What is your solution to the Immigration problem?
471531
Tougher border enforcement...HARSH penalties for employeers found employing illegals. Back ground check for those who want our public services. No more incentives...no more Illegals. Those with a true desire to better our land will still come. But they will do it legally.
266151
Close the borders and send their employers to jail.\n\nIt might work if those corporations weren't in bed with the politician's in charge.
882827
Deport deport deport.  Fine the snot out of companies that hire them, deport the ones you catch, fence (both physical and virtual) the border, make it illegal to produce products in spanish (no I don't care if they can't read a can of Pringles, they shouldn't be eating them here anyways), stop teaching in spanish (not stop teaching spanish, stop teaching them that if they come here, we will hire teachers to teach them for free IN THEIR LANGUAGE!!!) foreclose homes owned by illegals, expand the LEGAL pathways for them to get here, offer citizenship after one standard tour of duty in the military (I think it's 4 years, but I could be wrong).  I can guarantee that the military method would make great citizens out of them.  Nothing better to make a better American than to put your life on the line to defend her.\n\nAnd then in Mexico, support groups that would topple the corrupt government and set up a government that would be beneficial to its people.  They don't need our help if they can get it themselves.
871023
Build the fence. Stop the illegal immigration.
661819
Ask this in the immigration Q&A.
674813
I think that those who are concerned with this issue recognize an expensive band aid when they see it.  Others didn't care to begin with.\n\nI think he should break his program into two pieces 1) get the border security and employee immigration verification systems in place, then 2) increase future immigration through enhanced legal programs.\n\nThe path to citizenship for qualified illegals already here could start during step one, but the increased immigration going forward should not phase in until the border is demonstrably much more secure, and we have tracking programs to make sure new guest workers go home when their time is up.
842278
Legal immigration has never been the issue,but with the huge number of illegal aliens it may be harder for legal immigrants.The illegals are causing a back lash against even legal immigration.I cant see letting more immigrants into this country when we already have millions of illegals to deal with.The fact that you have a profession will help you I'm sure.but we certainly don't need any more unskilled,under educated,poor people in this nation.We are drowning in a sea of them already.Our\nimmigration policy's need to change to be more like Canada's where the highly skilled,educated,and needed are let in first.We here in America take any one and then \ngive their family members preference.So poor people bring in more poor people.Public services are stretched to the limit now.If this isn't stopped this nation will become just another poor 3rd world country.That no one will want to live in.We are not going forward we are going backwards.
469200
I think the HR4437 is a radical solution to a more complex problem,if they want to pass that bill, why they don't just go knocking door to door and deport all the people that look Hispanic, there has to be a better way to solve this immigration problem, they are here, they work, they pay for the food they eat, taxes for that food, pay for rent, pay for everything they use or consume, what are they gonna do with all that space they are occupying , what are they gonna do with all the apartments , the food , the production of food, the clothes , the products the immigrants buy, they are already here, they live somewhere, you see them everyday, sending them to prison is just to radical, first you need to secure the border, and then find a solution to the more than 12 millions illegals aliens,
317638
Problem #1: Population \n\nThe first problem I see with the current state of the immigration laws is the significant rise in population that has, and will, continue to occur over the next fifty years. According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an estimated 1.1 million immigrants, both legal and illegal, enter the United States every year. 700,000 of these are legal immigrants; 120,000 are refugees, and between 250,000 to 300,000 are undocumented or illegal “aliens” ( Baldwin, 1995). The United States population at the moment is roughly 288 million people. If this trend of aliens is not decreased, the population will reach 400 million by 2050. How many people can America hold? \n\nProblem #2: Benefits Illegal Aliens Recieve \n\nCurrently, under federal law, undocumented foreign citizens are eligible for emergency healthcare, free schooling from kindergarten through high school, and W.I.C. or Woman, Infants, and Children nutritional program ( Baldwin, 1995). This is important to note because there are currently between eight and ten million aliens currently living illegally in the United States. An estimated 2.5 million of these illegal aliens currently reside in the state of California alone, due to the agricultural jobs that are readily available for cheap labor (Kadetsky, 102). It should not be surprising then that the residents of California were outraged over the amount of money that they were being forced to spend, and the amount of resources that were being used to support aliens that are not “allowed” to be in the United States in the first place. \n\n \n\nProblem #3: Homeland Security\n\nIn the Fiscal year of 2002, which runs October 1 through September 30, the United States Coast Guard, which is the country’s primary maritime, or sea going, law enforcement agency, intercepted 4104 immigrants from various South American countries (USCG, Para 2). Since then, the numbers of immigrants intercepted by the Coast Guard, has continued to climb at an alarming rate; jumping to almost 11,000 in 2004, 9,500 in 2005, and currently with less than two months into the 2006 physical year, there have already been 1,000 migrants accounted for and processed through the Coast Guard (USCG, Para 1). Illegal immigration can potentially cost American tax payers billions of dollars a year. The United States Coast Guard, whose primary obligation is to prevent the loss of life at sea, can not stop this problem by its self, it is mearly the first line of defense. It is up to the rest of America to join the fight and help put an end to this awful practice.\n i couldnt agree more they should learn our language
660920
immigration isnt the problem it is illegal immigration that has become the problem.\n\nGood Luck and God Bless!!
830760
A bit off topic perhaps, but your question reminds me of Carlos Mencia's solution to getting all of the illegals out of the U.S.: \n\nWe should completely open the border. Then all of the illegals come up into the U.S. and it gets too crowded here and all of the people they were trying to get away from in Mexico will be here so they'll migrate North to get away again and they'll all be Canada's illegal immigrants and we can change the slur to from "wetbacks" to "frostbacks."
537063
Maybe, contact immigration
978047
I was on a forum a little while ago and a guy on there had a pretty decent plan.  So I will pass it on.  First . Close the borders for good.  ( I don't think that is possible)  2.   All illegals in the penal system would be deported immediately. ( that is an excellent idea)  3.  All undocumented workers would have 6 months to study and get their citizenships, or get deported as well. ( ah, i am still not sure absorbing all of them would be good for the country, but I think it's good mid ground).  4, after the 6 months any company still employing Illegals get fined 100,000 a day. (Love that).
600001
The ONLY way we will ever solve the illegal immigrant problem is to take away the incentive for them to come here. If they couldn't get jobs and free social services without legal status, they wouldn't keep coming.
528224
a civil war... over this?!  That is a melodramatic statement.  Is the issue out of hand?  yes.  People tend to complicate things before they solve them.  \n\nI've written the following into several discussions but here's a suggested solution:\n\n\nThe reality is that US immigration policy is inherently racist.  The moment you use a quota system in a lottery to figure out who can come in, you are a racist. We need to resolve this once and for all.  Amnesty won't work because we don't enforce the laws.  America tried amnesty some twenty years ago, and here we are,\n\nFor the record, it's not just Mexicans, but illegal immigrants from anywhere including Western/Eastern/Central Europe, Asia, Africa, and South/Central America.\n\nWhat we need to do is resolve our racist policies the following is an example of what I would do:\n\n1.Simplify the process\na.Charge $3000, USD.\nb.Request proof of birth, proof of no criminal record, work history and 6 references\n\n2.Give a specific time-frame say 1 year.\n\n3.No quotas, if you pass, you pass.  If you don’t pass, you are not welcome, not even to visit.\na.If you don’t pass there must be an initial review to make sure nothing was missed\nb.There should be a 1 time appeal.  The results of which can not be contested.\n\n4.Once in the US, you are on a temp status for the next 6 years.  If you want permanent status, then you must prove the following:\na.You have worked/gone to school,\nb.Paid all relevant taxes (local, state, federal),\nc.Committed no crimes, \nd.Have a minimum capacity of functional English (speak/read/write).\n\n5.Complete all of item 4 and you get your initial application fee back (less interest).\n\n6.Any illegal in the US at the time of the law would be allowed to submit their papers locally without fear of incarceration (unless other criminal issues attach)\n\n7.Make it a crime to hire illegal immigrants.  With a simple formula:  Whoever is responsible for hiring  does 5 years for each illegal hired; this could only be served sequentially, not concurrently.\n\n8.For anyone who opts to remain illegal or come here illegally after the new immigration standard:  \na.No benefits; not medical, dental, no drivers’ licenses, no emergency room visits, nothing.\nb.The same would apply for the children of illegal immigrants born here.\n\n9.The key is that immigration must be reasonable and fair.\n\nAs for the illegal immigrants here now, well they should submit the same documentation and expect no preference during the approval process.  They should be allowed to stay here during the process.  If found to be unacceptable, jail and then deportation.
1118956
If only it weren't for the TB, we might have a solution for illegal immigration.  Right on man!
989475
Collect income taxes on the spot from all illegal immigrants who come in for services.  Anyone who says they don't have money, not a problem.  Make them give two pints of whole blood.  Unable to give blood?  Not a problem.  Make them do maintenance work on the facilities, like painting, plumbing, cleaning, etc according to their skill level.  Unable to do work?  No problem.  Make them do eight hours of translating service.  Not bilingual (can't speak English)?  No problem.  Just tell them you don't speak whatever language they speak, and after a few hours of not getting anything they came for, hopefully they'll leave and not come back.\n\nLOL.  Sorry if I put anyone off with this reply, but you were looking for humorous replies, right?  I mean, you did ask how to make the NHS more efficient and cost effective.  Now, that's a joke!!! \n\nROFLMAO