I knew I stole nope-ey hate-ey in my other comment from somebody--didn't know it was right here. Sorry. Everything in our new Socialist Utopia is free, though, right? ; >)

Right Wing Watch

The Fire Last Time- And the Arsonists-in-Waiting

The public debate over comprehensive immigration reform in 2006 and 2007 was marked by appalling anti-immigrant rhetoric and was accompanied by a rise in anti-Latino hate crimes tracked by the FBI. In a report last year, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights called "the legitimization and mainstreaming of virulently anti-immigrant rhetoric" one of the "most disturbing developments of the past few years." Among the pundits promoting "fear and loathing" on cable television was Glenn Beck, who said "our country is on fire, and the fuel is illegal immigration." Since then, the swine flu scare and the deep economic recession in the United States have given right-wing opponents of comprehensive immigration reform new fuel for inflaming anti-immigrant and anti-Latino sentiment. In September 2008, for instance, right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin even blamed "illegal immigrants" for the mortgage crisis.

1: Appeal to Racial Fear and The 'Brown' Threat to 'White' America
2: Appeal to Racial Resentment by Portraying Immigrant Rights Advocates as Racists
3: Portray Immigrants and Their Supporters as Invaders, Conquerors, Enemies of the U.S.
4: Portray Immigrants as Criminals and Terrorists
5: Portray Immigrants as Carriers of Disease and Weapons of Bio-Terrorism
6: Stop Reform by Shouting 'Amnesty'
7: Denigrate Reform Efforts as Vote-Buying
8: Portray Anti-Immigrant Stance as 'Pro-Worker' (While Voting Against Worker Interests)
9: Push Divisive Black-Brown Wedge

Immigrationpolicy.org:

A January 2010 study by Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raising the floor for American Workers, conducted for the Immigration Policy Center and the Center for American Progress, estimates that immigration reform which includes legalization of unauthorized immigrants and the creation of more flexible channels for legal immigration in the future would add at least $1.5 trillion (ONE POINT FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS) in cumulative U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over 10 years.

Over the first three years, higher personal income would generate increased consumer spending—enough to support 750,000–900,000 jobs in the United States—as well as increased tax revenues of $4.5-$5.4 billion.