The Issue: Broken borders or Illegal Immigrants. Two separate issues which is most important?
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We do have to secure our borders but,without fining employers hiring them we are spitting in the wind. \n1986 Amnesty is proof that just giving amnesty without enforcing employer sanctions only made the problem worse.
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Yes, ILLEGAL immigrants are a danger. They cross our borders without going through a screening process. They carry in diseases which have been eradicated in the United States. A lot of them have criminal backgrounds, look into the prison statistics for violent crimes. They are a burden on the medical system. They take jobs that Americans will do, if given the opportunity and paid at a fair wage. They also allow for the continued breaking of employment laws by companies that use their cheap (slave)labor. they are a burden on the educational systems. \nThey protest in our streets (a right provided for American citizens not ILLEGALS) and wave the Mexican flag. And this entire controversy is influencing divisions in American unity.\nAnd, the very act of them crossing our borders, without permission is not only illegal, but it is an invasion of our lands and anyplace else on the planet, it would be considered an act of war.\nILLEGALS GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!
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Because the issue is truly about Illegals, not immigrants.  By the way, I noticed no difference.
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Not crack babies, but bastards of a sort. Illegitimate citizens. I am not blaming them or trying to call them bad names, though, because the parents are at fault. Our leaders are also at fault for their interpretations of our laws and permitting this kind of thing to happen. We should stop this now to avoid more confusion about citizenship in the future. You are what your parents are. Illegally crossing a border should not change that.
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Illegal immigration is one thing. Threatening to hurt ones child is a totally different thing.\n\nEven if you are angry with what happened with a small bunch of illegals big_divot, taking out your anger on an individual and her daughter is not the way to go. Instead you should make a case against whoever it was and follow it through until they all get the justice they deserve. \n\nThe girl who wrote this topic has every right to report you not to Yahoo Answers, but to the Police. \n\nOne thing is freedom of speech. Another is to make threats to ones livelyhood. And where this is going, your treading on very thin ice.
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its because central and south american illegal immigrants are the most common\n\nmake sure to make the distinction between 'immigrant' and 'illegal immigrant'\n\nthey're two entirely different words..
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Legal immigrants: Welcome to America.  Illegal Immigrants: welcome to jail and deportation.  \n\nFor a society to exist therule of law needs to be in place, other wise you have anarchy, which leads to tyrany
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Illegal/undocumented are synonyms.
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None. Immigrants are people who immigrate to other countries to live. However some are classed as Illegal immigrants who have gained entry to a country illegally. Most of the world is populated with the ancestors of immigrants.\n A note for Turkish gamer 13.\n What a ridiculous answer. You dont really know an awful lot do you?
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Good question sir.. I believe it will provide tighter control on entry and exist of legal border crossing only. By definition, illegal immigration occurs by illegal pessage ways. The ID cards don't apply to illegal pessage ways..right ? If someone from Mexico and Canada is datermined to cross the broder from a dark ally, they still will, ragardless of the use of an ID card at the legal crossings i.e. a border. The two issues are totally separate.
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I completely agree. It has nothing to do with racial profiling, its about securing the border and having a little more authority over those coming here. But, unfortunatly no matter what case may be someone has to turn it to a racial issue.
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How about the Immigration issue or global warming?\nBoth are highly controversial issues.
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We don't want to keep immigrants out.  We want to keep ILLEGAL immigrants out.  There's a very important difference.
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I agree that our borders are more important than area 51, or Iraq's borders, as well.\n\nWe need real border security, not a grandstand wave of the National Guard designed to get a Bill passed!
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It is a good question. However, the way that you have it worded makes it a bit ambiguous and confusing. Are you talking about two different immigration reforms (i.e., "a past immigration reform" & "the current immigration reform")? If so, it is better to refer to the two different reforms by their formal names, such as "The Immigration Reform Act of 19##". If you are talking about just one reform, you will need to make the statement less ambiguous. Hope this helps. :)
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I'd go for the corporations and businesses, they are the next in this pyramid of breaking the law, the last would be the illegals who have been getting away with coming here, getting jobs and staying without any contemplation whatsoever. The top of this pyramid is the government that doesn't enforce Immigration laws. Lately, we have many "real problems" that our President is just not equipped to solve, they just seem to get worse.
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Only reason is cause, this is a "internal" problem. But that's how it is with dividing cities. Poors (in this case: illegal aliens), move to cities, than the middle to upper class move to the suburbs.\n\nIn conclusion, I don't think this will really stir much division of the U.S., because it's not like the Civil War. The illegal immigrationists aren't being used by the people who support them.\n\nAmericans will come to their senses, and support NO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION!