I just read that DC is expecting its biggest rally ever on Monday 5/1/06 for illegal aliens "demanding amnesty."  It got me to thinking, I would never go demanding anything in a country I had no right to be in and had been meanwhile breaking laws in. I would get down on my knees and beg to come to America on any account, and would consider it a privilege, not an entitlement, to immigrate, as my ancestors did..  I would respect the process and contract, bt still never demand the end result.  Having achieved it, I would have earned it.
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They do need it; for once its given they can invite more family members from Mexico and other south American countries to come live here with them.  Without the amnesty they'd be risking deportation for coming here.\n\nPeople should really look at recent history before jumping off this bridge.  In the 1980's they did an amnesty for 3 million illegal immigrants; and now 20 years later they are wanting it for 12 million (4 to 1 ratio).  Guess in 20 years they'll be after a 48 million person amnesty (that is called the southern annexation)
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It is a slap in the face to everyone who has come here and gone through the channels to become citizens.  Many people have worked haqrd to make a decent, LEGAL living here in the United States, and the illegal immigrants who have no intention of becoming legal are rubbing dirt in the faces of LEGAL immigrants.  One man comes here, fills out his paperwork, pays his dues, becomes a citizen, embraces our culture, paqys taxes, and lives a great life.  Another man comes here, gets on welfare, teaches his children to dispise American traditions, hides from the IRS, refuses to abide by our laws, lives off our tax money, and lives a great life.  Would you be happy with the other man, if you were the one who came here legally?  \n\nOn another note....\n\nWe are closing our borders this July 4th, and anyone can participate! Please visit http://www.getmycountryback.com... to get the details and fins out how you can be a part of helping to protect our borders this Independence Day!!!!!
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Yeah, I already knew this before the video.  Any non-illegals that marched are just sheep that dont understand the issue at all.  Its time to get all the Illegals sent home.  Legals are great, but our social structure cannot handle this flood of illegals.  Some good news- the INS just arrewsted 70 illegals from a single builder in the Cincinnati area yesterday, and they say that more arrests are coming at other builders shortly.  They also arrested a number of the Americans that hired them, and raided the coirporate HQ to get the financial records.  Hopefully they step up this initiative nationally, and really start throwing them out.
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Just to let you know there's not only one but many who share your views. The problem is, the Representatives you voted for doesn't care at all or else, they'll not even consider giving those illegals their rights to live here! Try to contact the government representative and tell them how you feel or else, they might be thinking we don't care at all as to what happening now and even our future!
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Its not gonna work this time. In Texas the were expecting 1500 Hispanic folks to show up for a rally. They got 500,000 or more. When they get legal and can vote, the changes will happen so fast the right wing hateful people will wonder what happened. I'm looking froward to it. We are a nation of immigrants or at least Grandchildren of Immigrants. How can we consider people criminals just for being here and working hard?
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BonesofaTeacher when most people do illegal things, they don't start protesting in the streets trying to get amnesty for doing them now do they? The way I look at it is this: If I were a thief I would damn sure not walk around with a spot light shining on myself while breaking into a house, which is fundamentally what the illegals are doing by marching in the streets.\n\nI agree sometimes the laws need to change, but this is not one of those laws. The only way to not discriminate in this issue is to not grant amnesty to the illegals, because that discriminates against everyone who did it the right way.\n\nSaul, what is the big deal about being a felon here, if your deported back to Mexico? It isn't. So the illegals becoming felons is a moot point. Now for the people here, that is a nice deterrent to keep them from helping illegals.
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Blanket amnesty would be very bad for the US.  The illegals proved on Monday just how much of a drain they are on the society.  They must be sent back.  As much as we would like to take in every stray cat that walks by, we must say no or else our country will be ruined.
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Bravo to you for asking this. The vast majority of Americans agree with you. It's our wheels off government that wants to make nice with law breakers. I fear it will be too late before someone in Washington realizes that amnesty is a really BAD idea.
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Thank you. As ridiculuous as that sounds, thank you for taking the time to obey our immigration laws. I agree with you that those that do not follow the laws are crimminals. I do not see you as an uncle tom or back stabber or whatever the others on here have called you. If you and thousands of others have taken the time to follow the correct procedures to obtain citizenship in this country, no matter how hard it was, you deserve to hold your head high. Those that don't, and continue to break our immigration laws should be rounded up and sent back to wherever they came from. I no longer want to support them through my taxes just so they can send the money they make back to their native country.
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how can there be so much hate in one group of people. There may have been a group deportation or mass but not to the extent of the amount of people we a re talking about now. It won't happen it can't happen the amount of money you all a re whining about it costing you in illegal support will continue to come out of your pocket even if there were no illegal aliens. Why? because the government needs the money that money has been decided or the amount and when that is capped out there will be another issue brought up in Congress's next episode of complaints.
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I believe that Bush wants to offer blanket amnesty to all illegal aliens in the United States, as long as they submit to background checks and make their presence known in the country.  He calls this his "guest worker" policy, much like they have in Europe.  Foreign immigrants, he says, will fill the jobs that no one else will take.  Although this sounds racist and perhaps elitist, it is common practice in every part of the world, including Europe and Asia.  He doesn't want to kick anyone out, as I understand it.  It is one of the few Bush policies that I agree with.
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Yars: I'm just taking a few minutes in here to say a great big THANK YOU to all the people like you who are on here educating all of us and spreading the truth about the devastation that illegal immigration is causing to the USA! I know you get a lot of backlash from the ignorants who support illegal immigration and even the so-called "poor" illegal immigrants (who, BTW, obviously aren't all so POOR if they are actually on the internet with a computer, in the first place) and yet you keep on here relentlessly stating the facts and telling it like it is. So, THANK YOU, and keep up the good work and don't let any of the illegals and illegal supporters cause you to back down.
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OK here is my spin. I support the amnesty position...that being said I DO NOT support DEMANDING amnesty.  \n\nTHAT BEING SAID....illegal immigrants have lived next door to all of us for the last 10-20 years.  You have probably talked, laughed, drank a beer with quite a few.  This CRAZINESS that the US is currently experiencing has been a blister waiting to pop for years.\n\nNOW...now we are all up in arms.  \n\nSo to finally answer the last part of your question.  I read an article not long ago that stated illegal aliens generate 77 billion dollars that the states are reaping the benefits of as well as Mexico...so I feel that stimulates BOTH economies.  \n\nI cannot tell you if any one of them will appreciate it.....I would hope that they and their children and all generations after do....but....who can say.
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I am bothered that people want something for nothing. if you want to be a citizen, then I am supportive of this. \n\nTake the legal route.  do not come to a country illegally and then expect to just be given anything. You have to follow the proper legal channels to become a citizen and then your good.\n\nIf you are paying your taxes on all of your income (including what you getpaid in cash) then wonderful.  if you are not...then your cost of living here is being taken out of my paycheck.\n\nIf you are working with the government to gain rights to stay in this country, then wonderful and I support you.  If you are wanting ti live here, and never become legal...then this is not ok.
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I agree. Wouldn't it have been a lot more beneficial for the illegals to have gathered in protest of the Mexican government than in protest of the American government?  I would imagine that if the "demonstrations" where aimed at the Mexican government..the illegals would have the total support of the American people. In essence, they would have been asking for the backing of Americans instead of demanding something that they don't deserve. It was a colossal mis judgment on the part of the organizers.
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Bravo Patriot... I have noticed this (particularly "defender of the hated") here and in almost all forums.\n\nDid you see the CNN town meeting on "Broken Borders"... the woman defending illegals wouldn't answer a question... she merely ran on in her prepared manifesto covering the standard points: the border crossed us, it's our land, your economy can't survive without our work... blah blah blah.\n\nI'm a Californian, and honestly have had no KNOWN contact with ILLEGAL immigrants of OTHER than Hispanic origin.  My Indian, Fijian, and Russian co-workers all have work-visa's (I'm their supervisor and have to know).  My comments are based on first-hand observation.\n\nYet while in the Navy I lived right on the border in San Ysidro... watched lllegal crossings night and day.  I couldn't report them... HONEST !!  My reports were REQUIRED to be ignored by INS /Border Patrol because my reporting would violate the illegals' rights due to "posse comitatus".\n\nI pay my high California taxes, and while in San Ysidro, my daughter had to go to a school 5 miles away because the school NEXT DOOR was reserved for ESL students !!  An investigation in 1992 found that 85% of those students had PO boxes or false addresses... and further investigation found that those students crossed the border back to mexico each day. On falsely obtained student ID !!\n\n230 students... and at the time, the State said it cost $30,000 per student per year... So that's 6.9 MILLION stolen from the tax-payers from ONE school.
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True!  And whether Americans are suffering or not is a moot point - Americans certainly WILL suffer when half the earth's population has decided to invade this country under the guise of "immigration" - there are poor suffering people everywhere - is it up to the U.S to look after everyone in the whole wide world?  Pancha I'm afraid is firmly on the side of the illegals - makes you wonder if she even LIKES Americans - what is her agenda really?  Will she crack open the champagne when this country is finally taken over by illegals?  Because when that happens, I'm outta here ... I'm going to Mexico, which by then should be pretty empty .. they have nice beaches there I've heard ... :)