[Southack]

"The ones that don't punish the lawbreakers under the laws that they broke. A simple, measly one-time fee to be paid by the lawbreaking employer is not the penalty for being a lawbreaking illegal alien or for being a lawbreaking employer of an illegal alien. It is hardly a penalty, it is more like an administrative fee or a bribe."

That's such poor logic; you're grasping.

If you pay a fee or a fine, you've been punished. That's a far cry from "amnesty" (which means "no punishment").

They also have to register with our government. That's a heckofa lot better than having them remain here anonymously.

[Howlin]

They also have to register with our government.

It seems to me if they have to register, then the ones who aren't in the database, i.e., unregistered, would be the ones that would be deported immediately, right?

[riri]

That's a heckofa lot better than having them remain here anonymously

They will do both. And now, we will just be stuck with two classes of illegals. And more on the way.

[dagnabbit]

They also have to register with our government

No they don't.

In fact illegal aliens will never have to do anything they don't want to do. After all, what's going to happen if they don't obey the law, either today's law or some future Bush-amnesty law? Are there going to be consequences? Will the aliens be deported? By the Bush administration???? By a democrat administraton? LOL!!!

No. If there is no enforcement today, there's zero reason to expect there to be enforcement tomorrow.