immigration deal
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- 5timuli0
Well they better be charging these illegal immigrants the equivalent of the usual fees... no way I'm paying hundreds of dollars to come over here if they get to waltz in for nearly fuck-all.
- BonSeff0
what i love most about our southern peeps across the border is, they want the american dream more than any lazy, neck, hick ignit repub here in texas that could only wish to be so motivated.
- 5timuli0
I'll be knockin on doors with a clipboard and a claw hammer.
- BonSeff0
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.…
this is the shit going on near where i live. this is real estate right next to 2 major highways with a huge industrial district. prolly employing a shit load of warehous workers.
on a common sense tip:
they are shooting themselves in the foot because immigrants are gonna relocate, and nobody is gonna want to rent those shitty appartments anyway. location is shit. pretty comical.
- defanddumm0
This seems sensible. Go anti-Bush coalition!
- -sputnik-0
how do they explain to people like myself and my family, who spent YEARS waiting to become citizens legally that this is fair?
- ********0
how do they explain to people like myself and my family, who spent YEARS waiting to become citizens legally that this is fair?
-sputnik-
(May 18 07, 12:54)If you read the proposal carefully you'll see that they too are gonna have to wait YEARS for their citizenship.
- -sputnik-0
ok so i'm on an equal playing field as a person who committed a felony and came here illegally. thanks for clearing that up.
way to inspire ppl to abide by the laws.
- mrdobolina0
//sputnik, you aren't a brick mason who will work for sub-standard wages though... big difference.
- -sputnik-0
;)
- ********0
ok so i'm on an equal playing field as a person who committed a felony and came here illegally. thanks for clearing that up.
way to inspire ppl to abide by the laws.
-sputnik-
(May 18 07, 13:11)Yes, that's the USA for you. Dont' worry though, this new policy is a charitable one that helps inmigrants. It's one that's more convenient for the US. If they really wanted illegal inmigrants out they would've kicked them out a long ago.
- -sputnik-0
exactly. why enforce existing laws when you can crank out new ones.
not to mention the acquisition of a hefty new republican-friendly political base.
- PonyBoy0
m'lady, -sputnick-....
... I'm not calling you out here. :) NOT AT ALL... I'm just going to use what you just said to make a point:
Where the hell was all the outrage from 'legal immigrants' before hand?
I'm seriously starting to 'hear it' from a number of my friends who migrated... they're upset that they had to 'go through the legal pain in the ass' that is the U.S.'s naturalization process...
... seriously... SPEAK UP BEFOREHANDDDD!!!
*sigh
A year and half or two ago when we were all arguing about this online... some people were going so far as to say this is a 'racist/anti-mexican' situation... that couldn't be any further from the truth...
... it's about accountability and responsibility for one's self (which is what the lot of migrants on NT have)... you all came here legally (dealt with the pain in the ass)...
... and now you're upset that you 'did things right' and the 12 million others who didn't are getting a 'free pass' of sorts...
... I dunno...
...I'm just saying - people need to stop dodging the 'tough conversations' and leaving it to someone else... then getting upset afterward.
Don't be afraid to be called names!!! (racist etc)... fuck it... I know I'm not a racist...
I just happen to care about 'you' more who took the time to come here legally than I do a border jumper... so fucking sue me. :D
- -sputnik-0
i actually know quite a few newly minted citizens such as myself who have written letters and been outraged about this. the media has had marginal interest in what this does to legal immigrants, and the people we elect couldn't give a damn.
i have heard from a few of them that "never in a million years would the government be so stupid as to do this, in turn alienating a large group of the voting population". HA!
- Mimio0
I don't understand the outrage. The illegals are going to get a 5,000 fine and have to naturalize like anyone else. That's as fair as you can play it really.
- mrdobolina0
they get work visas basically after being felons is the beef I think.
- PonyBoy0
well, Mimio... we'll just have to sit and watch..
... if they dodged coming in the country legally... and current laws aren't being upheld anyway...
... who's to say the 'illegals' will be honest and sign-in?
I'm curious to see if we get close to that 12 million number...
... just because a 'new law' exists doesn't mean everyone's going to step up.
- Mimio0
The alternative is what though? trying to round everybody up (10 million plus) and drive them back to S. America? That doesn't sound feasible at all. Let's keep them here and try and raise their wages.
- ********0
No, they are felons, let the government abide by the law and put them in a US jail and live off from tax-payers money, oh wait, there is no tax-payer money, it's all being used on wars in countries the US has invaded illegally.
- mrdobolina0
daro, do you have ideas, solutions or do you just want to sack on the country that everyone wants to be in?