What should illegal immigrants have to do to become citizen?

Question

Examples: take a test, pay more taxes, know how to speak English, or…….What do you think and why?

Answer 1

They should apply for a green card, pass an english test, be fingerprinted and have a set amount of time to obtain employment and be required to KEEP employment

Answer 2

There is already a system. It just needs tweaking, and more funding and personnel since there are so many that wish to come to this country. My wife is foreign and I went through a lot to get her to become a legal resident of the US, but there was a reason. It helps with medical, criminal, and financial dependancy checks. If she wishes to become a citizen, she must speak English well enough and pass US History. She already speaks English better than most Americans (and she spoke none when we met). Her history needs work though. She doesn't want to give up her citizenship, and doesn't need to since as a permenant resident, she has almost all the same rights and only has to renew once every 10 years, which is just some paperwork and a moderate fee.

Answer 3

First off they should have to pay a fine for breaking our law, go back home, learn English, take the same test that the legal immigrants have to take before coming here. undergo an extensive background check and be able to prove their identity.. They should not be allowed federal assistance if you can't make it on your own we don't want you. I for one am tired of flipping the bill for them so that they can over populate our schools over tax our welfare system cause our hospitals to close, hospitals can't turn them away and can't afford to stay open without money.
This way the American Citizens who may find themselves in need of assistance won't be turned down.
Once they do get here they must also prove that they have a job which shows taxes are being taken out and that they are paying taxes like all of the rest of us
If you serve in our military i think automatic citizenship should be granted

Answer 4

1) Speak English - it's the official language of our country. I'm sick and tired of reading thru all the Spanish crap to get to the English part.
2) Either be deported or pay a large fee to stay here
3) Get in line FREAKIN BEHIND all the other people who are following the proper processes to become citizens
4) Quit drinking and driving! It may be socially acceptable in whatever god-forsaken place you came from, but it's not here!
5) Quit sending all the money you make to other countries. What's made here stays here!
6) Don't slaughter your animals in apartment building bathrooms (long story on that one)
7) Stop living with 25 other people from 10 different families in a single-family dwelling.

Answer 5

Go back to their native country and return legally. Then following the rules and laws and as a legal visitors spend the time to learn the language of land, English, get a job, pay taxes, eventually take the test, and then become a citizen.

NO ONE should just be granted citizenship because they did not follow the rules and come into the USA illegally. My grandparents followed the rules and so should everyone.

Otherwise, have the rules.

Answer 6

enter the country legally, try to learn the traditions and history of the country, get a job, pay taxes, speak english. This is what every us citizen should do, not just the immigrants

Answer 7

Why should they get to become citizens just because they're already here? How is that fair to every other immigrant following the rules? I think those are the people that deserve to be here, because it means enough to them to work for it. The very first thing illegal immigrants do when they enter our county is break a law. That's not a good first step to becoming a good citizen.

Answer 8

the illegal immigrants if they want to become an American citizen they need to improve all the goals that they need for reach an American life:
on the primary goals i can see these:
1.- learn to speak, read and write English at 100 percent
2.- learn history about united states of america
3.- try to integrate to a new society with new ideas and a different ideology.
4.- try to get an education for get a better life, despite to get a better job.

Answer 9

Please, PLEASE pay ATTENTION!!!! No one can go straight from being and "illegal" to becoming a US citizen!!! First you have to become a lawful permanent resident. In the grand scheme of things, it's relatively few who can do this -- present laws considered. Next, generally speaking (because there are exceptions) you have to be a permanent resident for a certain amount of time (3 or 5 years depending on your particular case), you have to be a person of good moral character during that time and you have to speak and write in English.

So tell me, is there anything wrong with the requirments as they currently are in palce?

Answer 10

There are legal channels immigrants should take to become citizens, but people who blame the problem of illegal immigration on Mexicans are being ignorant. Research the effects of NAFTA on the Mexican economy and you will learn why the number of illegal immigrants has increased so sharply.

Answer 11

Learn English before anything.

I just can't believe how offended Hispanics get when someone says that they need to quit watching TV in Spanish. They take it as an insult.

****, I hear white folks speaking better Spanish that us Hispanics. Why can't we learn how to speak English ourselves. It's the official language of the United States after all.