how does it help you or me to have 11 millio
how does it help you or me to have 11 million illegals who are never going to be deported unable to work legally? Republicans have gone totally on full tilt by bitching about the constitution instead of addressing the problem. Plus there is so much misinformation being spewed forth. Many have the false idea that if you can sneak across the border without getting caught you can go straight to the food stamp and welfare office and start receiving benefits and vote.
My first solution would be to devote all resources necessary to round up every illegal and deport them regardless of how heartbreaking their story is. But that is not going to happen.
My second solution is to guard the border like the old soviet union guarded the Berlin wall. With lights at night and machine guns and orders to shoot anyone trying to cross. But that is not going to happen.
My third solution is, if you live here for 5 years without getting in trouble with the law, here is a ticket, pay your fine, and get at the end of the line for citizenship. In the meantime, here is a green card. You can work legally, but income taxes and social security taxes will be deducted from your check, and you will never qualify for a refund or SSI or be able to vote until you are a full legal citizen.
We have the resources to really crack down on anyone who hires an illegal. I'd rather see a lot of employers serving time in jail than a poor illegal who is willing to work for practically anything as long as it is a job.