US, Mexico, and those who know everything

There are many things about this immigration debate we have been having in class that really unerve me and others that really confuse me. What i enjoy the most however, by far is the amount of US born 18-19 year olds that feel they have the right to decide who has the right to a "good" life. What pains me is that all of us in class have not had to work for our rights or much of anything else yet in our lives. Yet somehow we have this right to put down those people who aren't born so lucky? i imagine this point of view is one that strictly exists on the subconcious basis of, "if it's not me i dont care". some people believe that naturally born citizenship means they know everything. nice.

of course i understand the point that if there is crime happening here because of the illegal entering of the country, but perhaps instead of attacking the individual for the problem we should attack the country allowing and lets just say it, PROVOKING these people to come. First of all we have thousands of employers offering jobs to immigrants over americans for pretty obvious reasons...they can pay them WAY less. When the conditions in another country are so bad, wouldnt we just naturally assume that people would try to get out of them? instead of blaming those people luring in immigrants, the only option people see fit is to deport many of the hardworking people who just want a better life for themselves and their families. We also need to reavalute our system of citizenship. if every person born here is automatically a citizen without a second glance, then why is it so hard for people outside of the country to become citizens? it's f***ing ridiculous if you ask me. Sure not every immigrant is a "good" person but not every american is a good either. again that goes unnoticed.