for those that are smuggled into our land without having the responsibilties of every other American. I think this a great article to read because living in Texas, we are clearly more vulnerable to a situation like this being so close to the border. Also, I think this might help others understand why some people are so worried about illegal immigration and the increase of it as of late. We worry about our economy and not having enough jobs for everyone yet there are people here working day in and day out and not paying one cent on taxes. I feel as though The US government should really continue to focus on illegal immigration as they did with this particular case as well as the Howard Raid.

Here's what happened days after the Howard Raid...