[url=http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-announce-immigration-reform-plan-las-vegas-113806207--election.html]So Obama is pushing congress to pass this bill[/url] (if they don't move fast enough with the Senate bill) which will basically allow all illegal immigrants in the US a chance at becoming legal. It will also tighten border security to prevent future illegal immigrants, but what do you think of this? Do you think that we should be giving people who crossed the borders illegally citizenship? These people did in fact break the laws of the US, so should we go ahead and make them citizens?
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I don't have a problem with letting them stay (deporting them all is near-impossible and cost-prohibitive), provided that we: - Secure the borders better, and stop the influx. - Have those we allow to stay here to: --- Admit that they committed a crime in coming here --- Pay some sort of fine as punishment for said crime --- Pay any income or other taxes that they owe and didn't pay from their prior time here --- Not be able to utilize their status here to bring in their other family members via legal routes (this is just part of not rewarding criminal behavior; we should not give those who entered illegally the same status and benefits as those who choose to enter legally). Related: [url=http://reason.com/assets/db/07cf533ddb1d06350cf1ddb5942ef5ad.jpg]Interesting infographic on what those legal routes into the U.S. actually entail.[/url]