Carlos,
I think I may have wondered off topic a little in my last reply, and it certainly wasn't my intent. Although Government leaches do make me furious, even more so than illegal immigrants, but that's a discussion for another day. And of course you're right - illegal immigrants wouldn't be able to get any benefits from Government (not yet anyways, but I think that's what they are pushing for), so that privilege is reserved for native/naturalized leaches... err... citizens.

I think what pisses me off the most is not even the fact that these people are here illegally; I can understand the desire to provide the best for your family at almost any cost, even if it involves crossing the border illegally. After all, most of these people have no choice thanks to El Pres Fox. It still doesn't make it right, but we all do what we have got to do. What gets me fired up though is these people's attitude, their expectations of something they "deserve". What percentage of immigrants participating in those "shows" are legal immigrants? I think we all know the answer to that one. The title of that article should have been "A day without an illegal immigrant" - that would have been much more to the point. I don't understand why they are even allowed to organize such events as these; essentially, what they are doing is threatening the Government, the people of the US, our economy, etc. with their stupid "we just won't show up for work one day and ya'll will see how much it hurts" BS.

And finally, if I were here illegally, and I wanted to stay here long enough to get my papers - I would probably keep very low profile, work hard, and spend all my time and efforts on trying to legalize, instead of participating in these stupid dog and pony shows.