Illegal Immigration

Is there something there that I am missing. Doesn't "illegal" mean "against the law?" Then why are the politicians pandering to people who are breaking the law AND are not allowed to vote? Someone explain this one to me--PLEASE! It seems to me that the biggest threat to our security would be these undocumented people who are crossing the border with who knows what--diseases, weapons, terrorist ties, etc. Lets spend more money on our security at home and quit throwing it away in Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia... people say that the illegals only work jobs that Americans don't want. How do they know? Get rid of the illegals and if no one wants to work those jobs, make the people on welfare work them--make them EARN their welfare checks! By geeting rid of these illegals, it will also take alot of burden off our health system, school system, and tax system which most do not pay into. Stop it now!!!