I dislike illegal immigrants from any country. Unforunately I am racist against Mexicans as they are everywhere in Southern California. As a female I feel vary nervous whenever I have to go to a gas station near my area where they hang out to get jobs as they always stare. Admittedly I am used to stares as I'm a female, but the way they stare... it really unnerves me. That and three years ago my house was broken in to, stole all kinds of belongings (all my mothers family jewelry that can't be replaced), police said it happened to another house in our neighborhood a week earlier (why they never told the neighborhood is beyond me!!). When we first moved in to the area it was very nice middle class families with condos down the street then they moved in and the street down from me is now embarassing to drive past. Graffiti is now showing up on walls behind homes, signs on a bike path, people living in the creek that the bike path follows. Eh sorry I went off on a tangent! Anyways..
I constantly hear stories on the news or see them online where a criminal was apprehended, was found out to be illegal, has been convicted of previous crimes at various levels, thrown in to the jail/prison system only to be deported to Mexico then show up again within a months time! Something needs to be done to keep them out. I envy how strict the EU is with their immigration policies from the little that I know (please correct me if I am wrong!) and I wish we could do something here. Unforunately in my opinion the US is too large to properly enforce any new laws or it will take far too long for anything to get through.
My opinion is that they need to reform the immigration process to make it more streamlined. I'm not sure how it works right now but I know someone who went through the Marines, served for 7 years and is having trouble becoming a citizen. I think he finally became a citizen before he went to Korea to teach in an international teaching program.