do you think the united states government will allow illegal immigrants to stay ?
479742
Yes, and I certaintly hope so.  They are illegal because gaining lawful citizianship, or even temp. visas are time consuming and expensive.  Lets face it, the reason these people are here illegally is becasue they need money, so what sence does it make for the fees to be so high?  its almost as if the Government WANTS the illegals because without them we would be in a sad shape.  everyone can moan and groan about it, but bottom line is, Americans are to proud and some too lazy to work in a field all day picking vegtables or cotton for pennies a bushal.  Without them, our ecomony would improve?  Doubt it.  Without them more jobs?  Perhaps, but the jobs they will/would leave are ones Americans simpily dont want.  These people come here to support their families back home, and really if it came down to it, shoe on other foot I would do the same.  we would all do whats best for our children, even if it was illegal I think.  Exp.  If my baby needed milk and I had no money or no one to help, I would steal it!  Bottom line, and thats all theya re doing to.  REFORM IMMIGRATION, changes laws to help them become legal (even temp.) but dont just ship em' off they need us and we them.
585832
They should if they were to enforce the laws, but the politicians are refusing to enforce the laws and instead cater to big business who want the cheap labor. The government is sending a message to the American citizens how they really feel about our wishes. This country will become a 3rd world country if it isn't already.
543616
Define 'our government'.\n\nI'd be OK with keeping all the illegals but the undesirables if the border were secure. I don't want to increase immigration rates GOING FORWARD until it actually is secure, however.\n\nAs to what our government is doing, I'm still waiting to see which way they will tip.\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060527/ap_on_go_co/immigration_64
511382
Shutting the door? Nah. Its Bush after all. \n\nReason why it may remain open is because illegal immigrants provide a lot to the American economy and the government knows that. Hence why it would never close. Sure, they may be taking jobs away from honest Americans, but all the companies care is that they are also cheap labour.\n\nIf US really wanted to shut the "open" door for "terrorists", they would restrict the flights that come into the US itself.
416753
you can always come in illegally and then after a while the US government will give you legal residences...\n\nat least thats what they do to mexicans
1072609
I agree that illegals who come to this country and work should be allowed to stay here.  They do a lot of jobs that people who were born here think they are "too good" to have to do.  Those same Americans who won't do the manual labor job for $5 an hour aren't "too good" to go on welfare.  \n\nWe should exile welfare recipients who could work but choose not to, and let the illegals who want to stay here and make something of themselves stay.
635756
All of these illegals will eventually stay, become voters, if the DNC has their way, their population will continue to grow and they will become a voting block that has NO interest in our language, history, military, or patriotism, only the $$$$ that are available will be the main interest.\nThat scenario is not totally here yet, but it is lingering in the future if our national course of extreme liberalism continues to erode the very fabric of our nation.\n\nthe 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?
1007497
yes, but the house shouldn't be fooled with 'you get what you want now, we'll get what we want later', it's the same thing.\n\nFelony convictions, deportation, even more laws to strip citizenship.  If they want immigration, fine, but not unlimited or uncontrolled legal immigration.  There must be an objective study or studies done on what and who and how many types of legal immigrations there should be that subjectivity and bias are kept out of the results as best as possible.
1019496
i agree with you girl, i think they should stay in the u.s. if they like,\nthey are very hard workers. after all noone is american in this country.
676356
i don't think so..hey, they aren't just 'illegals' they are people...i'd like to think my view are conservative or at least i used to, but now i just think my views are do the right thing, like would i want that done to me? no and yes are the only answers...so no, i don't think a wall should be put up...they are trying to make a living...and in  knowing some illegals...people...they do do the right things...once they get past the hurdle of crossing the border..they are good people, hard working and loyal to the end..they are the kind of people we pride ourselves to be americans as...they 'eventually' do it right, aside from crossing without a border pass...i live in sd. and i have known, even people that are american as apple pie from hs...who's parents and gpts crossed that way and the families are now successful very successful!  this whole thing about illegals is a bush ploy to direct us away from the money laundering of the government officals and the lame a war we are still fighting that is all a figment of our iiimmaginationss...
1096344
NO!!\nAmnesty will only encourage future illegal immigration. THink.. If those people see that we give amnesty to illegals, then they too will think they can come here and get amnesty in the future as well. Your stealing a car example is dead on. Amnesty is no better then releasing all prisoners because they have been in there for a long time.
363597
They WILL be able to stay.
430492
As it stands, it would allow illegal immigrants become legal.  The biggest barriers appear to be in terms of enforcing our current and potential laws for managing immigration.
1087550
Legal Immigrants should stay\n\nIllegal Immigrants - should go home and be permanently barred for not following our laws\n\nWe need law abiding citizens\n\nBy the way my wife is a LEGAL Immigrant from the Philippines\nIt took us over a year to get her here and we paid over $1000.00 \nbut we followed all the rules\n\nAm I a Racist ???   - Hardly\nLaw abiding and respecting - Yes\n\nYou need to respect another Country's laws if you want to live there
608210
First if the INS has not hunted anyone down up to this point for 30 years, I doubt they will start in 3 years.\n\nIt offeres people a benifit to do illegal activities.\n\nAnd in the end, it does not stop the ones comming in, but would give more reasons to come in during the next few years to try and be legal.\n\nAnd also most of the illegals will not trust the government to try to become legal.  The ones now that have tried to become legal are the only ones being deported
517318
Let us hope not.  \n\nThe question is narrowed to undocumented people and that can no longer be tolerated.  \n\nIf some thing of an aggressive nature were to occur, it would be between undocumented foreign nationals and military (active military, reserves, and even militias).  The undocumented foreign nationals would lose and all, repeat all, of them would be rounded up and deported.  This would be a direct attack on the United States.  \n\nThe fact is the United States needs in people coming into this country to work, but they must do so in a legal documented manner and they will be welcome.  \n\nThe goal now is to seal the border, and that can be done.  \n\nThose who are employers must ensure that all of their employees are legally documented and systems must be offered to these employers so that they can determine who is legal.  If they don’t do so, the penalties for the employer must be very high including jail time.  \n\nA real system for those working here as legal foreign nationals must be developed.  Those foreign nationals who wish to eventually become a citizen of the United States must work to become assimilated into the culture of the United States and that begins with learning English.\n\nAt the same time the United States must begin serious work with Mexico to assist them in building a solid economy with real jobs for their people. \n\nThose individuals who desire to acquire land within the United States to join it back into Mexico must come to understand that such is never going to occur.
315535
A\n\nThe key word is "Illegal". It is not fair to the immigrants that enter this country legally to allow them to stay, nor is it fair to ALL the people born in this country or who have become citizens of this country, for illegal immigrants to be allowed to stay. We (citizens) all pay taxes and our money stays in this country to help make this country great and to keep it going. I realize they want a better life, but starting it out doing something "Illegal" is NOT the answer. They need to go back and then take the legal steps necessary to enter this country legally. \n\n@--->---