"If people want to come, there's a job.
They need a job and they can't get here legally because the system doesn't accommodate a real flow of people, then they're going to come and take the chance," he said. "The risk of getting caught is a risk that they take."
Luis Armando Jimenez-Gonzalez, a 20-year-old who immigrated illegally to be with his U.S. citizen fiancee, it was worth the risk. He paid a smuggler to help him cross the border.
"I came here to work, to have a better chance," he said.
Jimenez-Gonzalez, who also has a criminal record with a 2007 burglary conviction, worked in construction around Chicago. He was deported on the same flight as Arellano, but planned to stay with family in Mexico.
FOXNews.com - Deportation Increase in U.S., 350,000 Illegal Immigrants Sent Home in 2008 - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
Wow, what is wrong with these people?
Real people, aren't burglars, nor is burglary a respected profession. Well at least not in the US.
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