It amazes me that everyone spends so much time insinuating that Americans are cruel for their opinions and actions on illegal immigrants. Well, how about the rest of the world????

http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters4608


Each year, thousands of women enter the United States illegally to give birth, knowing that their child will thus have U.S. citizenship. Their children immediately qualify for a slew of federal, state, and local benefit programs. In addition, when the children turn 21, they can sponsor the immigration of other relatives, becoming "anchor babies" for an entire clan.


The United States is unusual in its offer of citizenship to anyone born on its soil. Only a few European countries still grant automatic citizenship at birth. The United Kingdom and Australia repealed their U.S.-style policies in the 1980s after witnessing abuses similar to those plaguing the U.S. today.


The EU sends them back:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5331896.stm
Africans illegally in France:
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/10/08/64739.html
4000 African migrants enroute to Spain detained:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june06/immigration_05-11.html
Italy declares a state of emergency:
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/03/20/italy.immigrants/index.html

I think American is actually doing better than most...