[Spirochete]

Theoretically, if you support giving full citizenship to all 11 million but insist on, say, basic English fluency first, you’re not in favor of “amnesty” because you’re imposing a condition on their eligibility for citizenship.

Amnesties are always offered with conditions.

[proxy_user]

“Amnesties are always offered with conditions.”

If you impose enough conditions, no one will be able to meet them.

[SMARTY]

Right.

How about THIS condition:

If all those guys who are here/have been here illegally don't fork over the TAXES on their respective incomes - then WE all GET OURS BACK!!!

If THEY are permitted to forgo payment of taxes on wages/income, then it sets a precedent for ALL OTHER WAGE EARNERS in the US!

Then WE can forgo filing our tax returns and when hauled into court.... we can site IN THE LAW that those guys didn't pay either and were NOT charged!

FAIR IS FAIR!

[itsahoot]

Amnesties are always offered with conditions.

I seem to remember John McCain saying a $200.00 fine was more than sufficient punishment for jumping our borders.

Now they intend to punish illegals by deciding they were deported illegally, that way they can offer 5 years amended tax returns because we should not have denied them in the first place.

In other news California is importing foreign workers to process unemployment claims. You can't make this stuff up.