OK last nite i got a lot of answers but everybody just like focused of ILLEGAL immigration like just the people that have crossed the border  but remember there are some people that have came to this country w. a visa ( 100% legal) but after a certain time the visa EXPIRES and they still here ...becuz wanted  to work or study now what about those ppl? they came legal didnt they ?
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Over 95% of the population is immigrants..., most immigration policy is based on racial profiling...
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What a STUPID da*n question!! How in the H---\ncould all ILLEGAL people all be accounted for!! They're f--ing ILLEGAL, MANY of them have no documentation, no papers, work for cash, that's why we have no exact numbers on HOW MANY are here ILLEGALLY!!
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let me tell you something, maybe this can clarify and also give you some information:\nThere is just few visas granted to each country every year, of course there is a lot of more people who want to come here but to reach that kind of visas is almost impossible.  I'm illegal, also I'm skilled worker, I have a lot of years of experience also in my specialty, I'm bilingual and I have been also on the school here.  My boss will be glad to support me with any help to get my green card but, I have to wait 5 more years and pay about $10,000.  The major problem is because you cannot do anything for yourself, is not like when you go to the DMV to pay your stickers or do a transfer, with immigration you have to hire an attorney and also have to wait for a very long process because is so many people doing the same.  I'm paying my taxes, I have my car insurance, I'm supporting my local fire department as a volunteer and also a search and rescue team. I mean, I'm doing my best here and I have no other choice like to continue on this way until something happen.  \nBefore to think negative against an illegal alien you must have to talk with few of us and understand few thing who this situation involves.  It is hard to be on the dark, but is even hard to do in the right way.  What if instead of a lot of volunteers doing bad things against illegals better go to immigration offices and offer them some help to speed up the process? couple years ago, one immigration employee sent to the trash a lot of applications just because his desk have to many jobs pending to do.  I'm also not sending any money back, and there is a lot of illegals like me who are doing a lot of good things to benefit this country.  This kind of debate is very hard since there is a lot of wrong information and wrong image about us, a lot of people just think on us like drug sellers, welfare collectors, restroom cleaners.  But we are more than that.  I agree, there is a lot of them who are doing bad things, but is like any community, if you pay attention on the movies, any movie with Young's involved also involves drugs and alcohol.  Go to Hollywood Blvd. at night and you'll see a lot of Americans using drugs and if you move to the south over sunset blvd. you can se prostitution in early hours on the street.  Is easy to point the finger to certain people in particular but when we have to take a look in our own people we also can discover about the same thing.\nWelfare collectors? just go to Alhambra and you will see a lot of Armenians collecting welfare.  Go to the South Central LA and there is a lot of drug dealers, but who lives in that area? black people!\nUnfortunately bad people exist in any community, not matter if is American, Latino, Black or European, you'll find whatever on the streets.  Now, think on this:\nThere is 2 cities:\n\n1.- X City, populated by 500 illegal immigrants and 40 Americans.  The jail have 99% of illegals, also most of the crimes are made by illegals.\n\n2.- Y City, populated by 500 Americans and 60 illegal immigrants.  Do you know who's the majority on the jail? who's doing overpopulation on the hospitals and who run the mafia? \n\nIs like simple math, more people of an specific classification could elevate the statistics who affect that specific classification.  And let's do worse.  Illegal immigrants are poor people, and almost all the patrons pay very low wages, they have to do miracles to survive. But few of them like me, can find the way to do it.  I'm running my own small business and very soon I'll have employees and I hope, in the near future I can have my green card, then I can go to visit my brother and sisters.  I have 12 years living here, I even don't remember how they look.\nI hope this can help you
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What part of Illegal dont you get? Dont make me laugh just think IS THERE ANYWAY FOR THEM TO GET HERE LEGALLY? \nJust think about it pake & jerry. If you were a little bit smart there wouldn't be much your so called illegals  because they'll be here legally. Now let's see if you two have a little bit of brain to know that someone that does not have documents is called undocumented UN as of NO Comprende? Not Illegal no body is illegal in the world and nobody in this world is Alien because we all are Earthlings because we live in Earth. SO WHY IS THIS SHIT GOING ON? Just Plain BS. Close-Minded Sensenbrenner. It seems America is just not a free-country anymore at least for people that are not white.
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why are they protesting at all...its rediculous. if they don't like our laws, but want to work in this country without obbeying those laws, they can just take thier asses right back across the border where they came from. what if we did that in thier country, took thier jobs but didn't pay taxes or get legal citizenship, you think they would let it fly? hell no...
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How are we going to deal "fairly and generously" with the 11 million that have come and lived here for a significant period? Have all 11 million lived here for a significant period? And exactly WHAT does significant period mean? \n\nBy all means, secure the borders first to prevent a further influx of illegals, then address the problem of the ones inside our borders.  How are we going to determine how long any one of them has been here? Do you think any of the illegals are going to say, "Oh, I just got here last month"? \n\nPut them in jail and make them work to pay a stiff fine.  Once their fine is paid, use the money to ship them back to wherever they came from.  Make the fine contingent upon how long they've been here, if that can be determined. The problem with that solution, is what to do with the children.  Possibly send dad to jail to work off the penalty for the entire family, leave Mom at home to take care of the kids.  How will they survive? Mom can't work and take care of the kids at the same time, and if she's illegal, she's not allowed to work at all. Welfare? That would add to Dad's jail time, paying it back.  Send the family back to wherever they came from? That sounds most logical, and dad stays in jail and works until their passage is paid.\n\nAnd I don't care if they are from Mexico or Timbuktu.  They are illegals.
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The Illegals are going home. The Illegals are going home.   More and more everyday.  Now maybe they can come the right way.  And To those with sob stories--we have plenty here-who have been waiting longer,\n\nLooks like some-are afraid so they won't address this.
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Are you referring to people who enter after we have sealed the border? If so, those people should be deported and made to apply properly but the process of legalization should be made easier and shorter, people who are desperate to make a better life for themselves and their families cannot afford to wait 10 - 15 yrs for this to happen.  Ive known families where the father has applied when the children are young and by the time their approval appt has come up the kids are now adults and they have been denied for this.  Those beginning the application process from whatever country they are from should be allowed some type of work visa where they can come work for several months and then go back, they should have to renew this each year until their appt comes around to become permanent residents.  So much can be done that can go in favor of both sides, but it seems that our gov doesnt know where to start so opts to do nothing at all.
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, no, we don't want you to stay.  You do *NOT* have the same rights as Americans, just as Americans in Mexico do not have the same rights as Mexican citizens.\n\nYour "papi" may work hard to put food on the table.  But, go over to the family section of Y!Answers and find all the posts from LEGAL citizens who have been jobless for a year or more.  You don't think they are jobless has anything to do with ELEVEN MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, do you?\n\nSo, no, we can't all just get along together.  Papi needs to go back home; he needs to apply for legal immigration status and wait his turn behind the other HONEST people who have already applied for legal immigration.\n\nAnd, read again the answer of 'just a mom' ~ she is very right and it sadly is very typical.  You begin by calling legal Americans names and THEN you tell us you have the same rights and we should all just get along.  What do you think is wrong with that picture?
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*Retrieving part of an earlier post of this nature*\n\nKK First I'd like to cut to the chase here, it is a wolf thing you know...\n\nI wanna say I have no prob with immigrants, after all most of the people we concider American's ancestors (and some of mine) were immigrants who came here by legal means. There is no problem there.\n\nThat said, let us define then the real problem...\nIllegal Immigration and what is wrong with that can be summed up in one word...\nILLEGAL!!!\nNothing more is needed to define that, but for those who need a definition between immigrants who apply to the US through proper channels and are here by set rules and permissions and those here by illegal means...\n\nOK, they are here not by following proper applicants and permissions, gaining entry by just crossing over into this country or outstaying visa's and never leaving.\n\nI do have a problem with the huge amount of money being shelled out by us tax payers to pay for welfare, education, medical ect to someone here illegally.\n\nNot only that, it is evident here in states on the borders that businesses are using low wage/under the table pay Illigals as their workers. And we are not just talking picking fruit in fields. All sectors are now affected by it, from construction, to manufacturing, to high tech trade jobs. Often using falsefied documents to obtain those positions.\nIt is wrong that Americans who wish to work cannot find work at a reasonable wage and must resort to accepting near minimum for positions that took years of educational expenses and experience to be able to do or to go on unemployment as they cannot find the work that pays a reasonable wage to meet living expenses or to move to areas not as affected by the situation...\n\nIt is past time our government here in the US starts representing the US people and stop accepting big business money to ignore the problem.
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As far as the immigration issue, I have no problem with anyone wanting to immigrate, but why all of the sneaking over? Does it just take so long to go through all of the red tape or something? Just curious. I didn't see any of the previous postings, but you are completely correct! Unless you are of American-Indian descent, TECHNICALLY none of the rest of our bloodlines originated in what is now the United States! It frustrates and saddens me to see that people are still so ignorant. Even more so when I see them passing these beliefs and attitudes down to their young children! I think there is no greater crime than that! Where did the innocence of youth go? Way to go though. Great topic!
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I don't think so. Whose gonna do the unwanted jobs then? Easy for some people to say yes but they wouldn't dare do the jobs these people do. Did you ever think that some of these people came here legally to be able to support their families but majority of them ended up being abused by their employers so they ended up illegals? I have heard a lot of stories and verified them. Some of the bad things that happened to them were done by by our fellow Americans and you talk of having electric fences? What's the matter with you? I bet your ancestors would love to hear your comments when they came here as immigrants too. If they'd have known what the future generation would be maybe they would have aborted you.
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some people come here legally with student visa, tourist visa. Then stay here ILLEGALLY after their visa has expire.\n\nThose who come here with student visa are smarter.
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I am a US citizen because I was born In PR but I know a family who are here illegally and I think is a very bad thing. This people come and work for nothing, never learn English, do not follow laws because some times they don't even know the rules! One of them came with a visa but it expired!! and she didn't care about it. They do not deserve the citizenship when many people make so many sacrifices to get it. If they really want to progress why do they start on the wrong way!
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There is controversy. I know someone who had to teach the foreigner who was taking her job what to do. It's rough up here in the Mitten, but how can one protest against something going on overseas when it's easier to protest what's going on at home?\n\nAfter all, we need jobs here NOW. Illegal immigrants are taking away those chances. We also need the jobs overseas, but we can't be immediately affected by them (in terms of, if the owners said they'll come back, they won't be back for months or maybe years.)
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It's bull--it, If you come to this country legally, GREAT..If you come here illegally why should we allow you to stay, you already broke the law...& to let felons come here to work? NO WAY !!!! This country was founded by LEGAL immigrants..............
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Why does everyone keeps bringing the ( Oh they do the jobs no one else wants that's why we need them)in 1986 they had the same argument,so Reagan gave illegals amnesty,as soon as they were legal,they left those jobs and took over jobs that US citizens needed,not only that,the ones that stood in those low wage jobs went into welfare because they claimed they could'nt support their families(one wonders how they managed to support their families before they were made legal)don't expect this group of illegals to stay in the same low paying job once he or she is given amnesty,they will go against US citizens for any good paying job,so now expect another bunch of moochers cross our borders and claim they are here to do the jobs no one wants,DOES ANYONE SEE A PATTERN HERE