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To: Durbin

No really:

Reagan in 1986 wanted border security in exchange for amnesty. We got amnesty and no border security.

I hope Trump does the following

1) Builds a wall and increases funding for the border patrol

2) Increase funding for ICE and have them arrest illegals who have criminal records and deport them

3) As for the illegals who have been here working and never broke the law, here is where I think he can negotiate. The U.S. is not going to forcibly deport 11 Million people. However, you don’t give amnesty to them. You have them register with immigration services, pay back taxes and fines (Kasich’s proposal) and then they have to go through the immigration process to become citizens like every other immigrant group that has come to this country, like mine did from Sicily. My mother has a copy of my Grandfathers immigration papers and it took him some 30 years to become a citizen and he was a legal immigrant.


117 posted on 03/01/2016 8:45:42 AM PST by CTrent1564
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To: CTrent1564

You have it right. There is always a negotiation to get a law through Congress. I would also suggest that simply not breaking laws is not enough I would add that they have to be welfare free for several years (negotiable) and their kids have to be making normal progress in school (negotiation about what is normal progress) and no gang member support, and working at some job. (non-negotiable). Finally, normal progress towards learning English. If they have been here long enough, an English exam might be preferable.


205 posted on 03/01/2016 10:13:10 AM PST by KC_for_Freedom (California engineer (ret) and ex-teacher (ret) now part time Professor (what do you know?))
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