For example, immigration law. We have it but it was never properly enforced. Isn't this a waste of american taxpayer dollars?
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Some laws are passed to raise awareness and to initiate education plans. The first step in any enforcement plan is education. Ideally - the only type of enforcement necessary is self-enforcement by the citizenry.\n\nA good example is anti-smoking laws - very few plice convictions occur as a consequence of anti-smoking laws, but everyone knows the law and often self-enforce the regulations. No one lights up in a public place because they know that they are not allowed to, and if they do, it is likely that someone will tell them to butt out (i.e. the law is self regulating and enforcing).
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I'm all for depth-charging the Senate bill, and going with the House bill which is 100% enforcement. This is getting stupid. Too many stupid greedy politicians have made promises that the rest of the country is now supposed to live up to on their behalf, and it just ain't happenin'. I think enforcement, coupled with some no-joke fine structures, will be a GREAT dis-incentive for pie-in-the-sky legislators/legislation.  There's lots of poor countries around the world. They would ALL like to move to america.\nThey'd VERY MUCH like to move to america...like, really, a lot, and stuff. You don't mind, do you? LOLOL
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That is an excellent question. I think that it DOES have merit, either as an individual or as a class action. Our elected officials did take an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States, and they are failing miserably!
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I suppose for the same reason people allow "illegal" immigrants to break our laws while so many immigrants became legal citizens the proper way and respected the laws of the land.\n\nIts kind of a double standard thing going on, by the government AND the people. It could be worse. We could have a government like China who dictates everything the people do period. But now that I think about it - our government is steadily headed that way since 9-11.\n\nI would also like to add.., MuaRung.., must not be an American Citizen. He or she would probably have you arrested for for the way you (and I) write if he or she could. Must be a wealthy communist. :-)
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You always have to read inbetween the lines when it comes to politics. The Government wants to blame illegal immigration on American citizens and not the Administration who are totally responsible for losing control over this issue. It is all a strategy for coming elections.
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Ideally yes, \nIdeally there should be lots of mandatory things...\n\nbut realistically there are many factors to consider, age of person, disability, actual time within the country.\n\nFor example would you require a mute to speak. Or teach english to a 89 year old. Should immgrants speak english at the 8th grade level. most american speak at this level.\n\nWill they speak the KINGS ENGLish, because you know in america, we speak a form of english. Will we from a new buracracy to purify the English/American Language.\n\n\nRealistically if i am a company or service, i would rather be effective and efficient by providing other languages than be xenophobic.\nFor example if sell medicine in other countries besides the US i would use the other languages on my labels...makes good business sense.\n\nWe provide benefits to many people that do not speak English because we are not monsters, if a child was dying you would save that life without asking if they spoke English....you wouldn't let a human life die because of it even you are not a monster.\n\nBesides, your question is full of anger and bias. What you fail to point out is that most of the quality universities int the Untied States require a foreign language.\n\nIn fact many school districts require foreign language to graduate. There is a definite value in multiculturalism.\n\nAs a college educated person you must see that...\n\n\n\n\nBy the way the US is planning to build a superhighway four football fields long from Canada to Mexico.\nThey plan to implement one currency to easy trade, \nand plan to make English, Spanish and French the official languages.....maybe not today or tomorrow  but soon....i am not making this up.
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I don't get it.  The problem with this debate is that there are too many Squares that must follow the rules. Given how much a job in the US means to an immigrant's family I feel that it is okay to look the other way.   Plus anything that makes it illegal for Children here in the United States to get an Education or go to the hospital because they'd get arrested is complete BS.
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Aside from the fact it would never get passed, there are all kinds of Due Processes of Law that it would contradict. The country was founded on the basis of many freedoms and the right to pursue happiness.
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No, I think it is pathetic that we are expected to follow the laws as citizens but they don't want to.  Come on grow up.
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Absolutely 100% agreed. The USA is a nation of laws & we must enforce our laws, just as Mexico enforces its laws on illegals coming from South Central American countries such as El Salvador, etc. \n"...Illegal immigration puts pressure on public schools and hospitals, strains state & local budgets, & bring crimes to communities..."\nImmigrants (as long as they're legal) are always welcome to enter the US as we're a nation of immigration.
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Here's the BEEF:\nIllegal immigration is against the LAW. Legal immigration is OKAY. We would be SAVING tax dollars by sending them back. Here's what they cost us (the USA) ANNUALLY:\n\nEducation: $22.5 billion \nBi-lingual Education: $3.3 billion \nAFDC: $2.4 billion \nSSI: $2.9 billion \nSocial Security: $24.8 billion \nHousing Assistance: $2.6 billion \nCriminal Justice: $2.6 billion \nJobs Lost by Americans: $10.8 billion \nOther Programs: $51.4 billion \nFood Stamps: $7 billion \nHealth Care: $1.4 billion \nNow if you actually read all those links you posted you would have that answer. But, since you seemed to miss it...\n\n(That Totals $131.7 BILLION Annually) $131.7 BILLION!!ANNUALLY!! \n\nThis is a LEGAL VS ILLEGAL issue.\n\nIf we have the money to mint stupid specialty coins for each state, then we have the money for secured boarders, enforcement of immigration laws and deportation.\n\nhttp://www.humaneventsonline.com/contact.php\nhttp://www.cis.org/articles/2004/back704.html\nhttp://alipac.us/forum-19.html\nhttp://capwiz.com/jbs/home/\nhttp://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=truereform
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No.  If they were going to do the right thing, they would allow law enforcement to enforce the laws already on the books.  This is an election year, so the issue once again comes up.
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According to the Constitution the Federal Government can't enforce seatbelt laws.  They get around it by spending bills, demanding that states create certain laws under the theory it falls under interstate trade clause of the Constitution, which is a complete missinterpetation, but that's the way it's done.
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The evidence in support of putting and end to illegal immigration is overwhelming. Study after study, fact after fact CLEARLY demonstrates this. Illegal aliens have broken federal law, they are in fact criminals. The U.S. Government has made but a token effort to enforce the law and in every other aspect (free food, free medical, free education, public assisted housing) encourages and rewards the lawbreakers.\n\nI find that the U.S. government is guilty of aiding and abetting a criminal enterprise. I find them guilty of importing criminals and sentence ALL former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and members of the House and Senate to give up and forever relinquish their FAT pensions.\n\nGee if we could do that this problem would have been solved in a heartbeat
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I think the government is to blame.  If they would enforce the law as it stands, we would not be having these issues.\nNow they want new laws.  If they aren't obeying the current laws, why should they obey new ones?  It just \ndoes not make sense.
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We need a law regulating the issuance of citizenship to NO MORE than 200,000 people per year. This would keep our country from growing into a population we cannot sustain on our natural resources. More than that number will be disastrous to our infrastructure and environment. The USA today allows approximately 1,000,000 people to immigrate here annually. We need to enforce the law we already have on the books on ILLEGAL immigration. That abuse needs to be totally stopped!!
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It will still be the issue of enforcement. We have a guest worker program. If they enforced the laws we would not be in this situation.