Do you think some illegals should get amnesty?
970219
Yes, I do.  This country was founded with the premise that we would take in people who wanted to come here and do right.  Nothing has changed but somehow everyone is now all up in arms over immigration because the current administration wants to take the public's attention from the war in Iraq.
915970
Hell yes! We are the ones being affected by illegal immigration, so we should decide what to do about it. The ones who disagree know that they would lose. They see the poll results on websites and news channels, and realize that most citizens are for deporting illegals and against amnesty.
760970
My children of course. I just wish illegals and pro-illegals could understand that without becoming angry and calling us names. Currently we are forced to bear the financial burden for illegals and ourselves. Wanna hear 'em scream? Give them amnesty and then let in ten million illegal impoverished Chinese to compete with them for resources just like they did to us. It would take something like that for them to truly understand. I'm not serious about giving them amnesty, though.
401867
I think they should be sent back and come back here LEGALLY.. it's not that hard... unless you are a criminal. Then you don't belong here anyways.
650859
Absolutely not.  However, I am considered an unsympathetic party so maybe I shouldn't have an opinion. To take this question a step further should they be able to really have the opportunity to go to our schools?  Our healthcare?  Our tax payers dollars when they are here illegally?  Not to say I hate them or anything of the sort especially since I am related by marriage to some.  Seriously though since when should my dollars go to them in any form.
431495
Yes, they are waiting but I don't know if you could call it an amnesty.\n\nWhat they want is an OPPORTUNITY to become legal, this will grant them freedoms they don't have right now (ie. traveling, have a drivers license -in some states-, be able to have a bank account, apply for credit / loans, etc.).\n\nIllegal aliens do pay taxes, Real Taxes (house) Property taxes (vehicles), sales taxes. Most pay income tax, just as most Americans do.\n\nNow, some of them have an ITIN card, is an IRS card for tax purposes ONLY. Others choose to have a invented SS # and their employers take the same withdraws they would take from any other worker.\n\nSo most of them are already paying taxes.  I can't say there aren't some that get paid cash, but again all of them you see at stores, building roads, etc. receive a W2 or a 1099-MISC which have to file for their tax refund. The downside for them is that the withhelds to SS and Medicare will never be applied to their names, making a surplus on funds in the billions of dollars that nobody is talking about.\n\nTo finish, regardless of your status or citizenship:\n\nWill you pay taxes or a higher tax to be able to live without fear, will all the freedoms that the USA offers? \n\nThey would.
563407
yes. they should be sent back. they came here illegally, why should they stay when illegal immigrants broke american laws to get here, i don't care if they had it rough in their country, if they want a better life they should take care and improve their own country. they don't respect america they just come here for the jobs and then expect americans to treat them equally when they came here illegally in the first place. but sending all illegals back wouldn't happen, it would cost way too much.
576206
I think it fizzled.  It didn't help at all.  I think they will all get amnesty because of the great numbers of illegals.  I don't think they would all go back without a fight.
983223
No. They can go back to their own country and either make it better or live in their own squalor, their choice. They shouldn't come here and reap the benefits Americans have worked for, fought for and died for!!\n\nHa,ha--Go Lelani!!  I'm with you Girl!! Give 'er hell!! I hate illegal trash!!!!\n\nLook, ANGIE you POS!  I came here to answer the question posted here. I just stood up for Lelani. She is RIGHT!! If you can't take the truth then TUFF $h1t!! Illegal means 'against the law'. ILLEGAL aliens are people here without following proper LEGAL procedures. This is not their country. They are still citizens of the country they left. They should not even BE here let alone be reaping benefits at the expense of the taxpayer citizens of this country. I'm all for deportation, no amnesty, penalize anyone who hires them, penalize anyone who houses them, no more free or low cost medical for them, no more free lunches. Without the incentives to come here they won't be risking their lives to cross our border illegally. Without the 'freebies' they won't have much of a reason to stay here. They need to go back to their own country and use their, cough, 'intelligence and strength', cough, to make a decent place to live THERE. No other immigrants think they are 'special' like the Hispanic/Latino bunch that illegallly come here. What makes them think we owe them a D@mN thing?  They aren't our people, they aren't our citizens, they haven't done anything FOR the USA. After coming here they definitely COST more than they are worth. WE would be MUCH better off without them. ..........GO HOME!! LEAVE!!\n\nShorty (below) - Pay attention idiot. Look at how many are 'for' and how many are 'against' illegal immigration on just this one question. You are siding with the losers. Your choice. There are many people from many 'poor' countries that would like to come to the USA. IF and WHEN they can get the funds to do so LEGALLY, they DO. They don't just whine and say 'we're poor and just want to feed our families' and then take it upon themselves to enter our country ILLEGALLY. You can see that many of THOSE people REALLY are starving, their children are dying for lack of nutrition. The USA sends aid to those countries, but we can not take in millions of starving people into our country. People south of our border don't look like they are starving in that way. They don't look emaciated. They aren't 'starving', that's a ball-faced lie! They just want to freeload off AMERICANS. Americans are gathering up weapons and ammunition, they have formed vigilante groups, we are going to take back our country with or without the government blessings. Illegals and their supporters are walking on thin ice. A rebellion is near. Hang around it's coming.
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.
595289
No, because people that hire undocumented workers would not be interested in hiring as they don't pay standard wage's to Illegals. I think that they should be arrested and put in jail where they belong.
680520
Nope.  They should earn citizenship like those immigrants who come here legally.
679724
Not illegally, if they want to be here, they should do it the right way and become a citizen.
1076378
Your logic is correct.  Giving amnesty to a group of individuals is discrimination against those who have broken other laws.
726195
sure, until they get "amnesty" then legal aliens will.
502857
DEFINITELY YES!!!!!! THIS should have been done YEARS ago, before we had twenty MILLION or more of them here!!! Our country HAS BEEN INVDED BY ILLEGALS, and they should be TREATED AS SUCH!!!!!! INVADERS!! We are at WAR!! We have been and ARE being, INVADED by a third-world country, WITH the ENCOURAGMENT of THEIR worthless government!!!! I say do WHATEVER it takes to stop them!!!
565253
I believe that most illegal immigrants that are already in this country should be given a chance to stay (depending their situation)and become legal because after all, most are just trying to make a decent living, some have children who are citizens and deporting them would result in destroying families. As for closing the borders, i agree to this because i believe this country is going to become overcrowded with illegals. The people from Mexico and other countries south of the border should take a stand and try to fix their countries and stop running away from their problems.\nwhy doesn't this country start the process of fixing this situation by jailing those that actually hire illegals to work for them. If illegals see that there are no more jobs for them wount they stop coming and find a way to live and work in their own country?