[rolling_stone]

Tell me since these are such hardworking "taxpaying" people, where do we draw the line? Why not let everyone that wants a better life come here? Then we could look just like Mexico, or Pakistan or Somalia!

AS for paying taxes, where do you get the idea that they pay anywhere near what they use in benefits in taxes? You want it you pay for it, not me.

....The total net cost of the IRCA amnesty (the direct and indirect costs of services and benefits to the former illegal aliens, minus their tax contributions) after ten years comes to over $78 billion. (Measuring the Fallout: The Cost of the IRCA Amnesty After 10 Years, CIS, May 1997)....

[JustPiper]

Under Title 8 Section 1325 of the U.S. Code, "Improper Entry by Alien," any citizen of any country other than the United States who:
Enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers; or
Eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers; or
Attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact; has committed a federal crime.

Violations are punishable by criminal fines and imprisonment for up to six months. Repeat offenses can bring up to two years in prison. Additional civil fines may be imposed at the discretion of immigration judges, but civil fines do not negate the criminal sanctions or nature of the offense.

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