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Title: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 30, 2007, 09:25:13 PM
I think I'm beginning to understand BUSH's immigration proposal....

here's the thing:  we have 12 million or so illegal immigrants with perhaps upward of 5 million children born in the United States who by the 14th amendment of the United States are US citizens. 

-  If we deport the parents we become the first country to deport it's own citizens

-  If the children stay and the parents go, we burden our aid system, foster parents etc..., and separate families.  of course this isn't the choice the parents will make I'm sure. 

Combine that with the economic fall out of 12 million under paid workers leaving the US and you can see why the government has suggested what it has.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: 240 is Back on May 30, 2007, 09:27:33 PM
good point.  what to do with their kids? 

there isn't really a solution.  Perhaps the best solution would have been to tighten the borders so no MORE get in, and just kinda ignore the ones that are near. 

Cause most aren't gonna pay that $5k or $10k penalty fee. 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 30, 2007, 09:35:14 PM
good point.  what to do with their kids? 

there isn't really a solution.  Perhaps the best solution would have been to tighten the borders so no MORE get in, and just kinda ignore the ones that are near. 

Cause most aren't gonna pay that $5k or $10k penalty fee. 


i could just be easily clouded in my hatred for BUSH but when this proposal came out it didn't seem the status quo for the BUSH administration.  I think now i see why they suggested it.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Cap on May 30, 2007, 09:35:51 PM
I think I'm beginning to understand BUSH's immigration proposal....

here's the thing:  we have 12 million or so illegal immigrants with perhaps upward of 5 million children born in the United States who by the 14th amendment of the United States are US citizens. 

-  If we deport the parents we become the first country to deport it's own citizens Explain this because the children would not be deported.  They are the only CITIZENS in this equation

-  If the children stay and the parents go, we burden our aid system, foster parents etc..., and separate families.  of course this isn't the choice the parents will make I'm sure.  If they go, they go.  That is their prerogative.

Combine that with the economic fall out of 12 million under paid workers leaving the US and you can see why the government has suggested what it has. And if they get citizenship, watch prices on everything go up because they will demand the same wages which are on the rise to $7 an hour.  The AFL-CIO has stated that this is their goal.

good point.  what to do with their kids?  They should have thought about that when NOT applying for citizenship.  The government is not making any CITIZENS leave.  And are all their children LEGAL?  I know kids in US colleges who are 21 and not LEGAL.

there isn't really a solution.  Perhaps the best solution would have been to tighten the borders so no MORE get in, and just kinda ignore the ones that are near.  And kick the rest out.

Cause most aren't gonna pay that $5k or $10k penalty fee.  Then they must go.  They pay ZERO income taxes and thus save their money from taxes as most are paid under the table. 5 grand is easy for them.  If they don't pay. Bye.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 30, 2007, 09:41:16 PM
CAP,  then the children are separated form their families......that's not right.

Are you so crass you can't see the problem with that?

Also i told you i didn't think it was good idea BUSH had, only that now i see why it they thought of it.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: 240 is Back on May 30, 2007, 09:41:27 PM
What should we do with those 5 million kids who will be without parents, most of whom might not speak English?
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Cap on May 30, 2007, 09:44:27 PM
What should we do with those 5 million kids who will be without parents, most of whom might not speak English?
Tell them that mom and dad should have become citizens in the 20 years prior.  It is a family problem.  Them not speaking English is their own fault for not assimilating.  It blows for them but it shows what following laws and accepting responsibility is all about.  If they have family here, what is the problem?
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: 240 is Back on May 30, 2007, 09:49:03 PM
Tell them that mom and dad should have become citizens in the 20 years prior.  It is a family problem.  Them not speaking English is their own fault for not assimilating.  It blows for them but it shows what following laws and accepting responsibility is all about.  If they have family here, what is the problem?

5 million children without parents.

That's a severe crisis.   Crime.  Disease.  Starving children dead on the freeway.  Worldwide criticism.  Violent confrontations as some parent choose to shoot it out instead of returning to mexico.  Milllions wander the US avoiding detection. A real mess.  Would make katrina look like a nice game of SimCity.

cap, pretend you're the cop knocking on the door and shipping the 2 parents back to tijuana.  What do you do with the 5-day old infant in the crib?
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 30, 2007, 09:50:50 PM
Tell them that mom and dad should have become citizens in the 20 years prior.  It is a family problem.  Them not speaking English is their own fault for not assimilating.  It blows for them but it shows what following laws and accepting responsibility is all about.  If they have family here, what is the problem?

Yeah, oh boy, that's make lots of sense. 

Yeah.  let's explain to a 5-year boy all that.  LET MAKE THE BOY PAY AND LEARN HIS LESSON.   ::)  OMFG.

You think we should intern American born muslims too?
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Cap on May 30, 2007, 09:52:26 PM
5 million children without parents.

That's a severe crisis.   Crime.  Disease.  Starving children dead on the freeway.  Worldwide criticism.  Violent confrontations as some parent choose to shoot it out instead of returning to mexico.

cap, pretend you're the cop knocking on the door and shipping the 2 parents back to tijuana.  What do you do with the 5-day old infant in the crib?
You call Family Services and have them pick the kid up.  I have no discretion at that point.  It seems that many are under the assumption that many of these kids are so far away from 18 years old that they are S.O.L.

Yeah, oh boy, that's make lots of sense. 

Yeah.  let's explain to a 5-year boy all that.  LET MAKE THE BOY PAY AND LEARN HIS LESSON.   ::)  OMFG.

You think we should intern American born muslims too?
No, his parents learn the lesson about LAW.  If there is family, the child stays with them.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: 240 is Back on May 30, 2007, 09:55:36 PM
You call Family Services and have them pick the kid up.  I have no discretion at that point.  It seems that many are under the assumption that many of these kids are so far away from 18 years old that they are S.O.L.
 No, his parents learn the lesson about LAW.  If there is family, the child stays with them.

You cannot grasp the insane crisis - and the hit to the economy - that would result from 5 millino children becoming wards of the state.

cap86, i like you man.  But think about it.  They don't have 5 million places for these kids to go.  You can't adopt out too many 13 or 15 year old children.  Babies, okay.  But high schoolers?

And NO PARENT will leave a country, leaving his/her kid behind.  They won't.  You'll have 100% noncompliance from every parent.  I KNOOOOW you don't have kids, or you wouldn't consider this an option.  No one will listen.

I agree the immigrants are a probalem.  but IMO the solution is to close the border, and deal with who is here.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 30, 2007, 10:00:31 PM
It is a BIG problem.  No easy answers so far.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: chaos on May 30, 2007, 10:09:53 PM
You cannot grasp the insane crisis - and the hit to the economy - that would result from 5 millino children becoming wards of the state.

cap86, i like you man.  But think about it.  They don't have 5 million places for these kids to go.  You can't adopt out too many 13 or 15 year old children.  Babies, okay.  But high schoolers?

And NO PARENT will leave a country, leaving his/her kid behind.  They won't.  You'll have 100% noncompliance from every parent.  I KNOOOOW you don't have kids, or you wouldn't consider this an option.  No one will listen.

I agree the immigrants are a probalem.  but IMO the solution is to close the border, and deal with who is here.
5 mil would not become ward of the state, stay with legal family or friends willing or go back with their parents......not alot of options, but we didn't put them in this predicament, and I for one, don't feel I should foot the bill for their parents being criminals.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 30, 2007, 10:12:16 PM
5 mil would not become ward of the state, stay with legal family or friends willing or go back with their parents......not alot of options, but we didn't put them in this predicament, and I for one, don't feel I should foot the bill for their parents being criminals.

we kind of did indirectly by not "really" enforcing immigration laws.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: 240 is Back on May 30, 2007, 10:15:16 PM
5 mil would not become ward of the state, stay with legal family or friends willing or go back with their parents......not alot of options, but we didn't put them in this predicament, and I for one, don't feel I should foot the bill for their parents being criminals.

If only 20% of them do - you have 1,000,000 kids homeless.   Katrina II.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: chaos on May 30, 2007, 10:18:38 PM
If only 20% of them do - you have 1,000,000 kids homeless.   Katrina II.
that is not an option..get it? You don't offer to pay for raising these kids. If they want to stay with legal friends/family fine, great. If not then see ya later.
As simple as I can get.

I agree Ozmo, we've avoided these laws too long. They should be enforced , harshly. >:(
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: MM2K on May 30, 2007, 11:10:01 PM
Nobody is going to deport 12 million people, and the restrictionist right is not doing anybody a favor by immersing themselves in that utopian dream. Im a globalist conservative, and I dont know who irratates me more, democrats, or the restrictionist right. Whenever you have a cut that is bleeding, you first need to stop the bleeding, THEN deal with the scar. In a perfect political world in which globalist conservatives were ruling Congress, we would first show the people that the government could get the immigration problem under control. We would start to build a fence and put more security at the border. But what is atleast as crucial is that we would create a visa program that would allow foreign workers to easily obtain a visa so that they could come and work. One of the big keys to stopping illegal immigration is that you have to make legal immigration just as economically beneficial. You have to make it easier for companies to issue out more visas.

After 4 years of significant improvements on immigration and with great progress on the fence, THEN we would deal with the problem of naturalizing the illegals who are already here. The bill actually does an overall good job on that part. What concerns me about the bill is that I dont think it does a good job of discouraging future illegal immigration.

But you are not going to deport 12 million people. When you deport people, you dont just seize them, stick them in a plane and ship them out to thier country of origin. There is a procedure that has to be followed. You have to arrest them, process them, and detain them. We dont have the resources for that. We would have to build a prison system that is 4 times as large as what we would have now. It would be prohibitively  expensive and it would be a humanitarian disaster. Lou Dobbs and the rest of the restrictionist right needs to stop the utopianism and stop acting like children.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Dos Equis on May 30, 2007, 11:47:50 PM
I think I'm beginning to understand BUSH's immigration proposal....

here's the thing:  we have 12 million or so illegal immigrants with perhaps upward of 5 million children born in the United States who by the 14th amendment of the United States are US citizens. 

-  If we deport the parents we become the first country to deport it's own citizens

-  If the children stay and the parents go, we burden our aid system, foster parents etc..., and separate families.  of course this isn't the choice the parents will make I'm sure. 

Combine that with the economic fall out of 12 million under paid workers leaving the US and you can see why the government has suggested what it has.

Lot of assumptions here Ozmo:

- Who's to say illegals will abandon their kids?

- Do we really know how many of these illegals work for less than minimum wage?

- Aren't illegals a burden on the health care, criminal justice, and tax systems? 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 07:13:30 AM
Lot of assumptions here Ozmo:

- Who's to say illegals will abandon their kids?

- Do we really know how many of these illegals work for less than minimum wage?

- Aren't illegals a burden on the health care, criminal justice, and tax systems? 

I'm not saying anyone would abandon their kids.  All I'm saying is there would be only 2 outcomes and innocent children who are US citizens ultimately pay the price.

1.  They leave their kids here and tax our aid system
2.  They take their kids with them and we become the first nation to deport it's on citizens.


As you and i might not know how many work for less than minimum wage, it is a fact that these 12 million illegals are a BIG factor in our economy and if they all of a sudden leave it will cause great harm  to our economy. 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 07:15:49 AM
Nobody is going to deport 12 million people, and the restrictionist right is not doing anybody a favor by immersing themselves in that utopian dream. Im a globalist conservative, and I dont know who irratates me more, democrats, or the restrictionist right. Whenever you have a cut that is bleeding, you first need to stop the bleeding, THEN deal with the scar. In a perfect political world in which globalist conservatives were ruling Congress, we would first show the people that the government could get the immigration problem under control. We would start to build a fence and put more security at the border. But what is atleast as crucial is that we would create a visa program that would allow foreign workers to easily obtain a visa so that they could come and work. One of the big keys to stopping illegal immigration is that you have to make legal immigration just as economically beneficial. You have to make it easier for companies to issue out more visas.

After 4 years of significant improvements on immigration and with great progress on the fence, THEN we would deal with the problem of naturalizing the illegals who are already here. The bill actually does an overall good job on that part. What concerns me about the bill is that I dont think it does a good job of discouraging future illegal immigration.

But you are not going to deport 12 million people. When you deport people, you dont just seize them, stick them in a plane and ship them out to thier country of origin. There is a procedure that has to be followed. You have to arrest them, process them, and detain them. We dont have the resources for that. We would have to build a prison system that is 4 times as large as what we would have now. It would be prohibitively  expensive and it would be a humanitarian disaster. Lou Dobbs and the rest of the restrictionist right needs to stop the utopianism and stop acting like children.

i like many of the things you said there.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Camel Jockey on May 31, 2007, 07:50:15 AM
No path to shit until the fucks pay up and if they don't then it's deportation time.

Build that fence and put down a few million land mines and turrets withs heavy machine guns to mow down any mexican.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: loco on May 31, 2007, 07:58:44 AM
Funny how some of you keep calling these poor people criminals when it is your government that welcomed them and still allows them to come in for their cheap labor and to help maintain your comfy life style. All these poor people are doing is surviving and feeding their families.

If the US had a major economic crisis and Mexico was rolling in money and became the land of opportunity, would you not cross the border illegally into Mexico to get jobs there to feed your starving wife and children?  Getting permanent residence and citizenship in the US is a lengthy process.  These people don't have the time for all the bureaucracy.  They are in survival mode.  Some of them will rather be shot trying to cross the border illegally to quickly get a job and get money to feed their family.

BTW, if you deport them all, they'll just sit down in Mexico, enjoy a beer, plan their way back across the border and they'll be back in the US within a week.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: egj13 on May 31, 2007, 08:04:16 AM
I think I'm beginning to understand BUSH's immigration proposal....

here's the thing:  we have 12 million or so illegal immigrants with perhaps upward of 5 million children born in the United States who by the 14th amendment of the United States are US citizens. 

-  If we deport the parents we become the first country to deport it's own citizens

-  If the children stay and the parents go, we burden our aid system, foster parents etc..., and separate families.  of course this isn't the choice the parents will make I'm sure. 

Combine that with the economic fall out of 12 million under paid workers leaving the US and you can see why the government has suggested what it has.

Why do you call it Bush's and not Kennedy/McCain's which are the authors?
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 08:05:23 AM
Funny how some of you keep calling these poor people criminals when it is your government that welcomed them and still allows them to come in for their cheap labor and to help maintain your comfy life style. All these poor people are doing is surviving and feeding their families.

If the US had a major economic crisis and Mexico was rolling in money and became the land of opportunity, would you not cross the border illegally into Mexico to get jobs there to feed your starving wife and children?  Getting permanent residence and citizenship in the US is a lengthy process.  These people don't have the time for all the bureaucracy.  They are in survival mode.  Some of them will rather be shot trying to cross the border illegally to quickly get a job and get money to feed their family.

BTW, if you deport them all, they'll just sit down in Mexico, enjoy a beer, plan their way back across the border and they'll be back in the US within a week.

Good points here.

People easily ignore the fact we've turned a blind eye to this for years.   Deporting them would cause WAY too many problems and would be tragic to both the Children and our economy.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 08:08:23 AM
Why do you call it Bush's and not Kennedy/McCain's which are the authors?

I donno man.  I forgot who came up with the idea when i posted it, but because BUSH is the highest profile person pushing the idea i named him in my post.   I'm not criticizing BUSH in this case. 

He is trying to find a solution without going to war or persecuting someone.  So in my mind he's actually doing something right.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Cap on May 31, 2007, 08:11:30 AM
Funny how some of you keep calling these poor people criminals when it is your government that welcomed them and still allows them to come in for their cheap labor and to help maintain your comfy life style. All these poor people are doing is surviving and feeding their families.

If the US had a major economic crisis and Mexico was rolling in money and became the land of opportunity, would you not cross the border illegally into Mexico to get jobs there to feed your starving wife and children?  Getting permanent residence and citizenship in the US is a lengthy process.  These people don't have the time for all the bureaucracy.  They are in survival mode.  Some of them will rather be shot trying to cross the border illegally to quickly get a job and get money to feed their family.

BTW, if you deport them all, they'll just sit down in Mexico, enjoy a beer, plan their way back across the border and they'll be back in the US within a week.
So you mean for a process that is currently around 400 dollars to start (if I heard the news correctly the other day) is that hard?  I had a class with a girl who is 21 and came here when she was 4-6 yr old and she is still not legal.  You mean to tell me that she cannot do anything about it? Her mom waited 5 years just to apply for citizenship and that is her own fault.  There are plenty of people here in their 40's who never applied after 20+ years, bureaucracy or not, that is their fault.  There are plenty of other groups of people that follow LEGAL means and they don't take as long as Mexicans because they start it right away.  The laws are still in place and they know the laws.  Let's bring back the old "Tonk" rule and see how they like deportation.  There will not be any cheap labor if all become citizens and I for one am not going to pay for welfare, health care and all the other things my taxes already go to for legal citizens, not to mention that if they are legal we will lose any cheap labor we all talk about. 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: loco on May 31, 2007, 08:13:09 AM
CAP,  then the children are separated form their families......that's not right.

Are you so crass you can't see the problem with that?

Also i told you i didn't think it was good idea BUSH had, only that now i see why it they thought of it.

OzmO, I appreciate your concern for the children of illegal immigrants!
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 08:15:43 AM
OzmO, I appreciate your concern for the children of illegal immigrants!

Thank you loco.   :)

I'm always concerned for Children no matter what.   In all the stupid things that go on in the world they are the most innocent an often pay the highest price for people's greed, violence, domination, acquisition of resources etc....
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Dos Equis on May 31, 2007, 08:42:13 AM
I'm not saying anyone would abandon their kids.  All I'm saying is there would be only 2 outcomes and innocent children who are US citizens ultimately pay the price.

1.  They leave their kids here and tax our aid system
2.  They take their kids with them and we become the first nation to deport it's on citizens.


As you and i might not know how many work for less than minimum wage, it is a fact that these 12 million illegals are a BIG factor in our economy and if they all of a sudden leave it will cause great harm  to our economy. 

Our current system is a problem.  We should amend the Constitution, but I doubt that happens. 

I'm not convinced deporting illegals will cause great harm to our economy.  There are probably plenty of people waiting to fill their jobs; probably lots of LEGAL immigrants. 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 08:46:32 AM
Our current system is a problem.  We should amend the Constitution, but I doubt that happens. 

I'm not convinced deporting illegals will cause great harm to our economy.  There are probably plenty of people waiting to fill their jobs; probably lots of LEGAL immigrants. 


I'm sure if you did just a little research on the subject you'd see why.  Or you could just live in the central California valley for bit and it would be crystal clear to you.   there isn't a a line of US citizens wanting  those jobs.........lol.   

Amending the constitution is fine, but then if we do, do we retroactively revoke those already born in the US their citizenship?

The best idea yet, seems to close the borders tight and in a decade or 2 the problem will work itself out economically.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Dos Equis on May 31, 2007, 08:52:24 AM

I'm sure if you did just a little research on the subject you'd see why.  Or you could just live in the central California valley for bit and it would be crystal clear to you.   there isn't a a line of US citizens wanting  those jobs.........lol.   

Amending the constitution is fine, but then if we do, to we retroactively revoke those already born in the US their citizenship?

The best idea yet, seems to close the borders tight and in a decade or 2 the problem will work itself out economically.


I know lots about the California situation.  I also know about the situation in Hawaii.  When you're separated from a foreign country by water, illegal immigration is much tougher.  What happens then?  LEGAL immigrants come and work the "undesirable" jobs.  I suspect the same thing would happen in California. 

I don't know what we do with all of the current children of illegals, but I have a problem with allowing illegals to stay solely because they had babies, likely at tax payer expense. 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 08:56:36 AM


I know lots about the California situation.  I also know about the situation in Hawaii.  When you're separated from a foreign country by water, illegal immigration is much tougher.  What happens then?  LEGAL immigrants come and work the "undesirable" jobs.  I suspect the same thing would happen in California. 

I don't know what we do with all of the current children of illegals, but I have a problem with allowing illegals to stay solely because they had babies, likely at tax payer expense. 


I'm not suggesting we allow them to stay in the US because they have children at all.

Also, that's not true of the immigrants.   You see those companies paying illegals avoid having to pay a full wage they would have to pay a US citizen plus they avoid having to pay the 11% employee tax to boot.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Dos Equis on May 31, 2007, 09:01:46 AM
I'm not suggesting we allow them to stay in the US because they have children at all.

Also, that's not true of the immigrants.   You see those companies paying illegals avoid having to pay a full wage they would have to pay a US citizen plus they avoid having to pay the 11% employee tax to boot.

How do we know there are significant numbers of companies paying illegals less than minimum wage?

Also, you have to take into account the impact they have on the health care and criminal justice systems.  We are losing their tax revenue too. 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 09:09:21 AM
How do we know there are significant numbers of companies paying illegals less than minimum wage?

Also, you have to take into account the impact they have on the health care and criminal justice systems.  We are losing their tax revenue too. 




The California agricultural industry depends on it.  With 4% unemployment, the majority of people not working are the unemployable or just flakes.  that's why if they leave you will not have a line of people waiting to get a job.  Illegal immigrants also do countless jobs no one wants and pay low.  consequentially, wages will have to be raised and prices will follow.  It will hurt the US.   That's what the government sees i believe.


no doubt about the burden.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: loco on May 31, 2007, 10:25:11 AM
So you mean for a process that is currently around 400 dollars to start (if I heard the news correctly the other day) is that hard?  I had a class with a girl who is 21 and came here when she was 4-6 yr old and she is still not legal.  You mean to tell me that she cannot do anything about it? Her mom waited 5 years just to apply for citizenship and that is her own fault.  There are plenty of people here in their 40's who never applied after 20+ years, bureaucracy or not, that is their fault. 

cap86,
That girl who is 21 and is not legal cannot apply for citizenship.  She would have to be a legal resident for 5 years first.  She cannot apply for legal residence, or she would immediately get arrested and deported.  That is why many remain illegal, because applying for permanent residence would get them arrested and deported.  So, no, they cannot do anything about it.

There are plenty of other groups of people that follow LEGAL means and they don't take as long as Mexicans because they start it right away.  The laws are still in place and they know the laws.  Let's bring back the old "Tonk" rule and see how they like deportation. 

Yes, but those are professionals, or people who are given asylum, or people who have family that are legal.  A poor, starving Mexican who has no degree does not stand a chance to enter the country legally, much less stay in the country legally. 

There will not be any cheap labor if all become citizens and I for one am not going to pay for welfare, health care and all the other things my taxes already go to for legal citizens, not to mention that if they are legal we will lose any cheap labor we all talk about. 

You are correct, cap86, no more cheap labor if they become legal. 

About welfare and health care, aren't those for American citizens only?  Illegal Aliens can get welfare?
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Dos Equis on May 31, 2007, 10:33:35 AM


The California agricultural industry depends on it.  With 4% unemployment, the majority of people not working are the unemployable or just flakes.  that's why if they leave you will not have a line of people waiting to get a job.  Illegal immigrants also do countless jobs no one wants and pay low.  consequentially, wages will have to be raised and prices will follow.  It will hurt the US.   That's what the government sees i believe.


no doubt about the burden.

Is the Ag industry employing minimum wage workers or paying illegals below minimum wage?  One possibility is illegal immigrants are taking jobs that legal immigrants could fill. 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 10:36:51 AM
Is the Ag industry employing minimum wage workers or paying illegals below minimum wage?  One possibility is illegal immigrants are taking jobs that legal immigrants could fill. 

There's no motivation for that with an employer.  Why would an employer want to employ a illegal over a citizen risking criminal prosecution and fines?

Obviously there is financial benefit for having illegals which translates to paying less.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Dos Equis on May 31, 2007, 10:44:41 AM
There's no motivation for that with an employer.  Why would an employer want to employ a illegal over a citizen risking criminal prosecution and fines?

Obviously there is financial benefit for having illegals which translates to paying less.

So you agree these large employers are not employing illegals and paying them less than minimum wage? 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on May 31, 2007, 10:48:35 AM
So you agree these large employers are not employing illegals and paying them less than minimum wage? 

nope.  I'm saying that there is a financial benefit to employ legals that outweighs the criminal prosecution or fines that might occur.   To get a job in Californian you have to establish citizenship beyond your DL.   You have to provide a Birth certificate.     Yet all over the country there are 12 million illegals working many of which work for less than a citizen could earn saving these employers money.  Most of them work int eh agricultural and home services industries i believe.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Dos Equis on May 31, 2007, 10:53:24 AM
nope.  I'm saying that there is a financial benefit to employ legals that outweighs the criminal prosecution or fines that might occur.   To get a job in Californian you have to establish citizenship beyond your DL.   You have to provide a Birth certificate.     Yet all over the country there are 12 million illegals working many of which work for less than a citizen could earn saving these employers money.  Most of them work int eh agricultural and home services industries i believe.


I think my view is influenced a lot by what I see here.  Legal immigrants are all over the place working those undesirable jobs.  I have no doubt some businesses employ illegals, both here and on the mainland, but I think if they all went away tomorrow there would be plenty of people stepping in to take their place.

I also take a hard line stance because my parents were immigrants and came here legally.   
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: ieffinhatecardio on May 31, 2007, 10:56:13 AM
Fantastic thread, very interesting.

Frankly the scope of this problem is beyond our Government's reach. There is no real solution that is agreeable to everyone.


My opinion is first and foremost we tighten up the borders and severely limit if not altogether stop illegal immigration and then we take care of the situation with those already here. We can't deport 12 million, it's not feasible. They are here to stay whether we like it or not. We might as well make them viable citizens that at least have the chance to be contributing members of society.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Laughing Sam's Dice on May 31, 2007, 10:58:30 AM
There is no real solution that is agreeable to everyone.

This is true of every social problem.  Only the dynamics of the problem can change.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Cap on May 31, 2007, 01:33:09 PM
cap86,
That girl who is 21 and is not legal cannot apply for citizenship.  She would have to be a legal resident for 5 years first.  She cannot apply for legal residence, or she would immediately get arrested and deported.  That is why many remain illegal, because applying for permanent residence would get them arrested and deported.  So, no, they cannot do anything about it.

Yes, but those are professionals, or people who are given asylum, or people who have family that are legal.  A poor, starving Mexican who has no degree does not stand a chance to enter the country legally, much less stay in the country legally. 

You are correct, cap86, no more cheap labor if they become legal. 

About welfare and health care, aren't those for American citizens only?  Illegal Aliens can get welfare?
Her mom and her filed ten years ago, that is their problem, not mine.  Yes, they can do something but chose not to.  Mexicans are so close that they can live in TJ and Tecate and wait to come back across. 
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: chaos on May 31, 2007, 08:29:14 PM

I'm sure if you did just a little research on the subject you'd see why.  Or you could just live in the central California valley for bit and it would be crystal clear to you.   there isn't a a line of US citizens wanting  those jobs.........lol.   
Amending the constitution is fine, but then if we do, do we retroactively revoke those already born in the US their citizenship?

The best idea yet, seems to close the borders tight and in a decade or 2 the problem will work itself out economically.
there isn't a line because they know they won't get those jobs, they don't speak the right language. ::)

I'm with BB on this one, I don't see them having this huge impact on our work force. Plenty of teenagers and homeless/welfare rec. to do these jobs. Un-employment office could help fill these spots along with temp agencies etc.


And it's not like we could deport 12 mil at one time ::) so the "impact" would be gradual over time.

Like that other guy said, they would just be having a beer planning on how to get back here anyways. We need to close the border TIGHT.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: OzmO on June 01, 2007, 07:28:15 AM
there isn't a line because they know they won't get those jobs, they don't speak the right language. ::)

I'm with BB on this one, I don't see them having this huge impact on our work force. Plenty of teenagers and homeless/welfare rec. to do these jobs. Un-employment office could help fill these spots along with temp agencies etc.


And it's not like we could deport 12 mil at one time ::) so the "impact" would be gradual over time.

Like that other guy said, they would just be having a beer planning on how to get back here anyways. We need to close the border TIGHT.

That's nice in theory,  but those who are not working are doing so by choice IMO becuase they are lazy or what ever.  not all, but a large majority or the 4% who don;t work are lazy.  because if you want to get a job, you and i know it's not hard to do.

I agree, for security and for illegal aliens we must close the borders tight.

Also even if the 12 million people we deport is gradual we still deporting American citizens, which will go down as another scar on our history like the intern camps in ww2
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: egj13 on June 01, 2007, 08:48:09 AM
I donno man.  I forgot who came up with the idea when i posted it, but because BUSH is the highest profile person pushing the idea i named him in my post.   I'm not criticizing BUSH in this case. 

He is trying to find a solution without going to war or persecuting someone.  So in my mind he's actually doing something right.

right on, you know all I try for is fair debating and to se eboth sides get there due. This bill is primarily a Democrat bill with minor bi partisan participation. I believe Bush is just trying to get something passed which is BS. We have waited this long and I think we should get it right before giving in.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: ToxicAvenger on June 01, 2007, 08:55:05 AM
gives us your tired...your hungry...


the tired and hungry are usually uneducated lower classes..they multiply exponentially..educated folks have less kids..


i forsee a bleak future for this country..
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: militarymuscle69 on June 01, 2007, 09:03:31 AM
gives us your tired...your hungry...


the tired and hungry are usually uneducated lower classes..they multiply exponentially..educated folks have less kids..


i forsee a bleak future for this country..


Ding ding ding...we have a winner....
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: ToxicAvenger on June 01, 2007, 09:06:09 AM
So you mean for a process that is currently around 400 dollars to start (if I heard the news correctly the other day) is that hard?  I had a class with a girl who is 21 and came here when she was 4-6 yr old and she is still not legal.  You mean to tell me that she cannot do anything about it? Her mom waited 5 years just to apply for citizenship and that is her own fault.  There are plenty of people here in their 40's who never applied after 20+ years, bureaucracy or not, that is their fault.  There are plenty of other groups of people that follow LEGAL means and they don't take as long as Mexicans because they start it right away.  The laws are still in place and they know the laws.  Let's bring back the old "Tonk" rule and see how they like deportation.  There will not be any cheap labor if all become citizens and I for one am not going to pay for welfare, health care and all the other things my taxes already go to for legal citizens, not to mention that if they are legal we will lose any cheap labor we all talk about. 

its a fucking slap in the face for people like myself that did go thru all the shit to do it legally..


hey i might as well spread the word..to all pakis that dont have the legal $ to get here..move on in on touristvisas..yall get to stay...why not spread the word to africa india..bangledesh china nepal indonesia and brazil also..
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: ToxicAvenger on June 01, 2007, 09:09:48 AM
o..yall thought that amnesty applies ONLY to mexicans?  nuuuuhhhh ;)

what happens when all the 3rd world gets wind of this?   we gonna deny tourist visas ..no can do..


soo ALL them people that come here on tourist visas and then deside to stay get to stay??

get ready for a cluster fuck guys... :)


Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: Cap on June 01, 2007, 09:17:05 AM
its a fucking slap in the face for people like myself that did go thru all the shit to do it legally..


hey i might as well spread the word..to all pakis that dont have the legal $ to get here..move on in on touristvisas..yall get to stay...why not spread the word to africa india..bangledesh china nepal indonesia and brazil also..
I agree with you Toxi.  It is bullshit.  People like you or others, no matter what country of origin, came here legally and now see their hard process wasted when they could have just popped out 5 or 6 babies and then complain.  I know we have a lot of Chinese illegals,  I wonder why we never hear about them. 

We ought to put a moratorium on immigration for a few years and let some people die out.  I know that sounds cruel but let's thin the population a little bit and then start fresh.
Title: Re: I think I'm beginning to see BUSH's immigration proposal, not that i agree
Post by: ToxicAvenger on June 01, 2007, 09:36:22 AM
I agree with you Toxi.  It is bullshit.  People like you or others, no matter what country of origin, came here legally and now see their hard process wasted when they could have just popped out 5 or 6 babies and then complain.  I know we have a lot of Chinese illegals,  I wonder why we never hear about them. 

We ought to put a moratorium on immigration for a few years and let some people die out.  I know that sounds cruel but let's thin the population a little bit and then start fresh.

i actually agree..

total cost of moving here legally..

1)cost of visas L1 /L2 buziness visas (ie lawyer) 50k in dollars from karachi
2)total cost of lawyers for 2 yrs to get greencards another 40k
3)cost of getting a citizenship within a yr another 70k (we had bought the biz in a corporation name and the bullshit rules say its gonna be in an individuals name etc etc so we paid in lawyer costs up the woohaa)
4)learning that we coulda just come here on a tourist visas and just stayed and saved $160,000..priceless!