I'm really not against immigration. I myself was an immigrant (Americans tend to use the term "expat") while living abroad for close to 10 years. I met my wife during that time and am currently in the middle of the long process (going on 10 months) to bring her here. I do believe in the overall benefits of immigration for our country, but it does indeed seem unfair to those who get through all the obstacles to coming here legally that there are others who bypass that entire process. I was surprised (a lot of you weren't) that illegal immigrants account for about 14% of the immigrant population in this state according to the figures provided in this article, which wasn't discussed in the body of the article. So statistically speaking, just over 1 in 10 foreign-born people in Alaska are undocumented. Also, 13% of foreign-born entrepreneurs in this state are undocumented. That's much higher than I would have thought, which was more around 3-4%.