Are amnesty and open borders in our future?
832023
The American people understand that talk of amnesty by some in our government as our wide-open borders are compromised by thousands daily is irresponsible and causes a tsunami of illegal entry into this country by those seeking to get in under the wire to take advantage of the offer of amnesty. \nAs these numbers grow in volume and scope, the international criminal cartels gain even more control over our border frontiers, the black market underground swells with document fraud and identity theft, and the drug and contraband turf wars accelerate. More gang violence erupts in our cities by murderous thugs such as MS-13, the ruthless gang of self-professed friends of al Qaeda who, by our own government’s estimation, number in the tens of thousands in cities across America. National security and public safety demand that we make securing our borders combined with serious interior enforcement the first and most urgent priority of Homeland Security.  This is not rocket science.  It is time for our politicians to hear what the people are saying to them:  Secure our borders now!  No amnesty.
81072
Things will change and i think for good. Human beings will stop playing with nature.\n\nIn next 25 years the whole world come very close and there would not be any problems of race, cultures and terrorism as people will slowly realise that these things dont help a community to grow. \n\nScience will open new doors and we cant even think what all new things we'll see in next 25 years.
48681
Just about all of the current problems will be gone, one way or another, and there will be new ones to replace them.\n\nTechnology will be light years ahead.  The more things advance and the more knowledge we have the more we are capable of advancing more rapidly.  The changes in the world in the last 50 years will be nothing in comparison to the changes for the next 50 years.
905789
Well, yes and no.  \n\nNo, because nothing special is going to happen in 2050, but....\n\nYes, because the US economy is going to meltdown long before then (currency collapse followed by hyperflation) and one of the major side effects of this is going to be large-scale ethnic violence.  I know this because multicultural societies always, repeat ALWAYS, disintegrate into ethnic violence when they come under stress.  Multiculturalism only ever works in times of peace and prosperity when there's plenty for everyone.  As soon as any of these conditions change, people revert to their tribal identities and the ancient struggles of the tribes begin again....\n\nAmerica today is a giant Bosnia waiting to happen....\n\nNimadan
1119506
Many people don't realize that we tried the amnesty thing in 1982(and several times before). Ronald Reagan signed a bill granting amnesty to illegal aliens with the understanding that any further aliens who entered illegally would be not granted this same priviledge. Now Bush and others want to do the same thing. When we will stop this. Is "This time we mean it !" enough ? It has to stop somewhere and now is better than later.\n\nI'm glad you mentioned the fake ID angle. Faking a Social Security card would get you or I thrown in prison with a felony.\n\nAnd language ? I work in a truckstop where aliens get a CDL license but speak no English. Nice to know that someone who knows little English can drive a 80,000 truck.
990760
Actually I believe we already have when we entered into the NAFTA agreement. There is already a governing body which can overturn court decisions from any of the three countries. This is not just about free trade.\n\nAlso if you go to the NAFTA Plus agreement and look our borders will open between Mexico and Canada and the U.S. All the immigration crap we are worrying about now will be nothing.The currency is already  designed and the plans to combine our military and law enforcement with theirs is already in place. Our government has already passed it and it will go into effect in 2010. Go to the website and look for yourselves. The link is in our Government website as well. We have already been sold out.
374910
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.
491950
What is the question? The current Senate Bill doesn't give amnesty for all. It gives legalization to those here over 5 years, the ability to apply for legalization by leaving the country for those here between 2 and five years and deportation for those here less than two years.\n\nNo clue what will come out of the House on this point, if anything.  The most noise on any compromise at all between the Senate and the House that I've heard is to kill amnesty but leave in place the guest worker program going forward.  Me, I'd rather have amnesty for non-felons already here, and kill the guest worker program going forward until the border is really secured.  I don't think the Senate is at all serious about border security.\n\nHowever, we'll have to see what happens.
692764
The floodgates will open.  We think we have it bad now?  Every able bodied man and woman from every impoverished hell hole in the world will be stowing away on frieghters bound for Mexico or Canada and cross the border hoping they will be made a citizen that way.  Not to mention the increas in Mexicans crossing to fill those low paying jobs that the newly legalized Mexican will no longer do for cheap wages.
1050021
It is.\nDo you mean the Illegals should get Amnesty?NO.
566565
I am agreeing with you totally. Our borders need to be secured and we should make it where many can be legal citizens faster but not amnesty. amnesty is just going to get more illegals into this country. We have over 500,000 coming into the US a year now illegal from Mexico, if this fu*king president has his way and grants amnesty to these people instead of stopping the flow it is going to increase because they will see that this president doesn't give a fu*k about the American people. With amnesty we will have over a million illegal flooding this country....
912775
ofcourse.  the dem with r next to his name in the white house has already said we have to have work visas which will then imply amnesty.  sure glad I can pay for that too.  everybody has the same rights I do but I put money in for them they dont.  sure seems fair to me.
475167
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)
1176757
I saw some accounts saying that was the case a couple of weeks back. People picked up said they were 'coming for the amnesty' and knew the guard was going to the border.  However, there will probably be some diminishing effect when the border patrol is really there, until they figure their next move.\n\nMeanwhile, I read in another article that coyote fees have gone up by 50%.
519153
I don't agree with you, but Americans will suffer if these illegals are given amnesty. There will be more encouragement, not less, for more illegal immigration meaning less jobs for American citizens. There will be more social security and identification theft. There will be even more infringement on American rights as we are forced even more to cater to their demands. Our children will suffer even more as the nonEnglish speaking children slow down the class curriculum. This will basically say once again that our laws mean nothing. More and more Americans will be jobless or working poor and forced into poverty. We will continue on our path to becoming a 3rd world country.
750472
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.
1037866
Yes..we will see these cities and towns all across America adopting similar action. America wants to be a lawful society and we are seeing that it happens.