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| Grant "amnesty" to illegals who've been here at least 2 full years. (time to be negotiated) |
   
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8 | 6.67% |
| Streamline the naturalization process for current illegals, expediting their road toward citizenship. |
  
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13 | 10.83% |
| Allow illegals now here to be naturalized, eventually; but crack down on "new" illegals |
  
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15 | 12.50% |
| Grant eventual citizenship to illegals, but after a waiting period, a symbolic fine, and strict naturalization requirements. |
  
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16 | 13.33% |
| Crackdown harshly on businesses that are lazy, or who knowingly hire illegals. |
  
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57 | 47.50% |
| Build a 700 mile fence/wall to be heavily fortified and guarded to stop future illegals. |
  
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38 | 31.67% |
| Illegals should face a significant fine, and repayment of any back taxes....before being considered for citizenship. |
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28 | 23.33% |
| Illegals here for less than two years should be deported. |
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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. |
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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. |
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24 | 20.00% |
| Deport only those illegals who've become problems and have not consistently maintained employment. |
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20 | 16.67% |
| Deport ALL, or nearly all, who entered the country illegally. |
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55 | 45.83% |
| Increase border patrol SUBSTANTIALLY, possibly including use of the armed forces as necessary. |
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58 | 48.33% |
| Utilize armed forces as a routine part of daily border patrol. |
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38 | 31.67% |
| Do whatever GAZ says.... |
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12 | 10.00% |
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One problem here is that there are something like 11 million illegals IIRC, and probably 10 million of them are working jobs that 99.9% of Americans can't do or don't want. Also, 99.99% of illegals want nothing more than to make an "honest" (except for their illegal immigratn status) wage for their work.
If that's reality, and my understanding is that it is, then we need to adjust our laws to be realistic. I don't really care what we do, or don't do, but what I'd like to see are ENFORCEABLE and REALISTIC laws that consider: 1. the needs of the American economy; 2. the fact that poor workers in other countries will inevitably want to come here; 3. the fact that just shipping them back isn't effective. So I'd be in favor of a large-scale amnesty, a broadened immigration permitting system, and harsher penalties for those who are illegally entering.
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