Avram:
You wrote: “False dilemma. Who says that comprehensive immigration reform has to impact support for poor urban and rural American communities? And what are opponents of immigration reform proposing to do to help these communities?”
Wrong. You missed the point. There are several problems that we have due to the open borders. One is the MS-13 and other criminals who not only enter leisurely, but are able to get every version of support. The second is the sheer cost of managing all the immigrant issues. When the limited amount of money is diverted and prioritized to deal with them, we become unable to utilize resources to cope with our own citizens who are homeless, in poverty, and living in the inner city, etc. Until be turn into a surplus budget, we should take care of our own before the others.
You are others have forgotten that there are legal means to enter the US. Who told them (besides the Democrats who are anti-American) to smuggle into the country? If they want to do things illegally, they lack the right to demand compliance with the law.