France and illegal immigrants

From Khaleej Times. Is this right? I mean, illegal immigration is a drain on European economies. It does not appear to be a drain on the US economy, merely on the the time wasted by yet another variety of American milita with ice chests and shotguns sitting at the border (shouldn't they be contributing to the American economy or maybe enlisting for duty in Iraq?). The jobs argument, as far as I'm aware, is specious in both Europe and the US. Illegal immigrants do jobs people in wealthy countries simply do not wish to do. I'd like to see some statistics showing otherwise. The real drain for Europe is the burden on a much better and more accessible social welfare and public healthcare system than in the US. But then the question still remains, is this right, as in morally correct?

Below is part of an article suggesting the UK follow the French example:

INTERIOR Minister Dominique de Villepin's highly appreciable moves against people arriving illegally in France for economic benefits are producing results. Over 13,000 illegals have been expelled from the country in the past eight months, the target for the rest of the year being another 10,000.

This, dear readers, must show the way for the rest of the developed Europe, including Britain, to tighten their laws against illegals. They flood wealthy cities for economic gains, but, in the process, they make major assaults on native cultures and cause a severe strain on the public services. It is simply that these people take advantage of the good, civilised laws that these developed nations have introduced after 1945, in a way that they served a wrong cause. How long can the civilized world bear with such assaults on its systems and well-established ways of life?

France is now doing its job in right earnest, and it is the right of any country to deport people who walk in illegally. As a matter of fact, these illegals from third world countries head for the developed world for the simple reason that their respective governments are not able to take proper care of them. Human resources can be turned into strengths of nations if opportunities are created for them to be productive. But, only the governments who have a sense of responsibility and commitment to the causes of their peoples will work in that direction.