For those who heard it, the US is trying to pass this Immagration Law to send back all illeagal immagrants BACK to where they came from. I find this very wrong in many ways, and so does the public.

  My teacher said that the Immagration Law would hurt the economy, and trade from other countries.Although she's from Canada, she still told us how she had to go through all the hell to get into the US.She said, " First you have to spend a ton of money JUST to get into the waiting list. After that they do a background check, and also search you. And that if you got one small crime on your record your screwed.

 But, I feel that if this is a "Free" country, why do they have to go through all that trouble, and not have freedom to protest about a problem. If I heard right from my history teacher citizens have the right to portest if they feel the government is wrong. Now how do YOU all feel about this? Happy? Sad? Pissed? or don't even care? Please share.

lets clean up welfare and unemployment

Amen, down with the ghetto people who ruined music and civilization.

As far as the economics of the situation... there are millions of illegal immigrants here in the US that don't pay taxes because they're not documented.  Is that a help to the economy or a drain to it? 

Yeah I agree with you there. I'm just a little confused at WHAT the whole thing was about, but now that I thought about the ecomony and the amonut of money were wasting to them, I hope it gets passed. And hey I don't know how the system works, I wouldn't think a teacher would lie about something like that. *thinks* Well now that I HAVE seen both ends I have to agree WITH the immagration laws.

Heres the funny thing I heard, a few teachers were talking about how "They help with construction...If it wasn't for them half the stuff built in this country wouldn't be here..." While another one said, "There a waste of space, and money...They should just wait like all the others..." It's kinda weird though that NOW they pass this law. Now they have to clean out a large amount of illegal immagrants, when before like say 20 years ago it could of been a lot easier. But I guess it's better to pass it now then later.

In the past I worked for a franchise restaurant chain. Post 9/11 when the INS started cracking down on places like retail outlets and fast food restaurants about having illegal immigrants working for them, it became my job to audit all employee files, especially those of newly acquired restaurants.

The former restaurant owners did not provide any tax information on their employes, so I reset everyone to claim 0 and attached a note explaining why and what to do and a W4 form to their paychecks. This exploded into having over 80 people deported. Why? Because they came here on a valid 6 month or 1 year work visa. They get into a job with high management turnover and by the time their visa expires, they're working with thier 5th or 6th boss. Right before the visa expires, they claim the maximum number of allowences on a w4 form. Now, no taxes are deducted from their paychecks.

They all lived in 2 or 3 different houses owned by a friend of a friend of a friend. Rent/80 = pretty damn cheap. They get 100% health care because working a minimum wage job in this region of the country will keep you below the maximum household income to qualify for free insurance. Some were even on government assistance (welfare) and recieved an extra $600 per month cash and an additional food allowance, tax free. They keep enough money to live and mail the rest back to their families in #####. Thier families are not starving to death. They were using the money to build high rise appartments to profit of realestate in that country. The only reason they came here was because the American dollar is worth X amount more then their country's monitary unit, and it was easier to make cash here.

You know if you get in a car accident with an illegal, YOU have to pay for the damage to your vehicle, regardless of whose fault it was? You know if someone DIES in a car accident by an illegal, they most likely wont be prosecuted? And what's even more ridiculous is that the government allows these people to get drivers licenses in the first place.

I live in Michigan, for fucks sake, and everything is translated in fucking Spanish. We don't even live by the goddamn Mexican border, but there's so many illegals entering the country that don't even take the time to learn English. They don't have to. They are coddled by wimpy politicians that want their votes, and tax payers fund bilingual schools and mindless money-pit multiculturo-pluralism programs that continually hinder the people they are trying to help.

Oh, and don't forget all the amnesty days that Clinton held for all the illegals-POOF! You're a Citizen! Vote Democratic next week, and here's your food stamps, rent assistance, free medical care, free housing, free utilities...They even tried promising FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION for illegals-while Americans have to pay.

Now I have no problem whatsoever with immigration, as long as it's LEGAL. After all, that's what the US is made of, people who immigrated here from various other countries LEGALLY. Unfortunately, since the US eliminated the lottery, it now takes roughly 10 years to immigrate here. Of course it's easier to jump the border. My boyfriend is from Germany, and he would love to move here-but because of the ridiculous duration it takes, we'd have to get married for him to do so in any practical amount of time.

The only real solution I can think of is to crack down on the people employing illegal immigrants and stop giving them the same rights citizens have. If they don't NEED to become a citizen in order to get those rights, guess what? THEY WONT. Hell I'd love a life where I can get away with not paying taxes and abiding by the law, but I guess it sucks for me, cause I was born here.

AS, I think your boyfriend will still be able to move here if he applies for a work visa and citizenship.  And odds are before he's moved up on the waiting list he'll be married and will be able to move up even farther. 

He might want to do it quick, though, or he'll be 11 million farther back in line than he would have been, considering the news this week. 

Rush had an interesting caller the other day.  She was brought to America from Venezuela as a child, raised and graduated from American public school, and now works for a living, and considers herself an American.  But she is illegal.  She can't get on the list because the legal system tells her she must first leave the country, set up residence in Venezuela, and then come back and apply for citizenship.

What do you do with the few who have slipped through the cracks this way?  Who consider themselves Americans, but because of her parents decisions and lack of any familiarity with her home country has not gone back to her homeland and applied for citizenship? 

Only when I'm driving during lunch break.  I don't listen regularly because, let's face it, he's too full of himself.    But you have to hand it to him that he didn't jump down this lady's throat. 

Do they have any?

Reading CNN this morning. Some quotes that cracked me up:

"The National Immigration Law Center called on organizations nationwide to sign a petition urging ICE to assure the public it won't make any immigration arrests during the protests."

If they want to protest their lack of rights, and openly state that they're violating the laws of this country, why shouldn't they be arrested?

"....at least 50 percent of workers on construction jobs in the region had not shown up for work. "This is costing millions of dollars a day, and I don't know who is going to pay for it," he said."

Uh, how about hiring Americans? Oh wait, then they wont profit as much. I feel so bad for them, really.

"Mari Ramos, a Peruvian nanny whose tourist visa ran out in 2003, listened when friends warned her not to take public transportation or risk arrest. "That's when I became nervous. I stopped going to my night job," the 36-year-old Miami woman said."

Instead of risking arrest by riding the bus, she decides to state her full name and her residency on one of the biggest news stations in the world. Brilliant!

My conclusion:
The US already has enough stupid people here legally, we don't need any more.