A poll by The N&O and the Charlotte Observer identified immigration as one of the top concerns of voters this election year. Candidates and experts bring a variety of views to the table regarding how to address immigration -- particularly amid a large-scale wave of illegal immigration that became especially contentious in 2007.
How should the government handle immigration? Who is responsible for enforcing immigration laws?
First of all if they are here illegally they need to to retunred to their country of origin. Then we should send a bill to their Country of origin for the expenses that we incurr in deporting them. Maybe then they would take us a little more seriously.
Anyone who believes that Illegal Immigration is not costing the everage American citizen is clearly ignoring the facts. It is well known that the cost of educating their children, feeding their children, paying for all the social welfare programs available to them is costing billions of dollars. Yet we allow them to live here because we don't want to appear insensitive or politically incorrrect, or we want them to illegally vote for us (see the Democratic Party).
Yes we are a nation of immigrants, but it was done legally and in a controlled manner. What we have now is chaos and lets be honest here, Mexico is more than happy to export their welfare problems to the US. Why do you think they get so upset when the US cracks down on Illegal Immigration.
I also often wonder why news media must refer to Illegal Immigrants as Undocumented Workers...... what the heck is that all about. It just smells of Political corrrectness.
The answer to illegal immigration is to get their own countries to start treating people as human beings.and make it more attractive for people to stay in their own country. Why are US companies located in Mexico and other countries allowed to pay these workers so much less? The US is outsourcing so many jobs to India, Mexico and other places we now have a two edged sword cutting our economy. not enough jobs and too many workers. Perhaps the companies
who are in mexico using mexican labor for a fraction of what should be paid , should incur a special tax on them to help build our fences and secure our borders.India Too!
I dont see any easy answers but the longer this situation goes to the back burner the worse it seems to get.When is our government going to start taking responsibility ?Undocumented workers who have no jobs, education or talents can be found on many street corners THEY DONT BELONG HERE!pick them up, send them back before they turn to crime to survive here.We all need to be on the same page . Of course it's no good if you cant read it! so lets get everybody to speak English as a requirement for permanent residency. We need to set standards and abide by them. We need to take back our jobs
and unite as a country. Does it make sense that we are trying to secure our borders and at the same time our government is entertaining ideas of outsourcing the
production of our passports to another country ? We have many unemployed Americans who need jobs and are educated enough to handle this HERE!I've gotten off on a tangent but I really feel we need to start somewhere getting some of the undocumented workers who have been here working say 8 or 10 years , who have not been a liability to our government ,who can prove gainful employment and have never had any arrests or issues with the law. Lets start making it possible to obtain a drivers license and paperwork which will allow them to be here legally and get these people contributing to our taxbase
the mexicans aren't the the ones here not working, the USA citizens are the main ones standing on the street corners for hand out so, are you going to pick them up and if so where are you going to send them back to? another thing is the US people have the right to go to Mexico for vacations and hang out in their country way not let them do the same. they work pay their way leave them the hell alone
If someone is here illegally they have no right to be here anymore than a burglar has a right to be in your house.
That being said we do have a lot of people who came here illegally but are working hard and trying to behave and make a life for themselves. There ought to be a way to give them legal status, but NEVER citizenship unless they go back where they came from and get to the end of the line.
However the ones that are real criminals, the thieves, drug dealers, rapists, gang members, and the drunks who crash into people and try to run away ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, their DNA recorded, an RFID chip implanted and after serving their sentiences should be sent back where they came from along with a bill to the government of their home country. The RFID chip will make it REALLY easy to identify them if they try to come back.
Plus of course the border needs to be locked down doing whatever it takes, and if that means a wall with troops, watch towers and mine fields then so be it. One of the most basic responsibilities of a government is to secure it's borders and we aren't doing that.
Legal or illegal everyone needs to pay taxes, etc
Before going too far into this discussion one question comes to mind. With the large bulge in the population curve of baby boomers heading into retirement soon there is going to be a need for support as well as a continuing tax base to pay for just about everything. With income tax revenues soon to be headed for a major decline as this population of baby boomers drops out of the work force we will be left with a much smaller population base of legal citizens to support the ever increasing needs of our nation. Increasing taxes upon legal residents who are still in the work force to cover these needs would not at all be fair or even tolerable. Therefore first off there needs to be a way to monitor illegals at least in terms of whether or not they are paying taxes or proper taxes are somehow being collected. After this then we can deal with the status of their legality in terms of what it may or may not do for our nation and struggle to determine a way to deal with the problem from there.