Illegal Immigration: What should we do?

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Illegal Immigration: What should we do?

View Poll Results: What should we do? (Check ALL that apply)
Grant "amnesty" to illegals who've been here at least 2 full years. (time to be negotiated)	8	6.67%
Streamline the naturalization process for current illegals, expediting their road toward citizenship.	13	10.83%
Allow illegals now here to be naturalized, eventually; but crack down on "new" illegals	15	12.50%
Grant eventual citizenship to illegals, but after a waiting period, a symbolic fine, and strict naturalization requirements.	16	13.33%
Crackdown harshly on businesses that are lazy, or who knowingly hire illegals.	57	47.50%
Build a 700 mile fence/wall to be heavily fortified and guarded to stop future illegals.	38	31.67%
Illegals should face a significant fine, and repayment of any back taxes....before being considered for citizenship.	28	23.33%
Illegals here for less than two years should be deported.	23	19.17%
Illegals here from 2-7 years, would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis; good "citizens" could be naturalized, but some would be deported.	24	20.00%
Illegals here for at least 8 years, could apply for expedited citizenship if they've been law-adiding (generally) and held jobs consistently.	24	20.00%
Deport only those illegals who've become problems and have not consistently maintained employment.	20	16.67%
Deport ALL, or nearly all, who entered the country illegally.	55	45.83%
Increase border patrol SUBSTANTIALLY, possibly including use of the armed forces as necessary.	58	48.33%
Utilize armed forces as a routine part of daily border patrol.	38	31.67%
Do whatever GAZ says....	12	10.00%
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04-12-2006, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

But that would require some sort of amnesty, some sort of expedited naturalization and/or guest worker program, and some sort of increased enforcement, penalties, and prosecution of business that, within a revamped immigration system, continue to hire illegals. All three of those things are pretty controversial...

Yep. Regardless of how much we want to punish the law breakers, it's just not practical.

I would say that businesses need to be given a grace period that essentially accounts for the amount of time that it takes their illegal employees to become legal. Otherwise, you're expecting them to just get rid of what could be a major part of their workforce. Given the choice of losing your business due to an exodus of labor, or taking your chances at getting caught, a lot of employers will take their chances.

But more importantly, before we do any of that, I feel that we have to insure that more won't be able to enter illegally. Otherwise we're setting ourselves up for a repeat of the situation, just like we did in the 80s.

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