Dagmar wrote:
Being an illegal immigrant on the other hand, rather frequently means folks rack up of dozens of DUIs without anything serious happening to them, when if we were going for parity here, they'd be deported on the very first go 'round.

Did some googling. Sounds like standard issue media sensationalism. Lots of stories out there about illegal immigrants who had multiple convictions, but not one story offered an explanation as to why the fact that they are illegal was relevent. They can put anybody in prison. This may just be police incompetence and there may be way more people like that who aren't illegal aliens. Without a specific explanation its hard to be sure.

Here in Nashville, (Police Chief) Serpas has gone to great lengths to get special provisions from the state legislature so that the Metro Police can start doing the federal gov'ts job of kicking illegals out of Nashville, because they couldn't before, and the federal gov't wasn't doing it at all.

This isn't as simple as you think it is. How do you prove someone is an illegal alien? Its not possible to physically identify someone as American, and if you start threatenning to deport anyone who is hispanic and refuses to show their papers you've created a system where you are guilty until proven innocent.

Illegal immigrants can't pay federal income taxes. They pay sales tax on things they buy here, and that's all.

You are incorrect.

Show me how children with no SSN who can't get into public school without engaging in identity theft are going to be qualified to work at something more impressive than WalMart or landscaping when they become adults. These people are being exploited into a veritable slave class, and it's hurting both us and them.

I certainly agree with that, in general. Efforts to deny people access to school are deeply ill considered.

Actually fixing or addressing any of the reasons we have limits on the number of immigrants allowed in each year.

There is no legal way for people who aren't professionals to immigrate to the United States. The current limit is 0. As there is a market demand for 12 million and a limit of 0, there is obviously a disconnect between our policy and interests.

(yeah, there needs to be a Preview button for responding... I have no idea if I got the blockquotes right)

I agree, but you did well. :)

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