The ones that are guilty of breaking our laws are as guilty as other legal citizens who break our laws. Nowhere in our Constitution does it categorize different exceptions to ignoring the laws that we choose to ignore.
So many excuses to allow those who are guilty to live on in the U.S., without regard for their criminal acts. What's next — if you can escape from other criminal acts for a period of time, you will be forgiven for your past?
The solution is simple — enforce the laws of this country as they are intended today. The people who chose to ignore the law have no say in their punishment. They have no rights to any services paid for by the legal citizens of this country. They are fugitives in our country, and should be treated as such.
2007-01-04 14:37:30 · 15 answers · asked by Zoe 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
You Rock!!!, thanks for telling it like it is: ILLEGALS DON'T HAVE RIGHTS!!!
2007-01-04 14:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
One way to stop the flow of illegals is to address the employers issue - hefty fines for breaking the law & encouraging illegals to use fake ID's & stealing SS#'s so they can work. If this was done - most illegals would not come here once the word got around that work was almost impossible to find. We better be concerned about illegals from all around the world (not just Mexico) - any potential terrorist can cross our borders just as easy as anyone else - Congress & all of us better concentrate on solving this problem if we want homeland security from another 9/11.
2016-05-23 04:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmm... Zoe, while I understand your question... I must say. It might be good to take another civics/US history class. Or at least read the dusty old thing! The CONSTITUTION says nothing about illegal immigration. In fact, the framers may have supported the idea, because the majority of illegal immigration in early America was done by the colonists- in fact, a big part of the Revolutionary war was the British trying to keep colonists from taking the Indians' land. But that aside: There are several reasons we haven't deported 'em all, or whatnot:
1. The cost is HUGE. Estimated to be about $41 BILLION.
2. The will is not there. Both business and well-off families thrive on the cheap labor.
3. Too many.
Sorry to break it to you, but if there is one thing you won't want to cross, it's the combined forces of big business having a vested interest, and of the government bureaucracy. Big business wants 'em, the government doesn't have the resources/ability to manage them. Really, it's very simple. For those that accuse me of forgetting the size of our budget, how much of it is for earmarks? For defense? For jets that the military doesn't WANT? The sad truth is, Katrina failed because there was not enough attention or resources spent on FEMA before the hurricane. We spent more than we would have, and got worse results because the infrastructure was not there. Back to your question, and how it relates. Whose jurisdiction are illegal immigrants under? Local, state, federal? In California, one of the biggest illegal immigrant centers, prisons are already full. What next? Where do you store them? The problem of illegal immigrants is much too big until we have a consensus. Only then could we spend the massive amounts of money, either pro or anti immigrant, necessary to solve our problems.
2007-01-04 17:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by Word twister 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
As has already been stated....exactly where in the Constitution does it address the issue of illegal immigration? While I agree that illegal aliens have no rights, our Constitution doesn't say anything about it.
Might I suggest that you go to the Library of Congress web site and actually READ the Constitution?
2007-01-05 10:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You Are correct. anyone who is prosecuted for breaking the law has an argument for unequal punishment if the immigration laws are not enforced. Example: if a citizen steals $10,000.00 from a bank and an illegal who was not deported and causes the same amount in damage with a car and no insurance then either both are punished or none are.
2007-01-04 14:46:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Soon the people you call "illegals" are going to be here legally because of a guest worker programm.
Then, you will be on the criminal side for supporting criminal activity for people that are here legally.
YOU will very soon become the criminal law breaking supporter.
Besides, it seems that coming from an "all American" person, you obvious dont know the Constitution.
2007-01-04 19:59:15 · answer #6 · answered by Alberto 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because they won't do it. Our politicians are helping big business and don't give a rap about legal taxpayers and our needs. We are doomed, and the constitution has been smeared in the dirt as far as the politicians are concerned. We legal citizens are the least of their concerns as long as we keep paying our taxes.
2007-01-04 15:30:56 · answer #7 · answered by neil H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100%! However, this country has been overrun with political-correctness and until that stops, illegal immigration and other atrocities will continue.
2007-01-04 14:48:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Big business, big business loves illegal immigrants, big business loves Washington, and the NUTS in Washington love big business.
2007-01-04 15:18:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agree with you 100% !
2007-01-04 21:51:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No taxation without representation, then.
2007-01-04 14:55:37 · answer #11 · answered by metavariable 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋