what's the solution to illegal immigration?

Question

my parents followed the rules to get to america, as do many people. i just don't think it's fair to all the people trying to come here by following the rules when there are so many who ignore the rules and sneak in. am i wrong? tell me why.

Answer 1

No, you are not wrong for feeling this way; but the problem isn't with the illegals from mexico, does anyone really blame them for wanting to be here?The problem is with us Americans. Are we as Americans ready to stand up to politicians who do nothing about this? Are we willing to not support companies that hire these illegal workers? It seems like everyone has an opinion on the matter, but no one wants to do anything. Do we know which companies, like Tyson Foods, who has continually supported these workers, but we still buy there food. Are we willing to pay more for things like housing, agriculture, and general labor. Nobody wants illegals, but they don't want to have to pay more to get their lawns cut, or vegtables picked, or garages built. Are we willing to pay $2 for a cucumber? We cant have it both ways people. If you want something done, go after the employers, the farmers, the general contractors. What hipacrites some of you are, you save money having an illegal build your home and then complain about the same people being here. Complain all you want, but America gets their acts straight, illegals are here to stay.

Answer 2

Good information CR. More people should also become involved by not voting for candidates that aren't really interested in solving the problems but for the votes they need to get into office.
I don't see an answer soon with any of the illegals, they're alot of ways they are coming into the states, not just crossing boarders. When you read some of the sad stories of how many years they have been in the states with their expired visas, work permits, student visas, etc. and now they are being deported, It's like rats, where you see one there are 50 more somewhere else. Wake up America People before what all the people that lost their lives to maintain, is lost. That's not being raciest, it's what is taking place because of the special interest groups involvement.

Answer 3

If all the people who post here took the time to research what the immigration laws were when their family arrived - and applied the same standards today - many of today's illegals would have an easier path to legal immigration. As to jailing employers per one suggestion, I have a question. If a person goes to the DMV and passes an envelope with cash to an enterprising DMV employee - they will leave with a valid drivers license. The next stop to a person selling perfect copies of social security cards then you expect the employer to be a forensic document examiner. Over the next few years you will see people in government jobs that were hired with false documents, if they can fool the police or fire dept. what chance does an employer have? Do I want illegals here? No, but until Americans stop helping them they will come.

Answer 4

The solution is what Eisenhower did back in the 50's with Operation kcabteW. Look it up on the Internet.

I agree with you, it isn't fair to those who followed the laws to immigrate here legally. I have many friends who have done so and are now citizens.

We have told the government how we feel and they are listening, they just aren't acting as we request. We don't want illegal aliens legalized, we want them deported, period.

Answer 5

the answer is to enforce our laws we have everything we need to deport every one of the illegals. they do need to be deported look at the impact on our environment if they are allowed to stay. FROM WIKIPEDIA; Various researchers have criticized the position held by Simon and others that increased U.S. population growth is sustainable. David Pimentel, professor of ecology and agriculture at Cornell University, and Mario Giampietro, senior researcher at the National Research Institute on Food and Nutrition (INRAN), place in their study Food, Land, Population and the U.S. Economy the maximum U.S. population for a sustainable economy at 200 million. To achieve a sustainable economy the United States must reduce its population by at least one-third. Current U.S. population of more than 300 million and U.S. population growth of approximately three million people each year, partly fueled by immigration, are unsustainable, says study.[66] [67] Environment
Americans constitute approximately 5% of the world's population, but produce roughly 25% of the world’s CO2,[79] consume about 25% of world’s resources,[80] including approximately 26% of the world's energy,[81] although having only around 3% of the world’s known oil reserves,[82] and generate approximately 30% of world’s waste.[83][84] The average American's impact on the environment is approximately 250 times greater than the average Sub-Saharan African's.[85][86] This is, of course, a natural consequence of the U.S. producing about a quarter of the world's GDP.
With current consumption patterns, population growth in the United States is therefore more of a threat to the Earth's environment than population growth in any other part of the world [87][88][89][90][91] (currently, at least 1.8 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the United States each year; with the average Hispanic woman giving birth to 3 children in her lifetime).[92][93]
Paul Ehrlich made the point that a state or nation may have a large land area or considerable wealth (which implies, by conventional wisdom, that overpopulation should not be at play), and yet be overpopulated.[94] The U.S. state of Arizona, for example, has enormous land area, but has neither the carrying capacity of arable land or potable water[95][96] to support its growing population. While it imports food, using its wealth to offset this shortfall, that only serves to illustrate that it has insufficient carrying capacity. The only way that Arizona (and Southern California) obtains sufficient water is by extraction of water[97] from the Colorado River beyond its fair share[98] (and beyond its own carrying capacity of innate water resources), based on international standards of fair use per lineal mile of river.[99][100][101]

Answer 6

start enforcing the IL part of ILlegal. otherwise the word 'illegal' is meaningless. that is the problem. we allow more than 2,000,000 people into our country legally (more then any other country in the world, by the way) and by not enforcing our immigration laws, the difference between legal and illegal becomes meaningless other then how the immigrant gets in to the country.

Answer 7

The solution is enforcing current immigration laws. That's all it takes, but for some reason politicians don't understand that.

Answer 8

my grandparents came in the legal way also. I don't think we should allow the people who snuck into this country stay.
But it's like the government doesn't care . i say if you are here illegally get out and file the proper papers and come in legally.

Answer 9

The majority of American people want it stopped but we have gutless politicians who have failed to carry out the wishes of their consitutients.

Answer 10

Round every last one of them up and send them home. Build a WALL, not a fence at the border. Enforce the fact that it is a FELONY to be here illegally.