I really liked Ted Conover's book Coyotes. It was very interesting to see the other side of the coin, to really get a glimpse into the lives of not just the undocumented workers, but also their families left back home. I think that there are many gray areas when it comes to illegal aliens. One of those is the fact that they are taking jobs from American workers, but on the other hand, Americans don't really want to do those jobs. Yet, the fact is that they are taking American jobs, and illegally, and then sending American money out of America. The money part is a big problem itself.... doesn't that devalue the dollar in the long run? They send back home an estimated $6-$8 billion every year to Mexico. That makes the undocumented workers the third largest source of income for the country, behind oil export and tourism. But the funny thing about all this is that Mexico is Not a resource poor country. Actually, they are one of the most resource rich, but a corrupt government does not help at all. every time the Mexican workers (in Mexico) get higher pay wages, the value of the peso conveniently goes down. Another thing is the cost to American tax payers. There are MANY illegal alien children who take advantage of the free public education that Americans pay for... this isn't fair. Why should Americans have to pay to educate an illegal alien who has violated the sovereignty of the U.S?

I don't know what the answer to the problem is, i do feel like we created the problem in the first place with the Bracero Act. And it doen't help any that employers knowingly hire the undocumented workers anyway, but who can blame them... we all want to make a bigger profit if possible, and the illegal alien workers allow them to do that.