Would Legalizing Illegal Immigrants Help the GOP?

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My mother, grandmother, grandfather and aunt came here from Italy, Before they could become citizens of the U.S. they had to learn about the Constitution, have a sponser in the event they needed assistance. Some one that would be responsible if they had problems. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS??? wE ARE JUST GIVING THIS COUNTRY AWAY. IN A FEW YEARS THE ILLEGALS WILL BE BANKRUPTING THIS COUNTRY, NOT TO MENTION THE POPULATION EXPLOSION. IS THIS WHAT WE WANT IN THIS COUNTRY? THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

Rose Marie of CA 6:27PM May 21, 2010

This is why I just started taking language classes. When in rome you know..got started right
below with a a free six day course so at least I can actually get a job.
www.bilingualtoday.yolasite.com

bob murphay of IL 1:46AM April 27, 2010

I don't care at all about party anymore it's about protecting Our country from this desatorous obama administration this is now since obama become just like venezuela! I will vote against any politician regardless of party if they vote for any socialistic polices or amnesty I will vote to impeach this president the first chance I get and all that are running the puppet this is a sham a complete disgrace what they have all done to this amazing country I will not support any one who hates or destroys this country my vote alone may not make a differance but I will go down fighting for freedom in america.

chcha of AZ 5:29PM April 25, 2010

kick them all out lock down the borders inforce all laws on the books punish all who hire them give NO entitlements pull churches tax exempt status if they protect illigal alians.build more jails and lock them all up for life.do not give legal status to kids of illigals born in the USA.impeach and vote out all illigal alian supporters.treat illigals just like all other countries treat the criminals entering their contries think red china,iran,saudi arabia,cuba,venezuela,korea,japan either lock em up or send them back with a bullet or better yet send them back to their wonderful countries and slam the door with hold all monies to support their countries let then fix their own problems.bring the death penalty to all states just for taking care of illigals clean this country up shut down all entilitments no hospitals nothing.treat them the way they treat our country like shit!

chacha of AZ 5:22PM April 25, 2010

You are looking at the wrong places for solution to your joblessness. Your congress men take sides with companies who ship jobs to India and other countries for cheap labor. They provide them them with huge tax breaks for doing as they in turn will line their pockets. Your post shows a clear frustration and you should not be taking this out of these people.

Peter Stown of FL 11:38AM April 14, 2010

In this country there are "things" called requirements for example; being legal, pay taxes...etc for a person to receive certain benefits from the government, I don't think all individuals qualify...Those "immigrants" obtaining the best jobs(5 star ones) are the better prepare ones, feeling envy? Haha jk....being bilingual is a pro btw. Being determine is not their fall. Founding a nation in north America was a bad idea huh? But hey we live in the same planet people always migrate! We should start caring about ourselves not 3rd persons, live your life(: no racism plz...
-I'm just a centered person I don't care about my race as long as I'm a human.

edgar c of CA 2:08AM April 05, 2010

I am a student at Cal State University Bakersfield. I here tofinish school, because I wanted to be close to my family in Ridgecrest. I have never been one to be racist, but living in a city that is literally "overun" with Mexicans,there I said it Mexicans. Not that all illegal immigrants are Mexican, but obviously the vast majority of them are, why else would would all the jobs today require you to be "bilingual."they really mean Spanish speaking. My boyfriend happens to be bilingual in German, but has been turned down at many jobs that choose some spanish speaking bloke, with little to no education, simply because they are "bilingual" in Spanish. Since when did the term "bilingual" start to mean Spanish speaking?It is seriously out of control! Only in America,can illegals come in and demand that we learn their language, using our own laws against us,which were supposed to protect us from being oppressed. American people are being oppressed now. We work and have to pay taxes which are then used to pay for programs, such as welfare, which is given out to people who never payed taxes (the illegal mexicans),nor did their parents or anyone in their gigantic families. Yet when people who have worked their entire lives and payed those taxes do not even qualify for help when they need it. My father is one of those people, he became permnantly disabled due to a work related injury. He lost his home because he could not afford his medications and his morgage at the same time. What good is a home if you will die without your medication? After years of fighting we were finally able to get him on ssd, yes I said YEARS, he had to wait years to get the social security he paid into for over 30 years! He now lives in a studio apartment. He does not qualify for state assistance such as foodstamps, because he makes to much money. When Juanita and Pedro, who do not even speak any english, who never paid any taxes are collecting these benefits. How the heck does that work!?! I am currently in my senior year at CSUB, I have a one year old whom i need childcare for due to conflicting work and school schedules between my boyfriend and I.Now for college students,about to graduate and (hopefully) get better jobs, we together make about $25,000 a year our rent is $600, car payment is $200 plus food, etc. When you add it up we are barely making it as it is, now we are adding childcare. Normally,I would not be complaining about being denied for something, but being told you do not qualify for any help whatsoever because,"over the limit on hours worked per month." Are you friggen kidding me how is their a such thing as being over the limit on hours worked?We are below the income line yet we work too much? This is a major problem they give money to people who do not work at all, who never even paid a dime into the funds to begin with. At the welfare department it is clear who is getting it! Drug addicts and illegals, who else would it be? Americans are doomed without reform.

Colleen Howell of CA 6:32PM March 31, 2010

In Pennsylvania even union construction workers are laid off work for a long time now, and we have 424,000 of our own legal children in poverty. That is 15.4 percent of all the children in Pa. Governor Fast Eddy Rendell’s little city of Philadelphia gave free child birth to a minimum of 1,800 undocumented women in the twelve short months of 2008. At present the lowest estimate of illegal’s State-wide are 3.8 million. Over 60 percent of these illegal aliens are all high school drop outs. Another amnesty would bankrupt many States, and the amount of children who would be eligible for (SCHIP) States Children Health Insurance Program is staggering.Not including undocumented in Pa. we have 1,211,000 legal Pa.citizens without health insurance.
This area once was coal, garment, mills, shoe factories and steel sustaining our lives. The jobs are long gone,and the number of illegal’s have tripled. We have a high population here in Luzerne County, Pa. of Nam vets & many elderly whose life, blood, & sweat built this county, living on a meager $12,000 a year social security, no COLA increase, while paying over 3 thousand in taxes on their old home. Our property taxes were reassessed in this recession doubling many for 2009, nd due now 2010 taxes increased another 15%. One elderly person living alone here is also paying over $350 on two different sewer bills, while rental properties harbor 9 to 12 adult illegal border jumpers. All of whom really contribute much to our inadequate sewage treatment facilities. Two County judges busted on federal corruption; they took bribes to send our kids to juvenile detention. One replacement judge sent lasted about one week or until he tried to choke his wife. Our still head judge wiped out a few mailboxes on his way home from the bar and left the scene of the accident, but he is such a nice guy of course we all know he wasn’t over the legal driving limit. ALL democrats and that is not half the crap, court house employees, county commissioner same, school board members busted, sewer authority funds and other taxes stolen. Our County prison employees union, court won 17% pay raise was put on hold until 2012. Unemployment here is over 12%, while illegal border jumpers are still working 16 hrs a day.
This is why hometown people all over the U.S.of different color, race, religions and politics are seeing Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio as a true American hero. Just as the HOPE of many citizens elected President Obama… Sheriff Arpaio is giving HOPE to many, many citizens all over our Country.
Deportation would sure provide many jobs in every field of employment. Our children are growing up lazy without proper work ethics unemployed because illegal border jumpers are doing the jobs we held at 15 years of age. As Catholic here is one Catholic priest who is is actually for us poorer hardworking legal citizens of all Color It is a 10 minutevideo filmed in Harlem N.Y. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMaNa1K8lJo

patpacer of PA 6:22PM March 28, 2010

Illegal aliens are destroying this Country, and one would have to be almost blind not to see this. How much longer do we have to support these illegal aliens? How much longer do we have to school their illegal alien children? How much longer are we going to let them have our jobs? How much longer are we going to put up with all the crime, stolen identities, forged documents, fake green cards? How much longer are we going to allow these illegal aliens to send money out of this Country and bring our Country down? Oh, amnesty will correct all this. WRONG! Nothing will change except we wouldn't be able to call them illegal aliens any more. Let's get rid of these illegal aliens! Let's get them back to their own Country where they belong!
Get rid of ALL the illegal aliens and we get rid of ALL the problems that go with them. THAT IS A FACT!

Delaware Bob of DE 7:31PM March 27, 2010