Majorities of Americans say illegal immigrants should be allowed to remain in the U.S. if they have lived in the U.S. for at least five years, pay a fine and learn English
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How many people were in your survey for you to justify your statement ........"Majorities of Americans say illegal immigrants should be allowed to remain in the U.S. if they have lived in the U.S. for at least five years, pay a fine and learn English." SO MANY people I know are against them being in OUR country. Most people I know want them deported. I just don't understand your survey; an old saying sticks in my mind from my statistics instructor.... figures don't lie, but liars figure.
Why should illegals be given legal status in the US when there are no records of their background? How are we to know which ones are decent and law abiding citizens of their respective countries? We have enough rapists, murderers, gangsters,thieves and potential criminals deal with right here in the US. Why should we allow more of these to enter the US? What about those we have sponsored and are waiting for years in their respective countries?If a taliban says he is from Jamaica,will anyone believe him? If not, then why? If we have no proper means of determining who is who and from where, please send him home of his choice.
Do you really believe illegals are those people picking apples and apricots as Geraldo Riveiro is saying on CNN? Illegals are in various fields of employment.There are illegals in the Real Estate Industry, Security Agencies, Warehouses, Transportation, Construction,Home Health Care, Religious Organisations, Stores and Factories.My only guess is only when there is another national disaster, then will the authorities enforce the law regardless whether it is inhumane or proper to do so.Illegals must go home and wait their turns.I waited fourteen years to come to the US after I got sponsored.In New York City illegals get free health care. They do not pay property taxes and yet their children overcrowd the schools everywhere.When will we come to our senses?
this a really good reason why immagrants should be allowed in the USA
why not give immigranst a chance you got one now your being selfish...this isnt even you country anyways.. im a californian and im not sayn anythig...Why should you????
I do agree with this we should allowed illegal immigrants to stay in our country because thanks to many of them we have fruits and vegetables in our tables, thanks to them our yards are clean and even our homes thanks god for illegal immigrants because by using a false social security 50 billion dollars were unaccounted in the social security fund.
I do agree, i am a latino and i am proud to be one. I think that we should let the illegal aliens stay in the u.s. Well not all of them because some of them are not good people, if they have criminal records they should be deported but if they don't have a criminal record they should be allow to stay. There's a lot of good illegal immigrants, they just came here because they wanted a better live for them and their children. They do all the jobs the americans don't want to do, the americans are to afraid they will get hurt doing the hard work, the ratter stay in their office on their stupid computer. The truth is that they wouldn't do any of the jobs we do, and they keep complaining we are taking their jobs, i want to see a white man do the construction work, they would quit the first hour they start working. The americans should just chill-out and shut the fuck-up, is not like we are invading their homes or take over america, if we wanted to take over america we would have done it along time ago, but we didn't so just let them stay.
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