Ok. It is clear that no one here is interested in supporting a bill if it allow illegal immigrants to have legal residents. Let me try "sweeting the pot." How about if the bill would give legal residency for a LIMITED TIME ONLY. Let's change the amnesty section of the bill to:
================[ AMNESTY SECTION OF BILL ]================
We will give the illegal immigrants who register “legal resident status” and "work visas" FOR ONLY 10 YEARS, but not citizenship. THE LEGAL RESIDENT STATUS AND WORK VISAS WILL ONLY BE IN AFFECT FOR 10 YEARS, AND AFTERWARDS, EVERYONE WHO REGISTERED WILL LOSE THEIR RESIDENT STATUS. NO ONE UNDER THIS PROGRAM CAN APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP. The registration period will last for only one year after the constitutional amendment becomes law. After that, no one else can register.
=======================[ END OF BILL ]======================
So, we will get a lot of powerful pro-enforcement laws on the books. The illegal immigrants will only be allowed to stay 10 years and then they will lose their legal status. We will have their names, addresses, and fingerprints which will make them easier to find and deport. We will end up deporting a lot more people under this program than we would without it. We would only have to suffer for 10 years. If this could be done, would anyone support this new version of the bill?
Philip Brown
Absolutely not! That just means Americans who lost their jobs to illegal aliens will be unemployed for another 10 years. It means another 10 years of overcrowded schools, jails and hospitals. 10 more years of added demands on our social and natural resources. 10 more years of the anchor baby fiasco.
And I agree with Old Glory. When are we going to remember what Ross Perot said, "we are the owners of the country." Not the politicians, not the illegals, not Mexico, Germany, Russia, or anywhere else. It is "We the People!" And it is "We the People" who are citizens that it belongs to.
If you are a republican or a democrat and are against this nonsense, then the number 1 priority for you is to vote for a candidate in the primary who is against giving any kind of amnesty whatsoever.
Look at it this way........lets pretend Obama is right about his economic course (which he is not, but that is a topic for another discussion) and next year we have a bang out year creating job and make 5 million!
Well, if you are out of a job today, sounds good doesn't it! But what if they close their eyes and let 6 million more illegals over the border? Guess what! After the policy allowed 5 million MORE jobs to be created, it will be harder for you to get a job next year than it was this year; and monies going to social services will have to rise because we just added 1 million more people who are NOT working.
As an American, I do not care if you are a democrat, a republican, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, gay, straight, or transgender. If you are an American, it is YOUR job 1st! But to insure your taxes do not rise so you can INVEST in our economy, WE need to keep pressure off the budget; and since YOU deserve the jobs, if we allow 5 million in, they will need help; help out of YOUR pocket.
It is really your choice. You can't ***** about evil corporations who won't give a decent wage, while you let illegals in who take jobs for less because they are illegal. You can't worry about them 1st, you need to worry about yourselves, and your fellow Americans.
After you do these things, you want to revisit the debate, fine! But right now, you have to worry about your extended American family, period.