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We shouldn't exempt illegals who are not accessing government programs now - eventually they will start costing the taxpayers substantial amounts of money.

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I don't mean exempt them ---but deport them when they start to access those services. I just don't see how the government can get them all without doing door-to-door searches, setting up roadblocks, and other such things. Let them deport themselves when they commit crimes or try to get things they didn't pay for.

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Two examples who I personally know:

A couple from Chihuahua who came up on a visitor visa at 15 years of age --about 2 years ago, came to "visit" an aunt and the girl gave birth at the county hospital to a US citizen, they collect welfare benefits, food stamps, WIC. Neither parent --17 now speaks English or has yet worked a day in their life ---nor intends to. Technically they are legal since they are parents of a US citizen. They'd be easy to deport since they're accessing programs right and left but the problem is that US citizen baby that qualifies them to stay even though it's unlikely they'll ever be self-sufficient.

Guy in his 30's, family in Mexico --no visa. Works various jobs for cash, lives quietly on someone's private property, doesn't access any government services and pays cash (or one of his employers does) if he sees a doctor or dentist, doesn't cross the border often to avoid detection. Wouldn't be so easy to deport just because agents would almost have to invade private property to drag him off.

I'd rather get those who are technically legal but acessing taxpayer money right and left.