If we woulda spent the money spent in the war in Iraq in a plan Marshall for Mexico would there be immigration
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Immigration will always be there regardless on the amount of money you spend.  More money can limit immigration(illegal), but it will never stop it.  If someone really wants to get here, they will.  If you lock the doors to your house, someone can still break in if they really want to.
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You can't put a timeline on something like that, it would have to be ongoing, not to mention immigrants still sneaking in the country.  I could literally see a new federal agency heading this project for as long as the country is in existence.
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If there is an iron clad agenda to kill our enemy, and to discourage, forever more, the insurgents from entering Iraq, then I say yes.  This would require a serious ratcheting up of our activities, it would require the use of bigger and meaner weapons and ordinance, it would require border crossings to get to the real bad guys.  If this is our game plan, then I say yes.\n\nIf the purpose of sending more troops is to expand patrols and police action, then I say NOT.  We don't need more of the same bull sh it, we need a policy that will destroy the enemy, and let them know, we finally mean business.\n\nSorry, libs, your pacification program has been put back on the shelf!
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Seeing as how there's only two countries involved in this, the answer could either be the U.S. or nobody.\n\nIf every undocumented Mexican were granted citizenship, they would pay taxes for the money they made, instead of how right now only about 35% pay income tax, so you decide for yourself.\n\nIf you actually knew anything about economics, you'd see that if Mexico's economy was stable, its business partners would benefit (i.e. the United States). \n\nIf you're going to ask about who's responsibility it is to do things in the world, why don't you point your questions at the Middle East? Is it really the United States' responsibility to save the Iraqis from Saddam Hussein? Are our tax dollars meant for our government to democratize another? That's not what they were originally meant to do, but the money we spend will help out Iraqis (I know people who live there). Our tax dollars were not originally meant to help Mexico out, but the money we would spend would help out Mexico.
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August 24, 2000 ( < Notice The Date)\nWeb posted at: 6:12 p.m. EDT (2212 GMT)\nhttp://archives.cnn.com/2000/world/ameri...\n\nFox calls for freer flow of legal immigrants, investment between U.S. and Mexico\nLooks to open doors between northern neighbors\n\nWASHINGTON -- Mexican President-elect Vicente Fox on Thursday called on the United States to spend less defending its southern border and more on investing in Mexico so that Mexicans won't feel the need to migrate north of the border. \n\nThe Last Ten Words Of That Phrase Makes Me LMFAOff\n\n\nA close, personal friendship with President George W. Bush has given Mexicos President Vicente Fox the opportunity to purposely allow (or even send) Millions of Criminals, Thugs, Anarchists, and Potential Terrorists to swarm over our southern border in breathtaking numbers. \n(Nearly half of all Illegal Aliens currently living in the U.S. came here since Bush became president in 2000.) \n\n\nShort Answer - With Troops On The Border, Foxes Whole Plan Gets Shot To Hell\n\nHes Been Working Very Hard For 6 Years, \nSending His Poverty To Us, \nSo He Wouldnt Have To Develop His Nation\n\nHe WILL Be Very Vocal About This\nAs He Has Been In The Past \nRegarding U.S.Immigration Policies
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We certainly shouldn't consider it at all.This nation is neglecting its least educated and poor to take care of another nations uneducated and poor.I'm sorry If I'm paying for the welfare(and I am) I want my taxes to go for feeding and taking care of Americans first.This plan has been offered as a way to end the illega aliens,coming to the USA .Anything is worth looking into as a solution.\n\nSecure the borders immediately (with a mere 5.9% (i.e. 153,000 border patrol) of the total 2.6 million military, guard, and reserves). \n\nRequire enforcement of all immigration laws.  Enforce the existing laws.  \n\nRequire deportation of ALL illegal entries and visa overstays currently within our jails and prisons (i.e. within our custody).  \n\nRequire ALL employers to use the Social Security Verification System for ALL hires.  Prosecute violators. \n\nDeny ALL illegal alien births automatic citizenship.   Stop the abuse of anchor babies to acquire Blue Passports. \n\nDeny ALL illegal aliens a FREE K-12 education. \n\nDeny ALL illegal aliens ANY and ALL public benefits (welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, etc.), except Emergency healthcare \n\nDeny ALL illegal aliens driver's licenses. \n\nDeny ALL illegal aliens college tuition. \n\nVerify ALL voter's citizenship, before permission to vote.  Biometrics could be helpful. \n\nProvide $500 (per person) and pre-paid transportation to each illegal alien volunteering to leave the U.S. \n\nWith no more magnets (no jobs, welfare, education, etc.), the remaining illegal aliens will leave voluntarily.  Allow all illegal aliens to leave on their own, with their own property. Those wishing to immigrate to the U.S. must get in line behind those already seeking to immigrate legally.
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Ha ha. Mexico would be stupid to go to war with us. They would not do it. The only people that would be hurt by the mine field idea, would be people who should not have been there in the first place. I like the idea, but know it will never be implemented.\n\njo- Why don't you open your house to everyone?\n\nchuckc2003- I don't know where you live, but this has been a big deal for a long time where I live. I am glad something is finally getting done.\n\nBuck Fush!- Uhh, no one is arguing to stop immigration moron. It is about illegal aliens. Sooooo STFU!
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I deffinately think it would be immigration... kick all the illegals to Iraq to fight the war for 3-5 years after that they can become full citizens (those that remain).
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Probably they would think how stupid they were. the only people who want to go TO Mexico are the low lives who realize that those who are upper-middle class here, are kings over there.  The government would love it.  more tax dollars and more money going around.  For their people to buy supplies to go to AMERICA.  Trust me, it would be the total opposite reaction for what we're giving them. (At least the SMART people)
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The President wants to close the borders. This has international and domestic impacts.  Internationally, Mexico is our next door neighbor and a huge source of its funding comes from the funds sent home by immigrants to the United States.  Both the Presidential candidates in Mexico are running on platforms regarding OUR immigration policies.  We like friendly relations with our neighbors. \n\nDomestically, employers want to have access to lower wage workers.  Closing the borders will limit their access to those workers.  Their opposition would make it harder for Bush to address the issue.\n\nDomestically also, there is a huge illegal immigrant population which has never been screened for diseases we have eradicated here, as legal immigrants are screened. Probably more importantly from Bush's point of view, that huge group could easily hide a multitude of terrorists, since they have never been screened for that, either.\n\nSo in building a coalition to address this issue, Bush came up with a guest worker program.  As an incentive to screening the illegal immigrants already here, and for the more human reasons a number of people have already raised on these pages, he came up with a path to citizenship within that program.  That would also bring them within society so that the hard case undesirables wouldn't be shielded by Hispanics who would normally have nothing to do with them.\n\nHe is defending the country as he sees it.\n\nWhat do I think of his approach?  I could design a program with all of those elements that I could live with. Part of it would be to make sure the employers funded the social services needed to support their work force. That would also make their wages more on par with those of our own workers which would help even the playing field. Another part of my plan would be to make the whole thing conditional on a truly secure border. Unfortunately, Bush hasn't asked me to write up the program.
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1.  $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. \nhttp://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8\n\n2.  $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.\nhttp://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html\n\n3.  $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.\nhttp://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html\n\n4.  $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally.  http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html\n\n5.  $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.   http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html\n\n6.  $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.\nhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html\n\n7.  30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.\nhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html\n\n8.  $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers.\nhttp://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html\n\n9.  $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.\nhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html\n\n10.  The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens.   In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the United States. \nhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html\n\n11.  During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries.  Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into the U. S. from the Southern border.\nNEW: Homeland Security Report:\nhttp://www.house.gov/mccaul/pdf/Investigaions-Border-Report.pdf \n\n12.  The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period."\nhttp://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf \n\n13.  In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin.  http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/15795654.htm?source=rss&channel=cctimes_nation
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Absolutely not.  It is so out of step with what people in this country want (deportation of all illegals, an end to illegal immigration, a restrict reduction of legal immigration) that the senate bill representing Bush's plan is essentially dead in the water.
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According to TNRIP, the financial cost of this foreign invasion to U.S. taxpayers is staggering! Here is a break down of the annual costs: \n\nEducation: $22.5 billion \nBi-lingual Education: $3.3 billion \nAFDC: $2.4 billion \nSSI: $2.9 billion \nSocial Security: $24.8 billion \nHousing Assistance: $2.6 billion \nCriminal Justice: $2.6 billion \nJobs Lost by Americans: $10.8 billion \nOther Programs: $51.4 billion \nFood Stamps: $7 billion \nHealth Care: $1.4 billion              \n(That Totals $131.7 BILLION Annually Folks) \n\nILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS  violate our laws and Poison our system of Economics by TAKING JOBS  from American Workers, Keeping WAGES ARTIFICIALLY LOW, and Sucking MILLIONS of Dollars of TAXPAYERS MONEY out of our Welfare and Medical Systems. \nNot To Mention The Fact That A Majority Of ILLEGAL ALIENS Live And Work In This Country And Then Send Their Money Back Home To Their Families (Whatever Nation Their Families Live In) Therefore DRAINING The Economy Even Further. \nWhen The US Dollar Leaves The US... Its GONE From The American Economy. \n\n$$39 BILLION Dollars -With a B- That Amount Of  money is sent back to their own nation. ANNUALLY-In effect, they are LOOTING the Treasury of the United States as surely as if they went to Fort Knox and loaded up all our gold bullion on trucks and drove to Tijuana with it.\n\nThese Invaders are causing a BLEEDING in the System. As invaders, they're NOT Playing by the same rules as the Citizens. \nThis leads to a WEAKENING of Our Nations ECONOMY.\n\nThink Of It As "ECONOMIC TERRORISM"\n\nThe American people need to understand that the United States is under attack! No, not by Iraq or Iran, but by MEXICO! \n\nThe MEXICAN GOVERNMENT  Has Been Deliberately and Systematically working To Destabilize and Undermine The very Fabric and Framework of American Society. \n\nMexicos President Vicente Fox Has superintended over the biggest invasion of the United States in our country's history. - That's right, Invasion! \nhttp://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21309\n\n(For The Past 25 Years Or So) The U.S. is being Invaded by People from Another Nation - They Aren't Citizens --They  Don't Pay the Taxes -- Their ALLEGIENCE  is to their HOME COUNTRIES.
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Reagan started Amnesty for Mexicans. It has just gone out of control under Bush. \n\n"But he said Mexicans also remember Reagan fondly for backing a massive financial bailout of Mexico in 1982, and for pressing immigration legislation in 1986 that granted amnesty in the United States to 3 million Mexican immigrants.\n\n\nIt has been a belief that it is in the US's best interest to boost the Mexican economy. Bush knows exactlly what he is doing. Those immigrants pump millions into the Mexican economy.
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Yes.  His immigration reform plan calls for 700 miles of fence to be constructed on certain portions of the border.  Cost estimates vary, but the representative who proposed the plan puts the cost at about 2.2 billion.  Check out the link below for the Boston Globe article on the subject.
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Just send them back to where ever they came from.  Here are some reasons to take that approach:\n\nArizona is the temporary home of 500,000 illegal aliens. They cost Arizona taxpayers over $1 billion annually in services for schools, medical care, welfare anchor babies, loss of tax base and prisons. Illegals use those vehicles for smuggling more people and drugs from around the world into our country. When the vehicles are recovered, they are smashed-up wrecks in the desert. If not found, they have new owners south of the border as thieves drive the cars through the desert and into Mexico as easily as you drive your kids to soccer practice. \n\nIllegal aliens displaced American workers at a cost in excess of $133 billion dollars last year according to Harvard Professor George Borjas. American citizens: College and high school kids cannot find a summer job in yard care, landscape, fast food or service jobs. Why? Illegal aliens work them at a third the wage and often, under the table. \n\nNot only do young American not have jobs; their parents are paying taxes for illegal aliens who are not paying taxes. \n\nAnnually, 75 percent of drugs arrive from Mexico at a net cost of $120 billion hard currency that leaves our country for good. In addition, our tax dollars pay $80 billion for the War on Drugs each year. It is a war that hasn’t been won in the past 30 years and drugs are as available today to your teenager as they were in 1970. \n\n***When an alien criminal gets caught for rape, murder or drug distribution, you pay $1.6 billion annually in prison costs to house, feed and clothe those filling 30 percent of our federal and state prisons—not to mention TV, movies, weight rooms and other entertainment—they enjoy while being incarcerated.*** \n\nOver 300,000 women annually arrive pregnant and drop them on U.S. soil. The American taxpayer pays for food, housing, medical and schooling for them to age 18 PLUS their mother. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, average annual cost per child K-12 is $7,161.00 and exceeds $109 billion annually per cycle of anchor babies. \n\nThe average head of household illegal alien costs you $2,700.00 in welfare money over and above any taxes he or she pays in their meager paying jobs. With 15 to 20 million illegal aliens in the USA, that figures exceeds $20 billion of your tax dollars. (Source: Center for Immigration Studies, August 2004) \n\nHow about the $56 billion in pure cash illegal migrants sent to their home countries last year and every year? That’s after their kids enjoyed free education, free lunches and free medical care paid for by you. \n\nMexico receives $15 billion annually from its worker drones. No wonder Vicente Fox sent us 9.2 million illegal alien Mexicans so far. \n\nThe lifetime net fiscal drain—taxes paid minus services used—for an adult immigrant is $55,200.00 according to Carrying Capacity Network. \n\nWith a minimum of 15 million illegal aliens in our country, these figures are the tip of the iceberg. Average bilingual education is $1,200.00 per illegal alien student. Get this! We educate 1.1 million illegal alien children each year. The American public has paid $27 billion to provide forms, ballots, interpreters and brochures for languages other than English in 2003. \n\nAn estimated one-third to one-half illegal aliens work off the books. It costs $200 million to provide for emergency health care for illegal aliens in the Border States annually. California with over three million illegals paid $79 million, and four of their major LA hospitals bankrupted and shut their doors in 2004. Texas with 1.5 million illegal aliens paid $74 million in hospital care. Georgia ran a $63 million deficit for 64,000 unpaid doctor visits to their Grady Health Care system in 2002. Georgia taxpayers paid $27 million for 11,188 anchor baby hospital births. Georgia taxpayers paid a whopping $242 million for educating illegal alien kids in 2003. \n\nWhat are the conseque
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Yes.  And there are too many reasons to list.  But a few of them are.....free medical care, free education, and no taxes for illegal aliens; welfare for deadbeats; and years and years of handouts to other countries who never paid us back.  Too many people use the war in Iraq as a reason, but that comes out of the defense funds which were already there.