to that of illegal immigrants trying to change their government?Do you think that American  citizens CAN actually change our laws and the way they are enforced.Do you think it would be just as easy in Mexico,or S.America.
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I'm sure that our reps will listen to their constituents.  The president...who knows.  He's in his own world.\n\nI've never lived in one of the countries you listed, but they don't have good track records for representation.  I'm not sure why.  But that's what revolutions are for...
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How would I not accept it? Walk up to a former Mexican and say "you are still not a citizen."\n\nthe new government has the right to do whatever is constitutional and wouldn't cause mass unrest. They probably won't do anything too extreme, scince it could get repealed in 2 years, get other dems out of their seats, and swing the pendulum back to the right.\n\nAlso, they can't pass any law w/o the president's approval. They don't have a 2/3rds majority. \n\nOh, and just my 2 cents, a few select members of congress and other miscellaneous leaders should have a secret meeting in philidelphia in order to work out some of the problems that never seem to get resolved. this wouldn't need to be any kind of constitutional amendment, just a big pack of laws.
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Hell no!  I don't expect the same from others who enter the U.S. illegally.  If I was to work and live in another country, I would definitely make sure I went there legally and had at least some knowledge of their language and culture.  I expect the same from foreigners who enter the U.S.
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lets see...millions of Mexicans get to circumvent the law and become Americans ahead of others.Flooding our already over extended food, medical, and fuel supplies among others. \n\nAnd America gets to have a better soccer team.\n\nUmmm...I am happy with my current soccer team right now.
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I've read some of the comments on here by others,and they do not want to see the TRUTH!!!!! Since i live in a border state,(Arizona),i know exactly what you mean!!!! Just today,i was reading an article about four people being killed,because of ILLEGALS trying to run from the police,when they tried to stop them!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the incidents involving illegals,has really been INCREASING,since all the talk of amnesty!!!!!!!!!!!\n\n Some people on here have said, "Americans commit a lot of crimes too"!! And,while this is TRUE,there is nothing we can do to American citizens,except lock them up!!! It's not like we can deport THEM!!!!\n\n But,the thing is, the ILLEGALS should NOT be here in the first place!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If they were not here,these crimes would NEVER have happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes, I knew that...and someone who answered before me said that illegals already don't have the right to vote...true, but if they are made legal, and then made citizens, they WOULD have the right to vote, but not if they are felons...Some people think WAY AHEAD of the current moment and plan and effect outcomes accordingly...it is called conspiracy. \n\nI do believe I've heard that compounded misdemeanors = a felony, wouldn't this also work to make illegals felons? For example: Illegal Entry is 1 misdemeanor, working without permits is a 2nd misdemeanor, driving without a license and insurance a 3rd and 4th misdemeanor....how many does it take to equal a felony?
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Lets hope that in our lifetime we don't see a day when anything in this country is changed from what our forefathers intended our legacy to be, let alone the Constitution.The only way our Constitution or anything else in Government could be written in a foreign language. would be for said Government to conquer us and shove their brand of government down our throat.The only way I see this happening is through thee back door. the way the Mexican Government and all the other illegals are attempting to gradually change things in their favor.Keep your eyes open and fight the enemy within!
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But thats just it. I personally dont think there was an effect. They gathered, spoke their peace, now they are happy. No laws were changed, no one arrested (surprisingly). no one hurt. I feel they could have gone about the issue a diffrent way, but i still dont see any changes in our country today because of yesterday. I dotn support what they are doing or why they are doing it, but why couldnt they have done it differently? Not going to work never solved problems for anyone. They wanted us to feel what it would be like if there were no illegal immigrants in our country, i dont know about you , but nothing changed here, i still watched mexicans buying stuff at our local store, no protesting, no signs. so i still dotn know what the point of yesterday was.
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Immigrants are great, but these are ILLEGAL ALIENS.  It looks to me like a great opportunity for INS to find all these lawbreakers in one place and initiate arrests.  With our being told which companies HAD to shut down completely or partially, that the Attorney General, Homeland Security, or whomever is responsible for fining companies who do hire illegal aliens, really just have a list now that they can follow. \n\nThe protest offended, but didn't really affect me, or the town in which I live.  The following things bothered me:\na.  these protests were for ILLEGAL ALIENS, NOT regular immigrants.  Their PR machine was great in blurring the lines here.\n\nb.  The Mexican flags were still very prominent.\n\nc.  I was soooo tired of seeing all the posters written in Spanish!!!!!!  And the signs that were translated to English were often very critical of this counry that they claim to love so much.\n\nd.  One of the organizers, last name Rodriguez I think, was on some TV shows the day before.  He made very negative comments about the U.S. in general.  It seemed he was leading up to the one comment that made me wonder about the REAL agenda.....he said, paraphrasing, that the southern part of the U.S. was STOLEN from Mexico, and that the people just wanted to reclaim what was rightfully theirs.  Okay, we did fight and confiscate land way back in our early history......but wasn't just about every country formed by gaining land from somebody??  \n\ne.  The whole thing would have been so much less significant, had our media simply refused to give these demonstrations wall to wall media coverage!!\n\nf.  Do these illegal aliens have the constitutional right to assemble like this?  This is just a question I wondered about.......they are not citizens.\n\ng.  IF these folks are really protesting for rights, better conditions, etc., well, I can't help but be curious as to why they don't just demonstrate in their own countries where conditions must be worse.  Couldn't they use this energy to focus on problems at home?\n\nh.  I can't help but wonder WHEN the LEGAL CITIZENS of the U.S. will step up to the plate, care enough to organize as efficiently as these folks, and take our voices and opinions to the streets, all the way to Washington D.C.\n\nWhew, got some of that off my chest!  I understand the plight of these illegal aliens, and this IS a country of immigrants, but it's also a county of laws.  What do you think would happen to us if thousands of U.S. citizens decided to sneak into Mexico, Colombia, Venzuela, Russia, China, etc., and march on their capitols & make demands for rights while waving American flags and speaking mainly English?  How about trying that in Cuba or Iran?  \n\nWelcome to all immigrants, just do it LEGALLY!  We do have a process in place for that.  Many of us feel that we and our country are being greatly disrespected by the ILLEGAL ALIENS. (I am ever so tired of the term "undocumented workers"..............does that mean that we citizens can drive around freely with no drivers' licenses, and simply be "undocumented drivers"?  Political correctness can get way out of hand.\n\nI just about forgot one other thing that burns me, and that's the so-called Spanish version of our National Anthem!  This is not a translation, the lyrics are totally different.  This is the United States.  We speak English.  A common language is necessary for assimilation.  And our National Anthem should be sung in English!  What's next, translating our Constitution, the Pledge of Allegience, etc??
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I agree with you...and you are so right....they do make it hard for people to get legalized....as to why I dont know ....but alot of people are trying to change that....I apologize for all you have gone thru and truly wish I could help you.....but all I can do is vote for better immigration laws....
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actually it would be all of the above and then some. i think they would take the law out of our country and we could just do what we wanted when we wanted to whomever we wanted without suffering any consequences. that's what they are aiming for. can you see that?
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hmmm.....don't see many of the regulars answering this question/statement do you.\n\nanother aspect of this immigration topic we have yet to pick the scab off.\n\nI love it.\n\nOh but I have to add....they are all going to post quickly with "illegal".....though that had nothing to do with the question.....that is going to be your basic answer.\n\nLMAO\n\ngood post!
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I think some illegals are illegal because they hate America, but they are not thinking it through because they are IN America.  I do think, however, that if given the chance, most illegals would happily embrace American citizenship, and do not hate America.
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YES I DO. This is MY protest.\n\nFirst of all, do they really think that it will make any difference at all? It won't. In order to actually make a noticible dent in the economy, they would have to hold out a heck of a lot longer than 24 hours...and I just really don't see that happening. Second of all, where do they get off? Nowhere else but in America could someone protest, throw a fit and expect someone to make allowances for the fact that they have, in fact, broken the law. There are legal ways to enter this country, they could have chosen one of them and then there wouldn't be this problem. However, they chose not to obey the laws of this country and, in my opinion, they need to be held accountable for their lawlessness. \n\nIf we allow all these illegal immigrants amnesty, what message does that send to all the immigrants who entered this country legally, who paid their dues and did things according to the rules? Gee, we're sorry we put you through all that because our laws are completely meaningless and we're going to give amnesty to everyone who decided they didn't want to be bothered with the pesky rules? What next, are we going to allow all mass murderers to run free because, hey, if you can break one law, why not all of them. What if all the rapists in every maximum security prison across the country stage a protest demanding their freedom? Why have any rules and laws at all if they can just be arbitrarily changed to exonorate a group of people just because they protest and demand it?\n\nI understand that the people coming here illegally are desperate and in dire circumstances, I don't doubt that at all. However, as someone who grew up in dire circumstances myself (yes, I know what it's like to go to bed hungry for weeks on end, to not have heat in the winter and to face the uncertainty of whether or not you're going to have a roof over your head), I still believe that breaking the law is unacceptable. That doesn't mean that I don't understand the motivation behind it, but it is what it is. After all, we have hundreds of thousands of legal American citizens who are homeless, who are hungry, who are in desperate situations and who are crying for an opportunity to support their families. However, should one of these people choose to rob a bank or sell drugs in an attempt to support their family, we don't see protests in the streets to exonorate them of their crimes. We may understand the motivation behind their actions, but the truth is that they've broken the law, regardless of the reasons/circumstances and in this country, there are consequences for breaking the law. If there aren't, then what's the point of even having a legal system?\n\nCome here legally and I don't have a problem with it. Come here from whatever country, make a life for yourself, send your kids to college, make yourself a millionaire, win the lottery, start a fortune 500 company. I. DON'T. CARE. That's the sort of thing that this country was built on. I, myself, have relatives who immigrated to this country legally and who have been very successful in building their lives and their fortunes. Great for them! Certainly there are those who are racist, but don't make this a racial thing, that's the easy cop-out.
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The only constant is change.  Change is bound to happen.  the changes we have going on right now aren't so good.  Sound legislation needs to be written.  It needs to be written based on the peoples needs.  The majority of the US is against illegal immigration.  Our politicians must respect that.
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I agree. If you want to come into the US you do it legally and you have to obay our laws. OOPs you already broke one. You came here illegally. Laws are for a reason. If everyone got way with breaking laws the US would be like the Country you are trying to flee.
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Yes, I love it!  I look on the internet news daily for more stories like the one about the mayor of Hazelton, PA, or Sheriff Joe in Arizona, or big unexpected roundups of illegals in different cities.  It does my heart proud to see the citizens of the USA standing up against this injustice that the government has allowed to occur and get out of hand - illegal immigration.  I believe the power of the American citizens is now snowballing against illegal immigration and whether the Federal Government wants to or not, they are going to have to listen to the people whom they work for, and act accordingly.  The days of the freebies and handouts for illegal immigrants are quickly coming to an end and the smart ones will start planning their own voluntary self-deportations now, rather than wait until they are found and shipped out, possibly leaving family members behind in the USA.  Better they start planning and get themselves organized for an orderly return to their home countries before they get caught by immigration officials or the police or their landlord or their employer.  This way, if they have lived cleanly in the USA so far, without committing further offences since they first illegally came over the border, they have a hope of returning legally one day, if they go home now and apply to immigrate to the USA through the proper procedures.  WAKE UP ILLEGALS!  Do yourselves and your families a favour and return yourselves in an orderly fashion now, while you still can.  Otherwise, don't cry and whine when you get caught and shipped out on a moment's notice, when you aren't ready.  The jig is up!  Amnesty is NOT coming!!  Wake up and smell the coffee!