[clawrence3]

"Amnesty" as long as nearly everyone who has lived here illegally less than two years will have to return to their country of origin and apply through ordinary channels if they ever hope to live here legally. People who have lived here longer will have to pass rigorous background checks, learn English, and pay fines if they ever hope to achieve legal status. What were the terms of Carter's amnesty for draft dodgers? As for tripling LEGAL immigration, I'm all for that. Most immigration judges were immigration lawyers already, did you know that? There are plenty of laws for alien and employers - I agree those need to be enforced more.

[trubluolyguy]

"Amnesty" as long as nearly everyone who has lived here illegally less than two years will have to return to their country of origin and apply through ordinary channels if they ever hope to live here legally.

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1. How are you going to know who is here for less than two years? I am sure they can forge any document that is needed to prove they have been here longer.

Does Frist and other OBL's think we are stupid?

2. Just who is going to enforce this "get tough" law? THEY DON'T ENFORCE THE LAW NOW!

Again, do the OBL traitors putting non-Americans over Americans think we are stupid?

[Mike Darancette]

if they ever hope to achieve legal status.

In the earlier discussions of the Senate Bill you had to jump through the hoops to become a citizen and legal status was given immediately, I can accept having to "earn" legality. I don't think that many of these people are all that interested in Citizenship.