If WELFARE is a bribe for votes in the U.S., what is illegal immigration?

[melville]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuS1ao2eQ5bOfMFRuvLwU8ilDH1G;_ylv=3?qid=20120712073307AAOQPPT

Reading the question from another Yahoo member (I posted link, don't know if it'll open), in which he or she says that "welfare is a bribe for votes", it's brought to my mind again that illegal immigration is the epitome of Alexander the Great's "divide and conquer" logic?

Every single day seeing the disparity between the very poor in the U.S. and the illegal immigrants (you would have to live in Miami and know a whole lot of people and/ or simply be observant to truly understand what I mean), I can't help but to think that all of us in America are so completely hypocritical! At least half of Americans complain bitterly about illegal immigration, about how extremely costly it is to cover these people's health cost, incarceration, education, etc. But the second half of Americans are either the ones using them for extremely cheap labor (extremely cheap for Americans, because for illegal immigrants that money is an unfathomable treasure!), or they simply welcome them with open arms at the hundreds of thousands of dollar stores and at Walmarts and just about everywhere. So who cares that they not only violate all immigration law when jumping fence, burrowing tunnels (it happens in certain U.S. states), or by overstaying their student's or tourist visa, or by hiding in freight containers or among airplanes luggage (remember some who even attached themselves to airplane's engine decades back?).

Do you ever wonder why it is that the U.S., just like U.K. and even Spain, permit so many illegality concerning non-citizens? When governments allow people to set foot illegally in the country that government is going against itself and against its people.

What do real Americans think about this?

[warton26]

In the Obama agenda of divide and Conquer, Being bought and paid for is
a tool he uses exclusively. Easy to gain votes when you give money or
services away for that vote. Same go's for the damn Illegals.

[ashly]

Illegal immigration is a crime that should be punished.

[jaren12]

welfare is not a bribe so therefore the last part of your question does not apply.