What? What does that even mean?

Who do you think elected those government officials? Where do you think those government officials come from?

When those illegal aliens come here, who do you think they are going to vote for? Hint: same ruinous socialist policies they chose and run from.

Thank you. Thatâ(TM)s what actually happens, to most of them.

In addition to those people you can add:
* human traffickers
* child abusers
* gang members
* murderers
* rapists
* narcotraficantes

It makes ZERO sense to let anyone in without vetting.

Your ad hominem is useless against me.

Iâ(TM)m Mexican. Iâ(TM)m from Chiapas, the poorest state in Mexico, next to Guatemala. Which by the way is also affected by illegal immigration.

Are you claiming to be from Central America? Letâ(TM)s debate then, honestly, for all Americans to see your deception.

Bring it on.

Not only the travel thousands of miles. They cross two or three countries which are fine enough to protect them, as they have in the past. They also pay thousands of dollars to a smuggler. And all that to break the law in the country of their choosing.

Make no mistake. These are not desperate people. They are people taking advantage of YOUR weakness.

Again you are assuming the intentions of these people. Your reply is not a reply to my comment only. You want to insert it into the wider topic.

There are laws around political asylum and refuge. The US is still receiving them. Illegal aliens are not asylum seekers or refugees.

And let’s not forget about “who will pick my fruit?” or “who will clean my toilet?” or “but things will get more expensive if we follow the law when hiring!” totally not racist and valid reasons for illegal immigration.

There are so many things wrong with your post:

* you assume they have nowhere to go inside their own country
* also assume there’s nowhere to go in the next two or three countries the go through
* you assume all illegal aliens are people fleeing from gang violence when actually those illegal aliens include gang members!
* the law doesn’t get suspended just because you feel bad
* the US or any other country has no capacity to receive anyone that feels threatened. That’s why there are rules around asylum and refuge.

If you don’t see something it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It also doesn’t mean others are conspiracy theorists.

Illegal immigration is wrong in so many ways. It is indefensible. Make no mistake: illegal aliens are no decent people. Decent people do not sneak into other countries, avoiding authorities.

Illegal aliens are not asylum seekers or refugees. Do not conflate them.

Of course lots of them are showing up hoping either they can avoid authorities or can falsely claim they seek asylum and then set free in the country.

I don’t think you know what seeking asylum is about. Hint: it is not about escaping gang related violence in your country.

Literally no one is saying asking asylum is illegal. The system is being overwhelmed on purpose by actors with obscure motivations.

8.6 terabytes for 1.3 billion songs is about 7 kilobytes per song. If it is MIDI, that would work. Not mp3.

It was used as an ATE(Automatic Test Equipment). Language Fortran II(with inline assembly capability). 16K 24-bit words. Paper Tape and punched cards. TTY. No disk or mag tape.

The answer is obvious to me. The aliens are on a Yuuge Spaceship traveling towards Earth for an "Invade and Exterminate" mission. Anytime the Spaceship gets between us and their star, we see dimming(not dining you damn autocorrect, however that'll come after extermination). Eat spicy foods, cause I understand the aliens like their food spicy.

I'll list my reasons.
1) The all encompassing infrastructure/interoperability with our Macs(5), iPhones(3), iPads(5), Apple TVs(5), Apple TimeCapsules(5) and Apple Watches around the house for me and my wife. We are easily and effortlessly connected to everything. She still works and unfortunately has to use Windows at work.But that will too soon end.
2) Keychain and iCloud.
3) Low cost. This probably requires explanation. My main usage is Logic Pro X($199 for all machines, but equivalent s/w on PCs would require approx $1,000 per copy). Final Cut Pro X($300 for all five machines. Equivalent s/w for PC, I shudder to think, but would exceed $5,000 per year easily). I haven't really priced this stuff for over 4 years so I really don't know. Maybe someone can correct me. Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X costs nothing for upgrades, would be thousands for PC. Other s/w, like Mathematica or Tex or CGAL would be the same for other platforms, so I won't mention it.
4) Unix under the hood, which coming from BSD, SVR4, Solaris, Linux programming(Microsoft too but that doesn't apply here), and having been a(now retired for 4 years) programmer since 1971, is a plus.
5) Finally having had to use Windows in my daytime job, I no longer have to face Windows, nor subscribe to MSDN(I all frankness, I stopped subscribing to MSDN about 10 years ago)
6) Bliss