It could mean registration and restitution, eh? Illegals break the law, so if they ‘pay their debt to society’ why not have them registered and green carded then, and only then? If some want to become citizens, they go to the back of the line of law abiding registrants seeking citizenship. Hell, we have a pResident who may not even be an American citizen, how can we expect these poor immigrees to figure all this out?
Their debt to society is deportation. You don't reward lawbreakers with the objective of their crime. In most cases, it is multiple crimes--entering the US illegally, working illegally, ID theft, tax evasion, driving without a license, etc.
Conferring rights and privileges upon illegal aliens has a corrosive effect on the Rule of Law, the very foundation of our Republic. It is also a slap in the face to legal immigrants who have followed the rules and obeyed the laws. There are millions of immigrants waiting their turn overseas to enter the U.S. legally and approximately 40 million immigrants living in the U.S., most of whom followed the law. What kind of message does it send to them if we allow lawbreakers to get to the head of the line?
If some want to become citizens, they go to the back of the line of law abiding registrants seeking citizenship. Hell, we have a pResident who may not even be an American citizen, how can we expect these poor immigrees to figure all this out?
The back of the line is in their home countries, not here. The "poor immigrees" have it all figured out. They have entered this country illegally, made up false documents, and thumb their noses at our laws and the citizens of this country. Their children born in this country automatically become citizens. There are 300,000 to 400,000 anchor babies born each year to illegal aliens. These children are entitled to Medicaid, food stamps, etc and they will vote when they turn 18. And illegal alien chldren are entitled to free k-12 education and free medical care at our ERs.
This isn't about Obama. Hell, Bush 43 was just as bad, if not worse on this issue. We are being colonized by the Third World.
The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 36 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest it has been in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U.S. will be foreign-born. Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in a net immigration of 1.25 million.
Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 310 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by 130 million to 440 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration. The U.S., the world’s third most populous nation, has the highest annual rate of population growth of any developed country in the world, i.e., 0.977 percent (2010 estimate), principally due to immigration.