how is it possible that 300,000 people bring more problems to the U.S. than 850,000 of essentially the same group?

Simple...

It's the difference between 850,000 illegals who just want to work and send money home to their families and 300,000 illegals who are drug dealers, murderers, thieves and rapists.

dsws,

It's not that they're illegal aliens. It's that they're culturally alien to a lot of cultural conservatives, who are already under economic stress.

Assumes facts not in evidence.

Michale.....

Very nice!

how is it possible that 300,000 people bring more problems to the U.S. than 850,000 of essentially the same group? is there any evidence that the problems-per-illegal have nearly tripled? for your statement to be accurate, logic dictates this must be the case. the only alternate explanation is that you're referring to problems that are not directly related to the illegals themselves.

However, if you look at illegal immigration from the perspective of all the problems it brings to the US, then illegal immigration is WAY up. And that is a bad thing..

Michale.....