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Originally Posted by bringer
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i find it amusing that anyone who disagrees with unregulated immigration is "anti-immigrant" and racist. truthfully, i myself don't have a problem with anyone who wants to come and CONTRIBUTE to this country. not all illegals exploit the system. not all illegals are criminals. im sure most who are here now actually are beneficial to the economy. what you don't realize is the usa cant just open the borders and let anyone and everyone who wants a better life to come in whenever they wish, on their terms. whats the solution? should we make it easier for 100,000 people each year to enter legally and become citizens? 200,000? 1,000,000? what about Mr 1,000,001 who didn't make it this year but his family is starving in South America? if he gets turned away he'll be out in the desert risking his life to come in just as people are doing now. we need both an economically sound immigration policy as well as border regulation so at a minimum we know who is in this country and where they came from. the united states doesn't have enough work/money for the entire worlds poor, so limits must be set. racist
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I don't think anyone calling YOU anti-immigrant. If anyone calls you anti-immigrant then I am just as anti-immigrant too cause i agree with you 100%. I think the existing illegals should be legalized then there should be stricter border security. This is also a good idea:
REAL ID Act of 2005 (a part of Public Law P.L. 109-13) prohibits States from issuing identification or driver's permit cards to anyone who cannot demonstrate that they are legally in the USA, taking full effect in 2008. Citizenship and/or immigration status is to be clearly denoted on these ID cards and they automatically expire on the expiration date of non-citizens' visas or other authorizing documentation. These IDs will be tied to online databases which will allow instant verification of the validity of these documents at low cost or no cost to the person seeking verification. As of 2006, the anticipated effect of this legislation is to make it increasingly difficult for illegal aliens to use counterfeit documents to or to live and work illegally in the USA. However, at the same time, the REAL ID Act of 2005 effectively imposes a mandatory national ID for all US Citizens as well.
This could discourage more illegals to enter the country thou at the same token, would drive up the risk
since immigrants without proper legal status have no valid identity cards or other official identification documents, they may have reduced or even no access to public health systems, proper housing, education and banks, which may result in the creation or expansion of an illegal underground economy to provide these services. So bottomline, stricter border security could make the rest easier.