I have been watching CNN with Lou Dobbs for the past three days. Did you know that in 1986 the goverment granted amnest to over 3 million illegal aliens in our country. Now over 20 years latter there are over 12 million demanding amnesty today. What is the message U.S.A is sending to the world of illegal immigrants. That even though we have a law against illegal immigrants we will let you pass because we do want to the world to think we dont have compassion for others. Well we have to much. What if in 10 years we have 25 million illegal immigrants how will that effect us as a country.\nThen we have other goverments tell our goverment how to deal with their people in our country. If they were to take care of their people from the start they would not be here.I say we build a brick wall across the south border. Deport illegal immigrants here then make then come in legal after they go through scraning to come in, HOW DO YOU THINK 911 HAPPEN SOME OF THOSE GUYS WHERE HERE TO GET AMNESTY.
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no besides the fact that we would be rewarding them for breaking the law, the last time the government granted citzenship to all of the illegals, it cost roughly 80 billion dollars and there were a lot less aliens then not to mention how many more would leave there crappy country. they left there country because it is horrible, and now they are dragging this country down
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What Dr. Know Says is true except he left out one bit of fact:\n\nWe fought for it and won!  Now unless some other country wants to stand up and fight for it (say Mexico for example) like we did, then I suggest they shut the f*ck up and go back to their own country!  We made laws so that we could keep undesirables out of our perfect country.  If they can't abide by our laws and respect our rules thereby showing respect to us as a Nation then they should not be allowed to live here!\n\nAdri:  Wah, wah wha!  Here's a novel idea:  Stay in their own country and fight to make it better for there decendants instead of coming over here demanding rights they did not earn.  Those jobs you mentioned would be done by Americans for a decent wage if the low life criminals who call themselves immigrants weren't stealing those jobs just by coming over here and making themselve available for cheap labor.\n\nRicky:  That's the first intelligent thing I've read on yahoo answers today.\n\nQuack:  You are so right.  You rock!
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You know, that is so funny that you posted this.  I posted a question just like this and people called ME a racist and I am an immigrant from the Ukraine!  I am not even WHITE!!!  I posted the websites for hispanics for legal immigration, Vietnamese for immigration reform, etc.\nHEre's a letter from a retired Border Patrol Agent who had the balls to say it like it is!\nA retired border patrol agent shows some common sense\n\n    This letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist from a retired border \npatrol agent, and it has more common sense than all the bull being spewed \nfrom the Senate, with the exception of a few sensible representatives.\n\n    Dear Senator Frist:\n\n    There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal \naliens, particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran \naliens.\n\n    #1.\n    Illegal aliens generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are \nvery vain thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen. \nMexicans, and other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home \ncountries while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as \nemployment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized housing \nand free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is employment \nand their loyalty usually remains at home. They want benefits earned and \nsubsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal aliens want are benefits \nof American residence without paying the price.\n\n    #2.\n    There are no jobs that Americans won't do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs \nthat Americans can't take and still support their families. Illegal aliens \ntake low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses \nand send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won't \ndo for a decent wage.\n\n    #3.\n    Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT \nhomeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries. \nThey come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20 \nbillion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These \nillegal aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of \nthe law and therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those \nwho brought their alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on \nbehalf of their children.\n\n    #4.\n    Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens \nconstitute less than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and \nbenefits for lawful U.S. residents.\n\n    #5.\n    This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born \nAmericans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by \nimmigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on \nthis planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.\n\n    #6.\n    The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are \nnot immigrants by definition. The U.S. accepts more lawful immigrants every \nyear than the rest of the world combined.\n\n    #7.\n    There is no such thing as the "Hispanic vote". Hispanics are white, \nbrown, black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, \nDemocrats, Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called \n"Hispanic vote" is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic \nvote is a dead end.\n\n    #8.\n    Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have \nresented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies \nto operate freely in Mexico to spy on the U.S. During World War II Mexico \nallowed the Axis powers to spy on the U.S. from Mexico. During the Cold War \nMexico allowed spies hostile to the U.S. to operate freely. The attack on \nthe Twin Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today \nMexican
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Being from Texas, I've been aware of this issue for at least a decade. What's amazing to me is how some people can't see the difference between legal and illegal. They keep yapping about how racist it is to want to guard the U.S. border. They're obviously clueless as to what this constant invasion will mean to the future of the U.S. \nBut it has opened my eyes to how much our elected politicians do not want to stop the invasion.
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I write public officials constantly about these issues, especially my senators and the representative of my ward.  The truth is that hundreds of thousands of people are writing, calling, showing up....to demand border security and extreme limits on all forms of immigration.  So many that the lines of communication are all jammed most of the time.\n\nThat's why you saw the whole amnesty craziness come to a screeching halt (its also why an enforcment only bill came out of the house).  It has become extremely clear that any politician who, in any way, stands in the way of reform, is finished.  Something like 90% of people in the US feel this way and feel strongly enough about it that they will vote out anyone who tries to prevent reform.  Bushes stance on amnesty is what has driven his poll numbers into the toilet...not the situation in Iraq (for which he has been completely vindicated I might add).
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Are you married?  If so, do you have children?  You should have an opinion to this Immigration Reform, if not for yourself, for the future of your children and their children.  In 1985, I believe, Reagan had a similar bill pass congress allowing those illegal immigrants to stay and become citizens.  Since then, the flood gates of illegals have opened wider, 11 plus million have crossed from 1990s to 2004.  Now, we are facing yet another immigration reform, why?  Because the government didn't step up to the plate when it was time to do so and enforce the illegals from crossing over.  They allowed it, day after day, month after month, year after year.  Now they must face the music on this and do something about it.  But at who's expense?  Not the illegals, but the true Americans that struggle making ends meet.  If the American people don't step up and stop our government doing this, we might as well open the border completely and let any and all who want to come here from Mexico, Canada, and all over the world in.  It's not just Mexicans from Mexico that are here illegal.  Watch the news, they are interviewing many from all regions of the world that are here and have been here for years illegally.  I know we all come from immigrant backgrounds, unless you are a true blooded Indian from North America.  But, our forefathers before us come the legal way.  That's how these illegals should have to do.  Send them home and let them come through the proper channels.  If they had children here, send the children with them.  Just because they were born in the USA should NOT constitute them to be classified as an American citizen if in fact their parents are illegal aliens.  There's a lot to the topic that needs to be addressed and resolved for the betterment of the American people, not the American government.
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To all those mocking such a thought and dismissing it as fantasy, you have a very short memory. It has been less than 2 weeks since La Raza and Mecha showed us exactly how organized they really are. Have you all forgotten the tens of thousands of illegals and their supporters marching through the streets of our cities carrying not American flags, but Mexican flags?! You don't think that if they can manage to get amnesty, and start applying political pressure (they already are) that they will get voting rights for all of these people? And once they can vote, they will effectively vote as a bloc. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Once they own the politicians, they will own the country. If you don't think so, all you have to do is look West to California. I have seen voting blocs at work, and they are a force to be reckoned with. And unless we stand up now and stop what is happening, your grandchildren will be speaking Spanish in a third world nation - The USA.
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I can't believe the extent that people will go in order to justify illegal immigration.  You guys will find any excuse to justify breaking the law.  \n\nAnd how is Made_in_America's statement racist?  I also saw the news and they stated it was Mexicans, not Americans, bringing in the drugs.  \n\nAs far as the lame excuse about "whites" buying drugs, if drugs weren't here, there would be nothing to buy.  Stating that "Whites" buy drugs is a racist remark in itself.
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Agree with Terry, we need to make a statement.  The people who protested against the immigration laws, some were illegal foreigners, some were legal and some were US Citizens. The political parties making the decisions on this are adding up the votes! I don't think we can kick out all working illegal immigrates, it could hurt America and it is really not human.  We can close the borders though and we can make the ones here pay for the process to make them legal and also we can make them pay taxes as we do. If they choose to send what they make back to Mexico or wherever their home country is, they have that right. Many people seem to be so one sided. Have you stopped to think what tax benefits the US would gain by taxing ten million plus immigrates that are currently not paying taxes?
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I just want to clarify this issue with you. Congress has been considering a program which would give illegal immigrants an 11-year probationary period to gain citizenship and other stuff like learn English. If they fail during those eleven years, they will be deported. End of story. Upon reading a news article, it mentioned that this would be the hardest road to take to gain citizenship (I think it's called the guest worker program).\n\nHowever, I agree with you that illegal immigrants should be behind the "line" as you call it; considering legals should and have a higher status in our society.\n\nAlso take this into account: it is IMPOSSIBLE to deport every single illegal immigrant out of this country (by the way, there are about 12 million illegals not 20 million).\n\nOh, and to the person who posted after me [sashie], if you have been keeping up with the news--in about MAY (like a whole month ago!) the Senate passed a bill that would begin the construction of a 370 mile wall around the US-Mexican border, also adding 500 miles of vehicle barriers. Not only that, but previous to the bill President George Bush put the National Guard on the border. So the government is actually doing lots of stuff to protect the border now...
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I think I like this kind of talk\nBottom line: The issue may come down to what one veteran pollster called "sequencing" -- where voters want the government to demonstrate that it's serious about reducing illegal immigration before legalizing 12 million people. That would mean first controlling the border and creating a tamper-proof citizenship card so that employers who hire illegal workers can be prosecuted then assembling a legalization plan.  \n\nI could definitely live with this.Thanks for the great information\nIn the words of that great sage Yogi Berra(not sure of the spelling)\n"It ain't over till its over"
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In our post 911 world the borders of our country need to be controlled. \n\nTax Evasion, they don't put any money into the tax system, they just take. Many of them take the money they make and send it out of the country, so the money doesn't go back into the economy.\n\nWho knows what diseases they are bringing with them.\n\nThey bog down our schools with their children without paying taxes.\n\nThey are breaking the law by being here illegally, do you think they care about any other laws that we have?\n\nThey are taking jobs from us and our children. Don't listent to others that say they are taking jobs that americans don't want. If that were true they would be working at McDonalds for 5 bucks an hour.\n\nThey will band together and force their own agenda.\n\nNo country in history has ever survived in tact from an invasion the size as the one we have now. Yes it's an invasion, it's closer to a migratioin like birds and animals do than it is an immigration.\n\nNever before has the question of an "Official Language" been asked in this country. WHy is it an issue now? Because there are so many mexicans here and most of them can't or don't want to learn english. \n\nSay what you want but if these mexicans don't want to be Taxable US citizens. If they did they would be lining up at the Immigration office instead of marching in the streets waving the MEXICAN FLAG in our face!\n\nThey are making a mockery of our government and our good will as a people.\n\nThere are those illegals that feel strongly that the USA pushed them out of THEIR country!\n\nWould you think better of people that stood up and fought for their rights, or those who pack up and leave when things get bad? The Mexican government squanders the mexican peoples money and is as corrupt as the day is long. Why don't they fight for change in their homeland rather than come here and send back money!\n\nDo you realize that there are an estimated 20 million illegal Mexicans in this country? 20 MILLION !!\n\nThis invasion MUST BE STOPPED! If you care about your children and their future in this country.\n\nThink very hard before you join others that support illegal immigration and want to give these people a free pass in this country.\n\nYou will pay dearly for it later.
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We will do something about illegal immigration when we get guys like Tom Tancredo in office and get rid of Kennedy, Feinstein, Boxer and the like.\nRead Feinstein's speech before congress on how we need a comprehensive solution. blah, blah, blah. Read how she personally KNOWS illegal aliens and how one is going to college on a scholarship (which should rightfully belong to a U.S citizen)\n\nThat's nice Dianne but you are a US Senator sworn to uphold the Constitution yet you do nothing? You should be arrested.\n\nThese are the people we need to get out of the Senate. Think about it. The house of Representatives passed the enforcement only bill. This was the bill that the American People want. The Senate, because they don't give a care what the people want, passed their amnesty bill. Here is a link which will show you how your senators rate on the issue of immigration reform (100% being best)\nhttp://grassfire.org/42/Scorecard.asp?rid=10693606\n\nWe the people have been complacent too long. We must do everything in our power to stop this invasion. We cannot afford to sit idly by and expect someone else to do our duty.
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Unfortunately, most people have become too forgiving here in the good ole' USA. I'm angry about all the illegals here taking over. Look what happened in Miami when they allowed Cubans to come on over for a while.  You would be hard pressed to find anyone who speak Engish there anymore. And the drugs are apparently running rapant! It's happening again with our Mexican border.  \n\nI have been asking everyone to contact their congressman/ senators and any other legislative persons to let them know how we feel about these issues.  \n\nWe can become one voice again, but everyone has to get off their duff and speak up!!!  If we don't, I, too, am afraid our forefathers efforts will have been in vane.  \n\nScary stuff!!
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You are joking I hope.First of all,they have already broken our laws sneaking into this country so no amnesty should be given.Do other criminals get amnesty when they commit a crime?And then to let all their family members in?That is the craziest thing I ever heard.Just how many poor people do you think our government can support?There are already millions here,we don't want millions more.
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I have a tendency to think right now that the democrats are just flexing their new found muscles.The New York Times this morning was all talk about how the democrats were only in a hurry about getting the Iraqi war situation in hand and establishing a withdrawal date.\nPolitics are all about compromise,both party's do it all the time.Neither will get all of what they want,its a trade off.There were a lot of moderate Democrats that were elected,not all are of the "lets give away the farm"attitude.\nI keep saying that each side of this issue are getting in too big a hurry to claim victory.After all what have the pro illegals won,yet? Nothing,the anti war /anti Bush faction won.I personally will take a wait and see stance on this.\nTime will tell the whole story.In the mean time,I'm contacting my states government,and this nations government officials and letting them know my views on immigration.The fights not over,its only just started.\nNo to blanket amnesty,\nsecure our borders
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Too sad.... and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is quite proud of the fact that they have netted both legal and illegal aliens more than $800 million in food stamps, plus 12 billion in Supplemental Security Income.  How about stopping all this nonsense....what the heck is a wall going to do if it's clearly so rewarding to be here?\n\nFurther to whom it may concern- I realize some of you pro-illegals are quite unfamiliar with actual research and watching the news, but Americans for Legal Immigration is a PAC-or Political Action Committee. Meaning they are heavily involved in politics and quite well-known. Perhaps if you'd picked up a government textbook once in awhile, you'd know that.