There are so many sides to this issue... obviously we don't want people coming into the country illegally... however the sheer logistics of capturing the 12 million or so that are already here is at best impractical and at worst a colosal drain on the already strained resources of the US.
The best thing to do is take away the attraction.. if businesses knowingly hire illegals then the state or federal government should be allowed to confiscate and liquidate the business and jail the owner. If they unknowingly hire illegals, fine the business heavily..including businesses that abuse the H1B visa regulations. It makes more fiscal sense to allow someone who is already working and paying into the system to continue to pay into the system. On Aug 19, 2011 10:56 AM, "GMoney" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:341743 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
