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Donald Trump suggests 'merit system' for undocumented immigrants
NJ Advance Media, NJ.com ^ | July 25, 2015 | Brent Johnson

Posted on 07/25/2015 3:45:02 PM PDT by familyop

But he said the country should take a different approach with "the other ones" — i.e., undocumented immigrants who are already in the country who have "done a good job." "I'm a very big believer in merit system," Trump said. "I have to tell you ... some of these people have been here, they've done a good job. You know, in some cases, sadly, they've been living under the shadows, etc., etc. We have to do something. So whether it's merit or whether it's whatever, but I'm a believer in the merit system. If somebody's been outstanding, we try and work something out.

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TOPICS: Extended News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; aliens; amnesty; election2016; illegal; immigration; newyork; trump
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To: familyop

A merit system makes sense. As each illegal identifies themselves we deport them on the merit of being an illegal.


41 posted on 07/25/2015 4:32:55 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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42 posted on 07/25/2015 4:33:24 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep freedom ALIVE!)
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To: familyop
I think we make a deal with the countries who are the primary sources of illegals.

They have to take the criminals back, and the welfare leaches. OTOH, the ones who want to work and pay taxes can stay, BUT the countries they came from have to take one of our welfare leaches for each illegal we take.

Oh, I would sweeten the pot a bit -- current welfare recipients can keep their welfare checks as long as they live. But, their children are on their own.

In one generation we could solve the welfare problem and the immigration problem...

43 posted on 07/25/2015 4:35:22 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: RedMDer

I figured you did, seeing it’s you. :>)


44 posted on 07/25/2015 4:38:14 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray for their victory or quit saying you support our troops)
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To: CurlyDave
BUT the countries they came from have to take one of our welfare leaches for each illegal we take.

That's too easy. They have to take one liberal college professor, lawyer, or politician for each illegal we take.

45 posted on 07/25/2015 4:39:50 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray for their victory or quit saying you support our troops)
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To: familyop

With Obama, McConnell, and Boehner with 18 more months, all this may be a moot point. Obama aims to completely cripple the United States for all time. It is worse than anyone thinks.


46 posted on 07/25/2015 4:41:08 PM PDT by odawg
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To: TribalPrincess2U

And he will screw everything up because he will go third party if he’s rejected. He has as much narcissism as obama.


The GOPe has already “screwed everything up” for 2016 with their corportist agenda, TPA, amnesty, etc. Trump is unwinding the damage to the GOP brand caused by the greedy beltway pigs. We should be applauding him for that.


47 posted on 07/25/2015 4:45:13 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: nickcarraway
"This is Trump’s, “Act of Love.”

If you know of another candidate that even SAYS they will build a wall and deport all criminal aliens, I'd like to know who it is.

Especially if they are to the right of Trump and says they will deport ALL illegals...or even not legalize them.

I would vote for that guy.

48 posted on 07/25/2015 4:46:07 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: erlayman

“I doubt it because a wall will probably cost tens of billions to build and maintain. Deportation is going to be in the range of hundreds of billions.”

As others have noted, we spend more money on welfare in ONE WEEKEND than it costs to build the wall. If we want to build it, it will get done. The price is trivial. And so is the net cost, since we won’t require nearly as many border agents as an open border requires, once the wall is completed.


49 posted on 07/25/2015 4:47:52 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: berdie
"There is not a way, contrary to popular belief, to fence the entire border and keep it patrolled."

That's absurd.

We built the interstate Highway system, 100's of thousands of miles of it.

Yes, contrary to your ignorance, we can build a wall along the border.

50 posted on 07/25/2015 4:51:09 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: nickcarraway; BobL
BobL wrote:
"If not, Trump is no worse than anyone else."

nickcarraway said:
"That's a real endorsement!"

Endorsement. Yes!

Dennis Rodman, friend of murdering despot Kim Jong-Un, now backs Donald Trump for president
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3316418/posts


51 posted on 07/25/2015 4:53:15 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

As long as we stop illegal entry into the U.S. by foreigners. Build the wall!!! End it! Put military in dangerous area to go to war with Mexican Drug Cartels. Stop the flood, the weed out the undesirables.

Let’s come up with the Merit system!

Loyal to US, loves US
Speak English
No criminal record
Productive, works not on any state welfare assistance

What else?


52 posted on 07/25/2015 4:53:55 PM PDT by Lopeover (My vote is valuable, you must earn it.)
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To: familyop
post-op, so your solution looks like this?


53 posted on 07/25/2015 4:58:17 PM PDT by proust ("Is this a blip, or is it a catastrophe?" -Donald J. Trump)
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To: familyop

I approve of the “Merit System”. Illegals who have the integrity and merit to leave before they are caught should be permitted to apply for legal entry to the United States, just like any other nonresident. All other illegals should be permanently barred from any path to citizenship or even to legal presence in our country. Those illegals who used their time wisely should have marketable skills and English proficiency, which may help them in legal entry once our border is secure.


54 posted on 07/25/2015 5:02:11 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: familyop
Dennis Rodman, friend of murdering despot Kim Jong-Un, now backs Donald Trump for president
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3316418/posts


55 posted on 07/25/2015 5:10:48 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: xzins

I hold your opinions and your posts in very high regard.


56 posted on 07/25/2015 5:13:23 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep freedom ALIVE!)
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To: Mariner

Sorry, dear sir or madam...but it isn’t feasible.

I am of course making an assumption that you have been to the Texas border. You know the terrain and know that an unprotected fence will stop jack squat. Even protected...the “protectors” will be hamstrung.

Of course we built miles of highway. We also put a man on the moon. The situations don’t equate.

I see you fly the Cal flag. Tell me, is there a fence along the entire Cal border? As short as it is? And how is that workin’ out for ya. And if there is a complete border fence...who paid for it?

Trump’s solution is reasonable.


57 posted on 07/25/2015 5:14:52 PM PDT by berdie
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To: familyop

Americans don’t have what it takes to solve this. Would have to stop employing them, giving them welfare, and stop giving them medical services to stop the flow. If we build a wall, they will simply use El Chapo’s tunnel or come by sea or by air.


58 posted on 07/25/2015 5:15:53 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: Mariner

Oh, yeah...I’m not ignorant.


59 posted on 07/25/2015 5:16:11 PM PDT by berdie
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To: proust

Not even close to the same thing.


60 posted on 07/25/2015 5:18:20 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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