I have no problem with giving them amnesty. However, in order to do that the border will be shut down and they will need to:
1. Register as legal citizens
2. Hold a job that pays both social security and income payroll taxes
3. Must file income taxes
4. Be sponsored by a citizen
5. Not have any outstanding arrest warrants in the country of origin
Pretty simple
You left out:
6. Return to Country Of Origin and Request Immigration to the Unites States like all the LAWFUL immigrants do.
The problem I have with that is they all Hold dual citizenship and send $$$'s home. One guy I know from Guatemala, he is gay, he owns two houses in Guatemala and is purchasing a condo here with his gay friend.
He moved in with an 80 year old American woman and is now trying to get her to sign her house over to him.
1. Register as legal citizens 2. Hold a job that pays both social security and income payroll taxes 3. Must file income taxes 4. Be sponsored by a citizen 5. Not have any outstanding arrest warrants in the country of origin
Pretty simple
So how many of these folks should we give amnesty to? 20 million, 30 million? Oh and what about their relatives and anchor babies...ever see a pyramid from an amnesty point of view? Since the worker gets amnesty what about his family? Their relatives? Where do you stop. Should we stop when the supply of workers equals Mexico and we all make $5 a day? Will anything in Mexico change if we grant a massive amnesty or will the rich keep stealing the country blind while the poor escape to the USA?
Oh and 20 years from now should we have another amnesty like we did before in 1986? Trust the government to enforce the laws when it is obvious they won't? How about a rolling amnesty, say every 15 years? What other laws should we have an amnesty for since we will be condoning breaking laws? Pretty complicated.