hmmmm. you surprised me with this.


>Amnesty blocked: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19475868/. Reagan did this, and it was wrong then, and it would be wrong now. Any plan that allows illegals to stay here for any amount of time only sends the message that if you can get here and lay low for a while, eventually you'll become legal.
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>And, legalizing them doesn't mean that Joe Mexican is going to start paying taxes. Why start paying taxes and take home less than before? Becoming legal has no benefit for the illegals because they already have access to all our social services - FREE. Becoming legal would end that for them.
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>I just don't understand the issue with immigration.
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>People who enter the United States, or any country that has laws against it, are
>criminals and should be prosecuted. The cost of this prosecution could be offset by
>taking from the ridiculous amount of foreign aid we hand out to Mexico each year.
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>Read this http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=8387
>"And immigration enforcement serves the exact same purpose as those locks: allowing us to choose who comes into our home to live with us, and who is kept out. Immigration is a long American tradition, and it can be a benefit to our society and our economy, but not if it is unregulated. Many of us had ancestors that passed through Ellis Island. This was not just a rest stop on the way to the next exit. Ellis Island was an immigrant screening center. America has always retained the right to screen entrants, separate the bad from the good, and deport those deemed harmful. Uncontrolled immigration is ludicrous. A nation without the most basic power of all -- the power to defend its own border -- invites lawlessness and disaster, especially after September 11th."
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>Companies that employe illegals should be fined heavily.
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>And for those of you who are thinking, "Illegals do the jobs no one else wants to", I bet you could
>find some unemployed people right in your own town who would love a job.
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>Living in Southern California I get to see firsthand the effects of the hords of illegals who
>are flooding our nations daily.
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>I welcome your thoughts.