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.
"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? "
You are assuming that amnesty means they get to stay in this country illegally. I didn't say that at all. The cost of amnesty is registering as a resident of this country, getting on the tax roll and stating to pay their fair share. This will do two things, either the person will register or go home because the cost of a businees hiring one will be prohibitive. And we would gladly provide the transportation to the border.
With the border patrolled and fences built, the stream of illegals would go down dramatically. It will be easier to catch, identify and deport.
Of course the other option is to hunt 30 million illegals down, deal with the ACLU in court for years and spend billions in ACLU attorney legal fees as well as the cost of deportation, housing, food and medicine until they get deported and then dealing with having them come back.