On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:44 AM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
I think we need strong border security. It is still the law, so you keep them out as best you can. But let's be reasonable when we catch an offender who slipped through. 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. > If they work a job, they give SOMETHING to society. If they want to send what they earn back to Mexico, doesn't really bother me that much either. However, of course, yes, they should pay any required taxes. I don't think there are many illegal immigrants who are "retiring in style". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:341737 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
