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Originally posted by lpowell0627
1. I don't think it's fair to simply kick all of the illegals out. Due to our FLAWED system, they have now built careers, homes, families. I don't think they should lose it all because we are partly to blame.
2. I don't think legal immigrants should receive social security benefits or medicare -- at least not until we have a system in place that supports its citizens first.
3. Companies employing illegals should be penalized -- without the possibility of pressing charges against any of its workers so everybody turns them in -- and half of the fines should be put towards medicaid/welfare and the other half should be put into a fund to assist illegals to become legal.
4. We should have "immigrant amnesty". Allow a 30-day period (short time because we will have immigrants coming in to take advantage of the program) in which all illegals have to register and begin the process to becoming legal.
Originally posted by muzik
LOL at this thread...Yes we illegals are taking all your jobs BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Originally posted by dubiousone
reply to post by Night Star
Wait a minute, there, Night Star. Something about your post doesn't ring true to me. If you and the many "illegals" you mentioned all worked in a factory that paid very well, then the "illegals" must have paid the taxes that are automatically deducted from workers' wages. If what you say is true, then as such a good American hell bent on solving the problem, why didn't you report your employer to the feds? They would have swooped in, removed all the "illegals", and you would still have a well paying job. Were the "illegals" better employees than you were? Even if they were better employees, the feds would have moved in and removed them. A little explanation is in order here.
Most of the people who use hospital emergency rooks as their 1st tier health care plan are Americans who do not have and cannot afford health insurance.
[edit on 6/21/2009 by dubiousone]
Originally posted by ZindoDoone
"Joe Illegal" also works in construction, has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table".
Originally posted by muzik
LOL at this thread...Yes we illegals are taking all your jobs BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!