Immigration Reform

I have been ranting endlessly on Yahoo regarding illegal immigration, and more importantly: immigration reform. I have had numerous sparring matches regarding human rights and illegal immigrants. Here is a snippet from one of my most recent attacks:

As far as immigration is concerned: immigration reform is needed in this country. Picking up undocumented immigrants and shipping them back over the border only costs tax payers money. It does not guarantee they will not walk back over here. We do not need to waste money on this. In order to understand how we should address the problem of illegal immigration, we need to address the root cause. That being said, many of the illegal immigrants from Central and South America have come to this country because of economic hardship in their homelands. Some of the economic issues are directly related to American influence i.e. the Chicago Boys and Milton Friedman's free-market policies. His policies caused the political upheaval of numerous democratically run countries. When they opened up those countries to free-market policies, the price of commodities rose so much so that people were unable to feed themselves. They had to leave their homeland to find a new place in which they could lead a normal life. Many of the Democratic leaders in South America (Argentina as an example) were ousted in Military coups backed by the US. Therefore, if you want to talk about illegal immigration, you need to understand why they are here. Then you can address those issues. Otherwise, we will constantly fight an uphill battle with regards to illegal immigration.