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Immigrants shouldn't avoid red tape to citizenry
Tyrone Barner
Issue date: 4/25/07 Section: Opinion
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Emotions were high when it became known that someone in Congress wanted to make it a felony for residing in this country illegally. I'm all for this because no one should be able to avoid the red tape to become a legal citizen. I don't agree with illegal immigrants who seek short cuts to a better life.
I was reading about the state of Colorado, where they have the toughest immigration laws in the country to date. The immigrants are fleeing the state because of these laws.
California and the rest of the country should take note and do the same thing when it comes to making it easy or hard for illegal immigrants. I know for a fact that once you start running from something, it keeps you running.
Many illegal immigrants paid hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to be smuggled into this country. Where do they get off expecting it to be easy once they're here?
I feel very strongly about them sending money back home to help bring other members of their family here. I think, as an African American, that they get what they deserve, expecting it to be easy. Some people, I declare.
With the federal government cracking down, along with the states passing laws, it stands to reason that things are going to get tougher before they get easier for illegal immigrants. To which I say, good for the government and the states for working to put a stop on the drain on our pockets, financially and other wise.
Also in Colorado, there is a pilot program where they are using prison inmates to do the farm work that immigrants used to do, so those immigrants who say that they do the jobs that Americans don't want to do, may be losing the argument. I think that California having a large prison population and a lot of farming should consider doing the same thing.
A lot of illegal immigrants have false social security cards with the numbers that already belong to Americans, and they use these to get jobs, other I.D.'s, and pay taxes. I say this really makes them criminals, and they should be locked up and deported, and we should make it even harder for them and others to get back into this country.
I was reading about the state of Colorado, where they have the toughest immigration laws in the country to date. The immigrants are fleeing the state because of these laws.
California and the rest of the country should take note and do the same thing when it comes to making it easy or hard for illegal immigrants. I know for a fact that once you start running from something, it keeps you running.
Many illegal immigrants paid hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to be smuggled into this country. Where do they get off expecting it to be easy once they're here?
I feel very strongly about them sending money back home to help bring other members of their family here. I think, as an African American, that they get what they deserve, expecting it to be easy. Some people, I declare.
With the federal government cracking down, along with the states passing laws, it stands to reason that things are going to get tougher before they get easier for illegal immigrants. To which I say, good for the government and the states for working to put a stop on the drain on our pockets, financially and other wise.
Also in Colorado, there is a pilot program where they are using prison inmates to do the farm work that immigrants used to do, so those immigrants who say that they do the jobs that Americans don't want to do, may be losing the argument. I think that California having a large prison population and a lot of farming should consider doing the same thing.
A lot of illegal immigrants have false social security cards with the numbers that already belong to Americans, and they use these to get jobs, other I.D.'s, and pay taxes. I say this really makes them criminals, and they should be locked up and deported, and we should make it even harder for them and others to get back into this country.
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mrsmith10
Matt Smith
posted 4/26/07 @ 3:30 PM PST
Illegal immigration is not a felony, so therefore its not really a criminal act. Also, these states and cities that are trying to take action on the issue are doing so without proper authority, only the federal government has the power to act on immigration. (Continued…)
Becky Jimenez
posted 4/27/07 @ 8:09 PM PST
Thanks to illegal immigration I was fortunate enough to belong to this magnificient country!!! Long live illegal immigrants!!!
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