american illegal immigration.......

[thesightless]

listen i know the difference between right and wrong isnt always the legal - illegal comparison, but do all these ppl (beaners) realize that even when they argue against ANY change they use the words illegal imigrants.... and i havent been paying attention but isnt bush going for a better method than kicking them out and criminalizing them. isnt he backing a clemency program and sponsorship? i dont know and im not reading articles so some1 tell me. but when GW2 and teddy kennedy agree on something i instantly ask questions...

imo, this country does need tougher imigration policy, something more like france, germany, or italy, nederlands, etc. where you actually have to learn the history and laws and culture before you just open up an """afghan diner""" or landscaping business.

there has to be a happy medium in here, we cannot simply live with open borders and allow illegals to suck up resources they dont pay for. but we cant become a closed society like australia has within thier policies.

PS along the lines of recent threads. -- fuck em, we need em, just dont let em open a 5 family house on my block.

[superdave]

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We've needed to do a better job protecting our borders for years. We wouldn't be having this problem if the government had done its job years ago. The politicians have been too scared to touch this issue for fear of being labeled a racist who hates Hispanics.

And now the Congress is considering rewarding illegal aliens for living in this country. From what I read, there are 12 million illegal aliens currently living here. That's half the population of the state of Texas which is the 2nd most populous state. At this rate, Mexico will reclaim Texas and the entire Southwest states in a generation.

Sure, we need many of those illegal immigrants to work here, but there needs to be a tougher policy towards protecting America.

[thesightless]

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they just had the governer of new mexico on Imus and he says that mexico estimates that 31% of its national income comes from money sent back from Illegal workers in the US ...... thats fucked up.

[toasty]

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I don't understand why people feel the need to coddle folks that have chosen to enter this country and work here illegally. If you are not a US citizen and want to live and/or work in this country, there is a process to do so -- use it and take advantage of all this country has to offer above board like the rest of us do. The way I look at it, if you're working here, paying your taxes here, pumping money into our economy here, then you're welcome to come here and stay. The American dream is alive and well for millions of people who have dotted their i's and crossed their t's and gone through the system the right way.

I am puzzled at the illegal immigrants who purport to claim some sort of entitlement to the right to work here illegally and the benefits of US citizenship. If you are working here under the table, not paying taxes, and driving down the wages of people legitimately working in this country, you lose the right to complain that the country ought to be doing more for you.

I am even more puzzled that the president of Mexico believes he ought to have some say in US Immigration policy. I just don't understand that at all.

Amnesty is a terrible idea. That send the message that if you come to work here illegally and hang around long enough, eventually we'll give you a pass. The amnesty program back in the 80's worked wonders -- 3 million illegal workers were given amnesty, and now we have 12 million people working illegally in the country.

I don't have the answer, but I think it starts with cracking down on businesses that employ illegal immigrant labor. Cut off the opportunity to work here illegally, and people wanting to work here will have to go through the proper channels.

My $.02.

[thesightless]

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one simple idea

bigger voter base once the illegals have kids here. one kid lets you begin voting, eating up welfare, and more becuase the kid gets a US social security number. many tales of workers bringing their wives here just to birth children, get the social security number and then they send them back to mexico while using all the US based social services.

[Balanc3]

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We've needed to do a better job protecting our borders for years. We wouldn't be having this problem if the government had done its job years ago. The politicians have been too scared to touch this issue for fear of being labeled a racist who hates Hispanics.

And now the Congress is considering rewarding illegal aliens for living in this country. From what I read, there are 12 million illegal aliens currently living here. That's half the population of the state of Texas which is the 2nd most populous state. At this rate, Mexico will reclaim Texas and the entire Southwest states in a generation.

Sure, we need many of those illegal immigrants to work here, but there needs to be a tougher policy towards protecting America.

Correction... Texas is not the second most populous state in the U.S.

1. California
2. New York
3. Florida

and soon, Florida will be passing New York for the #2 spot. Amazing growth we having been seeing in this state as birds continue to migrate south.

[sotek]

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you know to be honest: i'm from europe and to tell you the truth - not that many people wanna come here anymore. europe is getting better - more job opportunities etc. i've been living in the us for over four years now and i really don't understand why us immigration policies are so strict - everyone has the right for a better life.

[toasty]

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i really don't understand why us immigration policies are so strict - everyone has the right for a better life.

ultimately, it comes down to cash, I think. Illegal immigrants who work don't pay taxes, and their employers don't pay taxes on them, either. Also, when illegal immigrants are willing to work for less than the minimum wage, it reduces the incentive for businesses to use legitimate labor and drives down the wages for all laborers.

Also, 9/11 didn't make people any more eager to open up the borders, I think. Granted, the 9/11 hijackers were in the country legally as far as I'm aware, but it is just a perception thing, I guess...

[AntonyM]

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Its the soon to be biggest minority voting block in the country
flexing its muscle better start learning some Spanish.
There has been what could be loosely deemed student protests
around Vegas in regards to this issue, it be would interesting to see
how eager these students who are non citizens would be to earn their citizenship by
pulling a stint in Iraq.

Today's pig is tommorrow's bacon

-- Hunter S. Thompson

[GregWhelan]

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It's certainly a very touchy subject IMO.

I agree on the point that you should enter the US the legal way, and pay your way etc. If you can't do that then tough, life's a bitch sometimes.

I think the UK will have a huge problem soon with the amount of immigrants we are letting in. My hometown has been taken over by Albanians, Polish and Kosovans. Sure, they do the menial tasks that UK citizens don't want to do, but since they have been here crime has shot up (and I mean murder not just minor crimes)and so has unemployment

[Morgan]

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Uncontrolled immgration is asking for trouble.

The UK is in seroius trouble not only from Ileagals but also from former USSR states that have joined the EU, they are leagal immigrants who can work and live in the UK as they have an EU passport.

I have seen the same as Greg, even in small market towns there are sizable populations of Poles, Latvians etc.

Fair enough some do work but most just expolit the loopholes in our benfit system, they get paid more in handouts than i earn, and i earn more than the national average wage.

I've paid tax all my working life and never claimed a penny, yet ppl who have never paid a penny in tax arrive off the boat and 10min later they are loaded with a nice flat and benfits.

[MJDub]

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This whole "entitlement" thing that all the illegals keep touting disgusts me. Also, these putzes walking out of schools around here to protest and holding up Mexican flags gets just a little under my skin. You're not in Mexico. Stop thinking that you are.

The Great American Past Time is whining, and they've certainly assimilated enough to perfect that.

[srbbnd]

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We're all immigrants. Cheaper wages for immigrants means cheaper prices to purchase shit. People need reasons why our country is going to shit and they pick immigration or "illegal aliens" instead of blaming who is really to blame. Our government, cough "Bush and Cheney" wasting money on things we don't need like war instead of a more stable nation and better technology.

[sotek]

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We're all immigrants. Cheaper wages for immigrants means cheaper prices to purchase shit. People need reasons why our country is going to shit and they pick immigration or "illegal aliens" instead of blaming who is really to blame. Our government, cough "Bush and Cheney" wasting money on things we don't need like war instead of a more stable nation and better technology.

you said it all.

[toasty]

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Cheaper wages for immigrants means cheaper prices to purchase shit.

Does it? How do you know the savings in wages are passed on to consumers? Those savings could just as easily be passed directly into the pocket of the employer.

Cheaper prices are great, I love them. The problem with what you're suggesting, however, is that the cheaper prices, if they exist at all, come at the expense of decreasing wages and increased unemployment or underemployment. Decreasing prices + decreasing wages + increased unemployment = not a very rosy economic picture, imo.