Just back from the march, and it was grand!

I actually work with and live among some of the largest immigrant groups in the state of Minnesota. The vast majority of them are legal, NOT illegal immigrants.

Immigration problems are complex, but the problem truly isn't the people coming here. The majority of illegal immigrants are criminals, they are here looking for jobs.

Two main problems are: the need for a complete overhaul of the immigration bureaucracy, and the need to criminalize (with substantial penalties, ie serious jail time) the business owners who profit from the exploitation of millions of undocumented workers.

We need these workers, as all developed countries do. What we don't need are the criminal elements (drug, exotic animal, endangered species, people and weapons traffickers and smugglers especially) who ALSO benefit from illegal undocumented workers being in the country, providing a convenient cover for them to use to engage in far more dangerous and illicit trade.

We need the undocumented workers, and we need our government to overhaul the byzantine and antiquated bureaucracy that will allow them to be here legally with their families, while we keep track of their whereabouts.