Just curious, would this amnesty include the thousands of unaccounted for Islamists from terrorist countries who are here? I guess we should just give them all green cards since it would be too costly to deport them.
It's quite easy to deport and quite cheap.
Talk is cheap. Deporting all the illegal immigrants (just like the mindless droll about closing the borders), is very expensive, and would take a very long time. If you think it's so cheap, how about detailing the costs per person, including FINDING THEM first. I would submit you have no clue what it costs, but I could be wrong.
If Ridge and Bush were really serious about Homeland Security they would already have clamped down on the borders.
We have. Tons of troops, National guard. Many arrests have been made, and many, many more acts of terrorism were prevented than you can imagine.
If we clamped down on the borders the illegals deported wouldn't get back in.
And, just how is it, then, that they get back in now? What clamping down on the border do you have that would prevent this?
And if you think all that is coming across from Mexico in those lines of NAFTA trucks is Mexicans yearning to be free,
No, I do not. I think our resources are best used in getting all illegals to register, and sorting out the bad from the good.
Export the ones with criminal records, or who are not becoming a part of the citizenry. Another rule which would could be carefully considered is that any immigrant that resorts to welfare can be considered for deportation based on reasons for the welfare support.