Amen. Some will argue that it encourages others: "If I can just get a foothold..." If they have integrated into society and are contributing instead of just being a drain on resources, I say let them be, like was said, make them as legal as can be and point them towards the citizenship application.
The illegals that I have a problem with are the ones that come here, take jobs, however crappy, don't pay taxes, refuse to learn English, don't give anything to society and take their $US back to Mexico, or wherever, and retire in style. On 8/19/2011 8:43 AM, GMoney wrote: > > When it comes to this question, I like to turn practical. > > You have a father of 2 kids......kids attend school, wife takes care of a > home.....father works a decent job so he can afford schooling for his kids. > Neither he nor his wife gets in trouble.....they are as > apple-pie-middle-America as you can get. Then you find out he's here > illegally. > > What practical reason would there be for deporting him? What benefit to > society would come from that? > > Yes, i know there are philosophical reasons.....HE BROKE THE > LAW!....*rabble* *rabble* *rabble*.....but come on. Dealing with illegals on > a case-by-case bases just seems to make sense. Deport the shitty ones, keep > the ones that contribute, and give them a path to citizenship. If that's a > "backdoor to amnesty"...so be it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
