text: what about the poor americans looking for a better life? all this nonsense about mexicans 'looking for a better life' has distracted america from 'poor americans looking for a better life'.  where are they supposed to go and get aid when all the mexicans are getting what poor americans deserve?  we need to take care of our own!! i agree.  there was a time when people in rural areas where they had more children than wanted to stay on the farm could 'seek their fortune' in the city.  now jobs they used to take until they found their niche are taken at lower wages by illegal immigrants.    i am particularly irritated when i hear that "illegal immigrants only take jobs americans don't want".  americans do those jobs still in states that have few illegal immigrants.  if the illegal immigrants quit coming, poor americans would have more options.  that is why poor americans are the ones who most adamantly oppose illegal immigration.