Which  is worse on the immigration issue ? the Dem's or republicans ? why don't they just enforce the law ?
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My family moved to the US before WWII. Those of my family that didn't make it over got killed by the death camps. Our family assimilated to the American culture. We didn't expect the Americans to change to suit us. The illegal immigrants from Mexico are not civilized like that.\n\nThey not only changed the National Anthem to Spanish, they changed the words. They already burn our flag and hang our flag upside down. They waved the Mexican flag during a lot of their protests. Some schools have stopped hanging the American flag and forbidden students from wearing clothes with any part of the American flag on their clothing all to keep from offending the Mexicans. It's nothing short of an attack of our country, not only by the illegal aliens, but those who seek to appease them. \n\nI am tired of the stereotype that Americans wouldn't do the work that illegals do. Illegals do all kinds of jobs for less than minimum wage which drives the wages down for U.S. citizens. Construction jobs are an example. There are lots of illegals doing construction jobs that Americans used to do because the companies can keep more of the profits if they pay less for the workers. All that does is make companies wealthier and Americans poorer. Illegals are stealing jobs that Americans have done for years.\n\nIllegals need to be deported.
781956
Thank you!\n\nWe need conservatives to take over complete power in order to fix this. The Democrats have been using this flaw in the system to cheat for decades. Those who think it's not the Dems, check out the voting records of who wants to force ID and who wants to let illegals, criminals, and dead people vote.\n\n.
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I think that it's an unnecessary strain on race relations.  I believe they would have been more successful at getting reform by doing this quietly.  The president, who is a conservative, had just pushed a bill to allow illegals to become eligible to apply for citizenship.  So, if a conservative is for it, it will probably pass since most of his party will follow him and the liberal would vote in favor of it.\n\nBut then it got ugly and there were marches demanding AMNESTY (instantly legal), not just the ability to apply for citizenship, and the race issue came up.  They accused whites of being racists, and a BIG backlash is brewing among american citizens.\n\nI've been raised around the hispanic culture and they're fine people.  I work with them daily, and my company has a center in MX City.  Actually, race has never been an issue around here, for the most part.  But this whole May 1st walkout is brewing some serious anger among Americans because they are demanding when they, quite honestly, should be humbly asking.  I've never seen anything like it.  I'm not racist, and even I'm getting dragged into the melee because I refuse to allow an illegal any latitude for their illegal entry.  And instantly people call me a racist or an "arrogant American."\n\nWe gave an amnesty in the 80's and everybody was ok with it.  The idea was that we're going to clear up the illegal issue and keep the new illegals out.  Well, now we have an illegal population of about 10 million...so amnesty is a big POS.  Enforcement is the answer.
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Instead of the candidate, look at what the party states.  Republicans are cutting taxes, fighting the terrorists, and the House Republicans are the only ones willing to enforce the borders.  \n\nDemocrats have yet to offer any agenda other than against Republicans and Bush.
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would like to correct toddcomish=the people who don't want them enforced are 1-bleeding heart liberals who need to get their own country, and leave this one, 2-democrats who want illegals to vote for which they should be jailed for voter fraud, 3-CORRUPT businesses who should be shut down and fined with jail time. Todd, we must be specific!
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Now come on... The Republicans were in six years and never really developed a policy.. other than getting people killed... how about giving the Dems a little time.. at least Wait until January and they take over.  Don't worry, they will find a way to clean up your mess.
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Just Republicans taking things too far AGAIN.\n\nActually, Republicans are sort of like Islamic Extremists in a way; always pointing the finger at stuff that doesn't really matter at all.\n\nThey were just looking for a Democrat to blame for anything, because their entire party is exploding with controversy.
970745
Republicans, they are much more of a threat to our way of life. Muslim extremists can be dealt with, American extremism is far more insidious.
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I fully agree with you. It's the republicans that have the problem. They don't want to give anybody civil liberties. The republicans will lose the house and the senate come election time. Hate to break it to the repubs but nobody wants you in control anymore. You screw it all up. \n\nDemocrats are taking america back.
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Because one of the big problems with Republicans these days is that they're forced to do everything for the benefit of the Republican party, rather than for the benefit of their constituents.\n\nPeople realized this, and elected Democrats because they will actually do what they are supposed to do... or at the very least they will not be punished for doing so.
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They have to blame someone for what's going on... it's clearly unacceptable to everyone... and it's not like they are going to take responsiblity, so they blame the last powerful Democrat, who just happens to have been in power 5 YEARS AGO... \n\nif you guys can't fix it in 5 years with the congress and presidency, you don't deserve to be in there... it's not like the democrats would do anything to stop you if you ever did decide to do anything...
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I think the mistake lies in assigning Democrats a fixed value on the issue...leaves em no leeway to develop better answers if there's bias right off the bat...truly, dems have the potential to be 20 times harsher on illegal immigration than the republicans were, because they're slightly more likely to actively start seeking information and answers FROM the public at large, and develop some solutions based on their findings. The GOP's been a little too busy serving the narrow interests of their corporate pals, and ignoring that 'law' stuff, at least in recent times, I hope whoever claims to be representing 'the american public' in the future actually goes out and talks to some people...and more importantly, listens...\n\nIllegal immigration is a big problem, it's a crime to begin with, \nwe have borders, they need to be effectively enforced, countries that have a long-standing history of tolerating/promoting violation of our immigration laws, such as Mexico, need to be brought to the table to figure out how they're going to be good partners with us on the issue, or face sanction. As the man said 'we are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws'. Those laws need to be upheld, respected, and if need be, then enforced. Our economy doesn't rely on illegal immigration to survive. Most people can, in fact, carry out their own damn garbage, cook their own meals, even clean their own toilets. \n\nThe countries with the economic problems that are producing populations that their economies can't support need to sit down, and look at the WHY behind it all, and develop better answers.\n'Move to the United States' shouldn't be the default solution to other countries' failure to plan...6.5 billion people in the world, HOW many 'neighbors' did you want? LOL
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It is not up to a political party to do something about the Illegal Alien problem.  It is up to us as a people to tell our Representatives what we want to have done about the problem.  We should learn from 9/11 that this is a serious problem that affects us all.  However many including the 9/11 terrorist's entered the country legally and then did not leave when it was time for them to.  Our INS Department does not have the staff to honestly see the job through in most cases.  We have people who have come to our country on a student visa and remain here for many years after it has been expired, and many of these people go to the INS daily trying to get some sort of status to remain here.\n\nYes we have each day people who sneak into the country, but one must realize that many Illegal Aliens came here legally and just never left.  Sometimes it is just a clerical error and others have to do with quota's.  There is a lot more problems with the illegal immigrants than most people know and understand.  The problem needs to be explored and new legislation developed to meet the needs of our country as well as be fair to those who came here legally.
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pretty much.. republicans suck.\n\ndemocrats rock.. they do something that republicans cant...\n\nfeel.
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Because neither the Democrats or Republicans want to offend the hispanics in this country,since 1986 when amnesty was given to illegals back then our goverment failed to secure the borders,each administration left the problem to the following administration,now we're stuck with millions of illegal immigrants that are not asking but demanding legal status,some are already planning to bring more illegals with them.and our Washington representives?pointing the finger at each other as usual,and contrary to what the person above said,it's the Republicans that are blocking illegals from becoming legal.
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You might want to take a look at who is in favor of what before you jump to conclusions.  Check your representatives' web pages on this issue.\n\nThe Republicans control the House that put out the stricter of the bills, for example.  It says nothing but protect the border and felonize illegal immigration.  The felony provision will drop out per the House majority leader, and I predict that some sort of path to citizenship will likely come in, but that is because of the Senate.
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republicans crossed the line a long time ago.  They are so far over the line that they can't see it behind them with a telescope.\n\n\nthe difference between republican and Democratic dirty tricks is that when Democrats do it, it is one or two misguided individuals.  republicans do it on directives from the party.