Do you think there will be an amnesty to resolve now the issue of so many illegal immigrants?
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I would put the emotions and nationalism aside and look at what other countries are doing about their migrant workers. We should identify them, create laws so they can pay taxes, provide a way for their families to stay together, and set up a program to provide for their basic health, human, and education needs.
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A more important question that I don't see being asked is: "Who has let this happen?"  We have had, and still do, laws criminalizing almost all aspects of being illegal, from simply being here, to being illegal to hire them.  For the problem to be this big, police, INS, politicians, you name it, have to be complicit.  How come there is not a witch hunt in our communities to see who is responsible?\n\nIf the police accidentally shoot someone, we hold them accountable.  If a politician is caught taking bribes, we hold them responsible.  If millions of illegals come here we look the other way and pass more laws?  Does this make any sense to you guys?\n\nDon't forget this is not the first time we have talked about amnesty.  It didn't work in the 80's, it won't work now.  More laws is not the solution, punishing those who broke the law (US citizens and illegals alike) is.
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The Minute An Amnesty Is Granted \nFrom The Whitehouse To 20 Million ILLEGAL ALIENS\nYou Will See 280 Million IRATE AMERICAN CITIZENS \nGo On The Warpath\n\n\n\nWashington Better Think Twice About Granting Any Amnesty
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My take is the same as yours - a lot of hoo-ha and then back to life as we know it.  Personally, given the total reality of situation, I don't see a whole heckuva lot changing when it comes to illegal immigration.  Too many people getting too much out of it.
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No, the government will absolutely not give amnesty to all the illegal aliens that have been rounded up. The reason is simple. Our so called president cannot, at this point, show any leniency to anyone who is in this country illegally, because to do so, would seriously undermine his war on terror. With Bush's approval rating around 30%, and in my opinion is still way too high, he is under a lot of pressure from the republican party to play nice, and make as many people happy as he can before his term is up. Otherwise we will have a democrat for our next president. Bush will make examples out of these people, because the majority of the American public wants it that way.
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I don't know but they need to try and send it through again. Time to put a stop to all illegals
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Yup....they sure are!!\n\nDo you really think that granting amnesty for 12-20 million people is not going to have a negative effect on the US?\n\nWhat about the tax breaks and all the other breaks the rish get...\n\nthe rich get richer and the poor get poorer....this sucks too  because I am not rich.
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winkipinki,\nOf course that's where most of them come, because we have more than 11 million here illegally.  Had there been another boundary separating Mexico and the U.S. (such as an ocean), other countries would have been on an even playing field.  And yes, the largest minority has shifted over the years, mainly because of the illegal immigration...\n\nsinful_x_kiss,\nAre you kidding me?  Where were you in 1986 when Congress approved amnesty for the millions already here?  I'd say that's "special" treatment, more than any other country has ever received in those numbers.  Being next to us definitely has more advantages than disadvantages, mainly because the U.S. government has allowed it to sneak by and occur for so many years.  Now that it's out in front of national attention, the problem will hopefully be corrected where it started with the politicians.  Once the leak is fixed, then we'll worry about the mess.\n\nSmokie,\nThose are some good points, and most peeps that are against illegal immigration would agree with you.  It is possible to be against illegally crossing our border, but at the same time, support Mexicans for who get here legally.  That's not a racist or prejudicial stance.  We're all about them waiting in line just like everyone else around the world.
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Of course not, but it's the principle of the matter. Do we just allow them to become legal like we did in 86?...20 years later we'll have another 15 or 20 million of them to make legal. History repeats itself...and that is what's happening right now. Now, I would ask you a question, Blanka, if you had a choice of these two scenarios, which one would you pick for the illegals?\n\n1) Ship them all out and beef up security at the border to keep them out.\n\nor\n\n2) Let them stay and work toward legal status and eventually citizenship BUT also build a HUGE Impenetrable wall to keep the next 15 Million from coming.\n\nIf you were a Senator, which would you pick, because you can't have it all. That's not the way it works. Which would you choose?\n\n***************************************\nThanks for answering, Blanka. Yes, #1 is harsh considering they are only grabbing opportunities that the government has "given" them due to their unwillingness to enforce the laws. Now, Will you answer these three questions?:\n\na)  Do you think that the government of the U.S. really doesn't want illegal workers here who can be exploited? \n\nb) Don't we both know that as soon as the illegal workers are made legal, nothing will be done to keep the next wave of them out?(...because businesses want slave labor)\n\nc) Do you find that the wall you have "agreed to" is racist? or does the U.S. as a nation have the right to control its borders (I know you feel that Calif., Ariz., Texas, etc are Mexico, but they are currently a part of the U.S.) Just curious where you stand...would you consider the wall to be racist?\n\nThanks!
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I agree.  There hasn't been any protests that I've been able to get to so far, but there needs to be some protests all across the country.\n\nAll of these pro-illegal immigrants should be forced to compensate all of these innocent people who have had their identities and social security numbers stolen by these illegals who invade this country not caring if they hurt Americans or not. And compensate them times ten the financial losses for all of the time and hardship they've had to suffer for these lowlifes.
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I honestly believe we will get a comprehensive bill.....That means, amnesty for some....
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http://www.alipac.us/article-1242-thread-1-0.html\n\nThe US Senate could go to a vote any day or hour now on S. 2611 which \ncontains amnesty for both illegal aliens currently in the US and for \nemployers that have broken the law hiring them.\n\n\n\nSenator Sessions says S. 2611 to bring 217.1 million new immigrants in 20 years    http://www.alipac.us/article1223.html\n\n\n\n\n\nGOOD NEWS\n\n1.  This bill is so full of amendments now that neither side really \nlikes it increasing the chances it will fail.  If it does pass, the \npoliticians that voted for it will face even more opposition from the voters \nfrom both sides of the issue!\n\n2.  If they pass S. 2611 the fight is not over yet so do not get \ndiscouraged.  It still has to pass our House lawmakers.  Also, there are \nbenefits from a Senate vote that passes this amnesty bill.  On one hand, it \nwill allow us to determine exactly who we need to target for removal in \nthe elections.  On the other hand, passage of S. 2611 will INCREASE THE \nELECTORAL BACKLASH on this issue.\n\n3.  Even if the Guest Worker amnesty program is passed into law, it \ncontains a fatal flaw.  It does not grant instant amnesty.  This will \nallow time for the majority of American citizens to assert their influence \nover the lawmaking process through the elections.  If signed into law \nby George Bush, we will immediately announce our intent to seize \npolitical control of the program, remove any citizenship plans, and use it as \nan effective targeted deportation tool for illegal aliens that do not \nreturn to their home nations on their own volition.
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Too many!! It is irrelevant to the issue now. We have too many illegal aliens in our country, now, today, 2006 and we need to put a stop to it and deport those here. There has to be a stopping point to the law being abused. That time has come.
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No before long the american people already tired of illegals and the handouts they get when others can not, the jobs that they take from legals will get fed up and vote in people that are a lot harsher in views than those of the current administration and if the leaders then do not want to do anything then the people will take it state by state to end the freebies. The only sane solution to the problem is to invade Mexico make it the 51st state then there are no illegals
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You should check 1986 (was that the year?) when a few million illegals got granted amnesty.  Now we are having the same problem.  So if the U.S. grants them amnesty, how many more times are new illegals going to pour in and do the same thing?  Look for research articles in library databases.  Find news articles, books, interviews.  Etc...
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I hope someday happens. I think the US government should see both sides of the problem with illegal immigration and then decide what to do.\n\nI really have faith that the problem will someday be solve, soon or later it will be solved. I am just scared, because if it takes long time for this to happen, I am scared that a civil war will end this up. If is not a civil war, then it will be something worst.\n\nI hope both sides understnad the problem, but I am sure that people, immigrants, will let the government know that they don't like what they are doing.
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Seriously, I think there will be a lot of fighting. A lot of United States citizens are really tired of illegals draining our economy, and I think the resentment will surface in a very violent way.  And just for the record, I hope they don't pass a bill allowing that, because it certainly isn't fair to the people who earned their citizenship the honest way.  By the way, my family has been here since about 1670.