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Johnson on Mar 07, 2010 at 21:55:56 said:

This is not "Comprehensive Immigration Reform", it is Comprehensive Integration of the US and Mexico into the North American Union, along with the elimination of the US Constitution.

In other words it is treason.

Justin Case on Mar 07, 2010 at 11:58:11 said:

Let Mexico have California and whatever states they want to claim. The states would
become areas of poverty like Mexico. There must be a reason Mexico is impoverished. Don't think it has anything to do with geography, maybe society? So, what good will
it do you Archfiend?? Idiot.

Archfiend on Mar 05, 2010 at 21:46:49 said:

How about mexico takes back its rightful land? that would be great. we take back california, arizona, new mexico, parts of nevada and utah. take back what is ours. screw the american's manifest destiny bull! they're naught but a bunch of greedy, manipualtive hypocrites! so i say we take back wat they stole from us. mexico shoulda gotten in on axis powers and attacked the US with most soldiers in Europe their forces woulda been depleted and things woulda been different.
Oi nativessayno shut up you douche.

Julie B on Mar 05, 2010 at 16:17:51 said:

With unemployment numbers at record highs since the Depression, how can e add millions more to the jobs pool and welfare rolls? This is just lip service from Obama because he knows it will never pass. We just can not afford it.

nativessayno on Mar 05, 2010 at 15:50:46 said:

Let the tribulations begin in earnest and speed!

Build your La Raza fantasies back home, we are sick of them! Why? Because this is the US...not a free-for-all for foreign nationals and their endless costly "causas"!!!

If there is so much drive to "improve" my country....why not bring it all back home and leave us out of your insatiable drain on us. Leave now before the heat gets really going....Can't wait, and when your amnesty advocates "skirts" can't sheild you any longer (because we call you out) big fiesta time....Adios.

We did it before and see the escalation for mass deportions clearing on the horizon.

Huzzah...US for citizens and legal immigrants ONLY. The rest; go home now.

Utilitarian on Mar 05, 2010 at 10:27:10 said:

Earned Citizenship & Ideal Immigration Reform

1. If you are in the United States and out of status but enter the country with inspection, must show I-94 (Arrival – Departure Record) or other entry documents.

A) 20 years plus stay in the US : you will get a green card immediately.
(must show past Federal Tax for 18 years)
B) 15 years plus stay in the US : you will get a green card after 1 year.
(must show past Federal Tax for 13 years)
C) 10 years plus stay in the US : you will get a green card after 5 years.
(must show past Federal Tax for 8 years)
D) 5 years plus stay in the US : you will get a green card after 10 years.
(must show past Federal Tax for 3 years)
E) less than 5 years stay in the US : you will get a green card after 12 years.

2. If you are in the United States and out of status but enter the country without inspection, cannot show I-94 (Arrival – Departure Record) or other entry documents.

a) You will be given a special visa to go back to your country and a guaranteed return (within 90 days), and inspection with USCIS.
b) After 12 years you will get a green card.

3. If you are in the United States and out of status but accompanied by your parents before the age of 16.

a) You will be given a special visa to go back to your country and a guaranteed return (within 90 days), and inspection with USCIS.
b) You must have lived continuously in the U.S. for at least 5 years
c) You must either complete 2 years of collage or serve in the military for a minimum of 2 years.
d) You will get a green card after your 26th birthday.

4. You must pay $3000 fee to USCIS regardless of your status to process your application.
5. All applicants must prove their common English language skills within one year after you file your application.
6. Pass a background check with FBI.
7. Barred from any Federal Welfare Program until you get your Green Card.
8. If you are married and have children (under 21) they will be united to you immediately.
9. You must prove each year as a TAX PAYER. Must pay $2000 or more per year FEDERAL TAX. If you pay $5,000 or more FEDERAL TAX, you can expedite your application process by one year. $10,000 or more by two years and $15,000 or more by three years.
10. All applicants will be issued a 5 years Work Authorization Card immediately.
11. You can travel outside the country but cannot stay more than 90 days.
12. After you get your green card, 2 years later you will become a US Citizen.

Truth on Mar 05, 2010 at 08:59:53 said:

US economy largely unaffected by illegal immigration

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.03.2009

WASHINGTON — A study released Wednesday concludes that illegal-immigrant workers do not drain jobs or tax dollars and have a neutral impact on the U.S. economy.
Because illegal immigrants occupy a small share of the work force — about 5 percent — and work low-skilled jobs at lower wages than other workers, their overall influence on the economy is trivial, according to the report, sponsored by the Migration Policy Institute, a pro-immigration think tank in Washington.
"The fate of the U.S. economy does not rest on what we do on illegal immigration," said Gordon H. Hanson, author of the report and economics professor at the University of California-San Diego.
Illegal immigrants contribute a tiny 0.03 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, with that gain going to employers who save money on cheap labor, the report says, while their cost to the economy is 0.10 percent of GDP, which mainly comes from public education and publicly funded emergency health care.
The net impact at minus 0.07 percent of GDP means that illegal immigrants have an essentially neutral effect on the economy, Hanson said.
The report does not factor in the spending or entrepreneurship that illegal immigrants contribute to the economy, said Marc Rosenblum, senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
Where illegal immigrants do have a substantial impact, Hanson added, is in specific labor-intensive and low-skilled industries such as agriculture, construction, hospitality and cleaning services, where the share of native-born workers has dropped precipitously.
Because the U.S. has dramatically raised the education level of its adult population in the last 50 years — going from about 50 percent of all working-age adults without a high school diploma in 1960 to just 8 percent today — the native-born, low-skilled work force has shrunk, while employers continue to require low-skilled workers.
This leaves room for illegal immigrants to take such jobs at a low cost, the report says.
Illegal immigrants now account for 20 percent of working-age adults in the U.S. who don't have a high school degree.
While the influx of illegal immigrants is one of the factors keeping low-skilled wages stagnant, the biggest losers in the current system are legal low-wage workers, both native and foreign born, who compete with the illegal immigrants, Rosenblum said.
Meanwhile, employers reap higher profits because of lower labor costs and more productive businesses.
The solution to this imbalance, proposed by the Migration Policy Institute, is to provide more visas and legal channels for unskilled workers to enter the U.S.
Today, low-skilled workers must have a green card — effectively requiring them to have close family members in the U.S. — or obtain a temporary work visa.
"We really need to approach migration control comprehensively by both strengthening enforcements and creating legalization mechanisms that will control the unauthorized population and improve the economic outputs that we get from immigration," Rosenblum said.