Ma, I do appreciate that your participation is more limited than in days past, but I am happy to have you here, when you do.

I accept that your support of the protests is not race-based, but political. It is, nonetheless, based upon a fantasy perpetuated by those with a particular (mostly economic) agenda, some of which are reflected in your post, e.g.: "we cannot absorb the influx of illegal aliens that the streaming across the border, nor should we be forced to." What is this based upon? Certainly, it is not fact-based, but impression-based. (In fact, the flow of illegal immigrants has slowed during the Obama administration, and increased under Bush. Inconvenient, huh?) And why do you have this impression? Because you have been manipulated to believe it for political reasons.

Similarly "My objection is importing people into America that do not contribute to her success and are only a drain on our society." What facts support this assertion (because they are wrong)? Did you know, for example, that 70% of immigrants come from Asia and North America? The Facts on Immigration Today Here are just a few more:
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Immigrants have a diverse set of educational backgrounds. About 68 percent of the foreign-born population have attained a high school diploma, GED, or higher, compared to 89 percent of the native-born population. Approximately 11 percent of immigrants have a master’s degree, professional degree, or doctorate degree, compared to 10.2 percent of the native-born population.
More than half of the foreign-born are homeowners. Around 52 percent of immigrants own their own homes, compared to 67 percent of native-born individuals. Among immigrants, 66 percent of naturalized citizens own their own homes.
The 20 million U.S.-born children of immigrants are significantly better off financially than their immigrant parents. The median annual household income of second-generation Americans is $58,100, just $100 below the national average. This is significantly higher than their parents’ median annual household income of $45,800.
U.S.-born children of immigrants are more likely to go to college, less likely to be living in poverty, and equally likely to be homeowners as the average American. About 36 percent of U.S.-born children of immigrants are college graduates—5 percent above the national average. Eleven percent of U.S.-born children of immigrants are in poverty—well below the national average of 13 percent. And around 64 percent of them are homeowners—just 1 percent under the national average.
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes or be incarcerated than native-born Americans, and higher rates of immigration are not associated with higher crime rates. A 2007 study finds that the incarceration rate for immigrant men ages 18 to 39 in 2000 was 0.7 percent, while the incarceration rate for native-born men of the same age group was 3.5 percent. While the foreign-born share of the U.S. population grew from 8 percent to 13 percent between 1990 and 2010, FBI data indicate that violent crime rates fell about 45 percent, while property crime rates fell 42 percent across the United States.

I love to debate the issues, and I love diversity of opinion, which is why I participate here. I also like when those opinions are based upon evidence. Here's some additional resources that might prove helpful in the discussion:
Immigration Facts - Fairus.org
Immigration: History, Facts, Statis..., Statistics, Laws, Biographies and More - Infoplease.

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