If you're actually able to "demand amnesty," doesn't that mean that you don't really need 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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I agree. I understand that sometimes people who have no recourse are forced to protest and demand a change in the system. As a previous participant pointed out...women getting the vote and African Americans gaining their freedom from slavery. \n\nHowever, in both of those cases, there are glaring differences from the issue at hand. In the case of women voting...women were citizens of the United States who had no other recourse. It wasn't as though women could vote IF they filled out the proper paperwork and follwed the established laws that would allow them to do so. They couldn't vote at all. Illegal immigrants have legal recourse to establish legal residency or permanent citizenship in the United States. They're protesting for something that they can already acheive should they choose to do so, they simply don't want to be bothered with following the proper procedure. In the case of slaves...they were brought here against their will, stolen from their homeland and sold like animals. It was an inhumane and unfair institution and one that needed to end. These were people in the United States against their will and with no legal recourse to remedy their situation. Again, illegal immigrants did have the opportunity to obtain legal residency and/or citizenship should they have chosen to do so. Instead they chose not to be bothered with the proper procedure and now want to protest for amnesty. \n\nI might understand and actually support their cause if there were not procedures in place for them to come here legally. As it is, I can't support the cause of a group of people who are basically saying "I want to be protected by the laws of the United States even though in the past I have shown no regard or respect for them as I chose to enter this country illegally." Sorry, that's not how it works, you don't get to pick and choose what laws you want to follow and which ones you don't. You don't get to break the laws you don't agree with and still expect to reap the benefits of being a law abiding resident of the United States.
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What's the point in having a law if you don't intend to enforce it?  Of course it can be enforced - it's a matter of getting sufficient resources and having the WILL to enforce it!  Which seems to be sadly lacking ... until election time ...
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I think this is a very valid question.  It shows how hypocritical it would be to give amnesty to those who did not follow the rules.\n\n---\n\nin response to the person above, that is not true.  They are not all "doing the work that no one else will do."  They are doing jobs U.S. citizens will do, but are doing it for such cheap wages, often lower than minimum wage, that they are getting the jobs.  They are bringing down the value of a jobs worth.
691234
To come here ILLEGALLY and then make demands is utterly presumptuous, especially if no attempt is being made to acclimate into our existing culture.   Would you expect anything OTHER than a backlash to that?  How rude!
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They'll be a big party and the INS will be bogged down.\nWhy do they need a 2nd amnesty?  The first one didn't work.
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it means something you legally arent suppose to have.
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moty, thank you for stating that you are a legal citizen who had the courage and enough good sense to follow the lawful path. Welcome to my country. I should say ours huh? \nI would never even think of giving any trespassing criminal any form of amnesty if it were up to me. If  I had to I would be willing to  haul them all back across the border in a wheelbarrow one at a time. Whatever it takes to regain my country. \nNina, you arent old enough to sit at the grown ups table yet,  much less have an informed opinion about this subject. keep your 2 points.  Now go play. or get educated on the matter at hand. talk to my friend  Yars if you want some true information without any spin.\nNo amnesty!
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Should we give murderers who haven't been caught yet amnesty?  Or thieves?  Or drug smugglers?  Illegal aliens broke the law.  They should not be given amnesty.  Deporting them is probably not reasonable though.  So the answer is, we should cut them off from government benefits, because these benefits should be for people here legitimately, and give them the opportunity to become legitimate or leave.  Cutting them off would force this decision.  Further, we should highten the penalties for hiring illegal aliens to domestic businesses.  This way, even if we can't find them and resolve the issue on a personal basis, the pressure on the people paying them would effect a result.  At that point, if they don't choose to become legitimate, then deportation would be appropriate.  Most of them are here because they want to be part of this country, I would imagine, so they would probably comply.  Bottom-line: amnesty will only provide incentive for more illegal aliens to come.  The only amnesty that should be extended is for the interim time until they become legitimate.  And this should only apply to the illegals already here.
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What part of "Illegal" don't you people understand?\n\nIllegal = in violation of our laws.\n\nGiving them amnesty would be like rewarding them for breaking our laws and rewarding them more so for breaking our laws even longer.\n\nSince when does that make sense?\n\nUsing that logic if I was DUI for 5 years, would that make it legal for me to drive under the influence of alcohol from then on? Of course not!\n\nTrust me, I want them here, but I want them to pay taxes and help support our country.\n\nYou have retirees nowadays wondering if they will have their Social Security check at the end of each month and if they do get it if it will be lower than the previous month, then we have a million people marching for illegal immigrants who don't support our government by paying their taxes?! That's crap!!\n\nBefore anyone says anything I am NOT a racist, I have nothing against Hispanics of any kind I just want them to come into our country through the correct corridors.\n\nWhat they should be protesting is their own damn government back in Mexico that makes it so hard for them to make ends-meet instead of complaining about our own government that's pretty much giving them a free ride.
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Why would you want to? True, like any profession they have their nuts. They help millions of people every year. It is one of those things, that if you don't like it, don't use it. Why try to take rights away from others that may benefit?
688147
If you have to ask - then, no, you're not
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You don't have to if you don't want to.
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If you have to ask, you don't want to and don't do it
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I have lived exactly what you are describing.  I began 'preaching' about this problem about 15 years ago and no one would listen. I then lived in California and worked for Social Services. You can just imagine what I experienced there.  I have since moved back to my home midwestern state and now I see it moving in here as well.  It is an invasion that people and legislators have ignored and avoided doing anything about for far too long and now we are faced with a crisis.  Do I think that amnesty will have them respecting our laws?  OF COURSE NOT!  They came here illegally. That, in itself, makes them lawbreakers, if not criminals..  none of whom respect anything or anybody.
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Not really, (it sounds so Soviet to me), but my plan is for us just to give amnesty to all illegals already here (no way to get them out) and dump all of the money we currently spend on hunting down illegal immigrants into border security.
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No.But in Central America if you have the money,you can do anything.For example buy witnesses if you've killed somebody,buy a suspect to take the rap for you,buy somebody's identity,bribe officials to leave the country,hell...if the price is right you can even buy visas to immigrate to your country of choice.That's why it makes me laugh when certain people call us names for not changing the situation in our own countries.Without money,you can't do anything.