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If we can put cameras on Mars, and my house on Google for all the world to see, why can't we patrol our borders and have witnessed the 10,000,000+ who have crossed in the last 15 years or so?  Because when the crops are rotting, and farmers are screaming, the border is open, baby.

Would the next privileged unemployed "legal" American please stand up and say, "I want to work in the fields picking crops, bending over for hours in the hot hot sun."  Where are these folks?

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I work as a volunteer literacy coordinator on the Oregon coast.  Our program never has enough volunteers to fill the needs of the adult students that ask us for help.  Poor literacy skills are above all a form of isolation.  Adults with low skills are well-hidden and when they come forward- conquering shame and fear- it is discouraging to tell them that we don't have enough volunteers.  If you are concerned about illiteracy, call your local community college or local community-based literacy organization and volunteer today!

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