President Obama and Immigration Reform

Democrats will KILL THIS. Ain’t going to happen.
The Democratic Congress doesn’t want to lose in 2010 and this is a LOSING issue.

And these new “voters” will be entirely dependent on Democrats’ largesse.
That largesse comes courtesy of those of us who actually work.

We need to freeze immigration NOW ! The days of, “give us your tired, your poor ” are long gone. We have plenty of our own poor now. The U.S. has over 300 million people and alot are in tent cities. Put a sign up NO Vacancy, and throw a dust cloth over the Statue Liberty.
Ex Republican

The Democratic Congress will lose big in 2010 because of their poor immigration reform policy. Obama and the Democratic Congress has broken promise to the America people. We need don’t need anymore of the immigrates come into our country. We had enough of them here in the US! They need to sent back to home.

Right discussion, wrong timing.
With everything else going on, especially with ECON 101 needing so many resources. Focus needs to be the economy, jobs and a verifiable set of statistical data pointing to a positive rebounding of the economy, maybe not all segments, that will take years.
But make damn sure that we are collectively out of the financial Forrest BEFORE you try and tackle immigration. These subjects/needs are for the most part mutually exclusive.
Timing is everything!

Cue the incessant chatter about Obama overextending his administration and trying to do too much, too fast.

How about letting some white Europeans immigrat Mr Obama, from Germany, Italy, England. Why are immigants always from Africa, India, Cuba, Mexico, Latin America, and the Middle East. Diversity makes us weaker not stronger, it causes most of our problems. America has never been a melting pot, that is a lie. The new immigrants no longer assimilate like the white Europeans did.They fly there own flags, and want there own language to be spoken and taught in public tax payer schools. The American tax payer can not afford to support the worlds poor.
Ex Republican

Myth #1: Undocumented immigrants come to the United States to get welfare.
Undocumented men come to the United States almost exclusively to work. In 2003, over 90 percent of undocumented men worked—a rate higher than that for U.S. citizens or legal immigrants (Passel, Capps, and Fix 2004). Undocumented men are younger, less likely to be in school, and less likely to be retired than other men (Capps et al. 2003). Moreover, undocumented immigrants are ineligible for welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, and most other public benefits (Fix, Zimmermann, and Passel 2001).
Myth #2: Undocumented immigrants all crossed the Mexican border.
Between 60 and 75 percent of the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants entered illegally and without inspection—mostly across the Mexican border. The other 25 to 40 percent entered legally and subsequently overstayed visas or otherwise violated the terms of their admission (Passel 2005).
Myth #3: Undocumented immigrants are all single men.
Over 40 percent of undocumented adults are women, and the majority (54 percent) of undocumented men live in married couples or other families (Passel 2005). Fewer than half of undocumented men are single and unattached.
Myth #4: Most children of the undocumented are unauthorized.
In fact, two-thirds of all children with undocumented parents (about 3 million) are U.S.-born citizens who live in mixed-status families.
Myth #5: A large share of schoolchildren are undocumented.
Nationally in 2000, only 1.5 percent of elementary schoolchildren (enrolled in kindergarten through 5th grade) and 3 percent of secondary children (grades 6-12) were undocumented. Slightly higher shares—5 percent in elementary and 4 percent in secondary schools—had undocumented parents.
Myth #6: Undocumented immigrants do not pay taxes.
Undocumented immigrants pay the same real estate taxes—whether they own homes or taxes are passed through to rents—and the same sales and other consumption taxes as everyone else. The majority of state and local costs of schooling and other services are funded by these taxes. Additionally, the U.S. Social Security Administration has estimated that three quarters of undocumented immigrants pay payroll taxes, and that they contribute $6-7 billion in Social Security funds that they will be unable to claim (Porter 2005).

Myth: IMMIGRANTS SEND ALL THEIR MONEY BACK HOME
FACT: In addition to the consumer spending of immigrant households, immigrants and their businesses contribute $162 billion in tax revenue to U.S. federal, state, and local governments. While it is true that immigrants remit billions of dollars a year to their home countries, this is one of the most targeted and effective forms of direct foreign investment.
Myth: IMMIGRANTS TAKE JOBS AWAY FROM AMERICANS…
FACT: The largest wave of immigration to the U.S. since the early 1900s coincided with our lowest national unemployment rate and fastest economic growth. Immigrant entrepreneurs create jobs for U.S. and foreign workers, and foreign-born students allow many U.S. graduate programs to keep their doors open. While there has been no comprehensive study done of immigrant-owned businesses, we have countless examples: in Silicon Valley, companies begun by Chinese and Indian immigrants generated more than $19.5 billion in sales and nearly 73,000 jobs in 2000.
Myth: IMMIGRANTS ARE A DRAIN ON THE ECONOMY
FACT: During the 1990s, half of all new workers were foreign-born, filling gaps left by native-born workers in both the high- and low-skill ends of the spectrum. Immigrants fill jobs in key sectors, start their own businesses, and contribute to a thriving economy. The net benefit of immigration to the U.S. is nearly $10 billion annually. As Alan Greenspan points out, 70% of immigrants arrive in prime working age. That means we havent spent a penny on their education, yet they are transplanted into our workforce and will contribute $500 billion toward our social security system over the next 20 years
Myth: IMMIGRANTS DONT WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH OR BECOME AMERICANS
FACT: Within ten years of arrival, more than 75% of immigrants speak English well; moreover, demand for English classes at the adult level far exceeds supply. Greater than 33% of immigrants are naturalized citizens; given increased immigration in the 1990s, this figure will rise as more legal permanent residents become eligible for naturalization in the coming years. The number of immigrants naturalizing spiked sharply after two events: enactment of immigration and welfare reform laws in 1996, and the terrorist attacks in 2001.
Myth: TODAY’S IMMIGRANTS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THOSE 100 YEARS AGO
FACT: The percentage of the U.S. population that is foreign-born now stands at 11.5%; in the early 20th century it was approximately 15%. Similar to accusations about todays immigrants, those of 100 years ago initially often settled in mono-ethnic neighborhoods, spoke their native languages, and built up newspapers and businesses that catered to their fellow migrs. They also experienced the same types of discrimination that todays immigrants face, and integrated within American culture at a similar rate. If we view history objectively, we remember that every new wave of immigrants has been met with suspicion and doubt and yet, ultimately, every past wave of immigrants has been vindicated and saluted.
Myth: MOST IMMIGRANTS CROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY
FACT: Around 75% of todays immigrants have legal permanent (immigrant) visas; of the 25% that are undocumented, 40% overstayed temporary (non-immigrant) visas. Undocumented immigrants estimated to be less than 2% of the US population.
FACT: From 1986 to 1998, the Border Patrols budget increased six-fold and the number of agents stationed on our southwest border doubled to 8,500. The Border Patrol also toughened its enforcement strategy, heavily fortifying typical urban entry points and pushing migrants into dangerous desert areas, in hopes of deterring crossings. Instead, the undocumented immigrant population doubled in that timeframe, to 8 milliondespite the legalization of nearly 3 million immigrants after the enactment of the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986. Insufficient legal avenues for immigrants to enter the U.S., compared with the number of jobs in need of workers, has significantly contributed to this current conundrum.
Myth: THE WAR ON TERRORISM CAN BE WON WITH IMMIGRANT RESTRICTIONS
FACT: No security expert since September 11th, 2001 has said that restrictive immigration measures would have prevented the terrorist attacksinstead, the key is effective use of good intelligence. Most of the 9/11 hijackers were here on legal visas. Since 9/11, the myriad of measures targeting immigrants in the name of national security have netted no terrorism prosecutions. In fact, several of these measures could have the opposite effect and actually make us less safe, as targeted communities of immigrants are afraid to come forward with information.

Obama has done little to nothing to protect Unemployed Americans!
There are 13,000,000 Unemployed American families out there that need work, yet corporations import Legal foreign workers to replace American workers every day.
Obama and his dogs made sure that E-verify was pulled from the stimulus package to keep the millions of Illegal Aliens taking middle class blue collar jobs….again Obama is doing nothing to help the 13,000,000 Unemployed American families.

He rode the backs of the human rights issue when he needed it in the campaigns..both of them…he used the cover of racial injustice when he needed it…wrung it out…with the diligence of a wash woman wringing wet towels before hanging them on the clothes line…now..in true Alynsky fashion…he will wring the last from us in service to those who are pulling his marionette strings. He is a “facilitator”. Clearly in these two months
we see for whom he is facilitating…Take your pick.
They are Legion…For me…I see nothing within the interest of this Republic that is being facilited. Every day in every way..the dissembling of the Republic continues.

Obama:Since they can’t join a union, they can’t complain about minimum wages, et cetera, they end up being abused, and that depresses the wages of everybody, all Americans.
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Hmmm…I sense Andy Stern pushing this issue somewhere/somehow.
I’ll be shocked if President Obama actually proposes specific legislation. His MO so far is to list all the things he thinks about an issue, then let Congress work out the details.
I don’t know how we can come up with a comprehensive health plan without addressing the issue of illegal immigrants.
Finally, Congress failed to require companies receiving stimulus funds to use e-verify to ensure they weren’t hiring illegal immigrants. I don’t think they are serious about immigration reform.

Undocumented immigrants paying more taxes than you think!!
Eight million Undocumented immigrants pay Social Security, Medicare and income taxes. Denying public services to people who pay their taxes is an affront to America’s bedrock belief in fairness. But many “pull-up-the-drawbridge” politicians want to do just that when it comes to Undocumented immigrants.
The fact that Undocumented immigrants pay taxes at all will come as news to many Americans. A stunning two thirds of Undocumented immigrants pay Medicare, Social Security and personal income taxes.
Yet, nativists like Congressman Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., have popularized the notion that illegal aliens are a colossal drain on the nation’s hospitals, schools and welfare programs — consuming services that they don’t pay for.
In reality, the 1996 welfare reform bill disqualified Undocumented immigrants from nearly all means tested government programs including food stamps, housing assistance, Medicaid and Medicare-funded hospitalization.
The only services that illegals can still get are emergency medical care and K-12 education. Nevertheless, Tancredo and his ilk pushed a bill through the House criminalizing all aid to illegal aliens — even private acts of charity by priests, nurses and social workers.
Potentially, any soup kitchen that offers so much as a free lunch to an illegal could face up to five years in prison and seizure of assets. The Senate bill that recently collapsed would have tempered these draconian measures against private aid.
But no one — Democrat or Republican — seems to oppose the idea of withholding public services. Earlier this year, Congress passed a law that requires everyone who gets Medicaid — the government-funded health care program for the poor — to offer proof of U.S. citizenship so we can avoid “theft of these benefits by illegal aliens,” as Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., puts it. But, immigrants aren’t flocking to the United States to mooch off the government.
According to a study by the Urban Institute, the 1996 welfare reform effort dramatically reduced the use of welfare by undocumented immigrant households, exactly as intended. And another vital thing happened in 1996: the Internal Revenue Service began issuing identification numbers to enable illegal immigrants who don’t have Social Security numbers to file taxes.
One might have imagined that those fearing deportation or confronting the prospect of paying for their safety net through their own meager wages would take a pass on the IRS’ scheme. Not so. Close to 8 million of the 12 million or so illegal aliens in the country today file personal income taxes using these numbers, contributing billions to federal coffers.
No doubt they hope that this will one day help them acquire legal status — a plaintive expression of their desire to play by the rules and come out of the shadows. What’s more, aliens who are not self-employed have Social Security and Medicare taxes automatically withheld from their paychecks.
Since undocumented workers have only fake numbers, they’ll never be able to collect the benefits these taxes are meant to pay for. Last year, the revenues from these fake numbers — that the Social Security administration stashes in the “earnings suspense file” — added up to 10 percent of the Social Security surplus.
The file is growing, on average, by more than $50 billion a year. Beyond federal taxes, all illegals automatically pay state sales taxes that contribute toward the upkeep of public facilities such as roads that they use, and property taxes through their rent that contribute toward the schooling of their children.
The non-partisan National Research Council found that when the taxes paid by the children of low-skilled immigrant families — most of whom are illegal — are factored in, they contribute on average $80,000 more to federal coffers than they consume. Yes, many illegal migrants impose a strain on border communities on whose doorstep they first arrive, broke and unemployed.
To solve this problem equitably, these communities ought to receive the surplus taxes that federal government collects from immigrants. But the real reason border communities are strained is the lack of a guest worker program.
Such a program would match willing workers with willing employers in advance so that they wouldn’t be stuck for long periods where they disembark while searching for jobs. The cost of undocumented aliens is an issue that immigrant bashers have created to whip up indignation against people they don’t want here in the first place.
With the Senate having just returned from yet another vacation and promising to revisit the stalled immigration bill, politicians ought to set the record straight: Illegals are not milking the government. If anything, it is the other way around.
The Undocumented Immigrants pay the exact same amount of taxes like you and me when they buy Things, rent a house, fill up gas, drink a beer or wine, buy appliances, play the states lottery and mega millions . Below are the links to just a few sites that will show you exactly how much tax you or the Undocumented Immigrant pays , so you see they are NOT FREELOADERS, THEY PAY TAXES AND TOLLS Exactly the same as you, Now if you take out 10% from your states /city Budget what will your city/state look like financially ?
Stop your folly thinking , you are wise USE YOUR WISDOM to see the reality. They pay more taxes than you think, Including FEDERAL INCOME TAX using a ITN Number that is given to them by the IRS, Social Security Taxes and State taxes that are withheld form their paychecks automatically.

“That means we havent spent a penny on their education, yet they are transplanted into our workforce and will contribute $500 billion toward our social security system over the next 20 years”
Nonsense.
California spend $42 billion a year on illegals, mostly for education and the rest for healthcare.
They cannot possibly be taking less than minimum wage and contributing back more than that.
And this analysis omits the chain illegals- the extended families who come and don’t work.

Ok, Mr. Obama. Then tell us please, in addressing foreign relations, national security, and global trade, what, exactly ARE your priorities?
According to your own words and actions:
HUMAN RIGHTS IS NOT A PRIORITY
How this will affect your policies?
1. Foreign Relations: no expectations for countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, China, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Israel to commit to ending specific, egregious abuses (including torture, mass killings, forced sterilization, and of course brutal gender apartheid) in exchange for meaningful negotiations with the United States
2. National Security: Wiretapping American citizens without warrants; Spying on American citizens without warrants; Secret detentions of American citizens.
3. Global Trade: Serious and measurable efforts to end human trafficking, human slavery, including the sexual enslavement of children for mostly Western male “masters,” will NOT be a pre-condition of entering and renegotiating trade agreements with Asia, Africa, or Eastern Europe.

not now border fence first.and of course its the americans who caused mexicos illegal guns and our desire for drugs come on can anyone say fence fence fence make it electric why your at it.

The truth is we do not have ulimited resources. It’s about quality of life issues. For example, the U.S. currently does not have enough water to meet the needs of the population we already have. The current and coming water wars will put state against state and citizen against citizen. It will be ugly. It’s already happening. We simply cannot continue to allow immigrants to pour into this country. We must set limits on legal immigration and enforce the laws against illegal immigration. As a nation we must decide how we want to live going forward. Obama does not appear to want to follow the rule of law on immigration. That’s a problem. We told you so.

Just about everything Obama does is helping to ensure the Democrats lose big in 2010/2012, but this is by far the most polarizing thing he’s done. Nothing brings Republicans together like abortion and illegal immigration. I wouldn’t count the Republicans out. They were supposedly dead when Jimmy
Carter got elected, too. What did they come back with? Ronald Reagan! Never count out the Republicans.

Obama is very, very, very, very wrong when he claims that “human rights are not a priority of the U.S.”. Stunning. Human rights have ALWAYS rightly been a top priority of this great country. We have led the world on human rights issues. It’s what sets us apart from every other country on earth. What a disgraceful comment for the President of the United States to make. Outrageous. That single comment will haunt him more than any other mistake he’s made (so far….).
Wake up America! As Hillary, John McCain and all of the other primary candidates stated, Obama is not ready to be President. Isn’t it obvious to everyone now?????
That’s why this Hillary supporting Democrat refused to drink the kool aid the media and my party tried to shove down my throat. Obama was not and is not ready for prime time despite the ever continuing 24/7 media promotion of their creation, Barack Obama.

Call your Representatives in Congress and the U.S. Senate and tell them NO on the so-called “Cybersecurity Bill of 2009″ co-sponsored by Republican Senator Olympia Snow of Maine and Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller of W. VA. It’s an outrageous bill that gives way too much power to the President and government. You thought Bush was bad? Obama is proving to be far worse. You thought the illegal wiretapping was bad? What Obama wants to do is far worse. Dear God, help us.
Wake up America!

The illegal immigration issue will indeed blow up in Obama’s face, but the issue that will really bring him down is his attempts to spend us into oblivion. Even when the recession ends, we are headed for disaster. Individuals can’t spend their way out of debt, and neither can governments.

Obama has to hurry before his Aunt’s deportation hearing comes up again.
So he’s got about 10 months left.
He’s such a great guy.

Let’s give illegal immigrants our jobs and pay for their health insurance too.
And they won’t even have to pay taxes.
Obama is looking out for his future voters in 2012.

I am appalled at Obama’s plan to reward illegal aliens for breaking the law and if he runs in 2012 I will do whatever I can to be sure he is not re-elected.

Here’s the apparently trashy Mrs. Clinton announcing Mr. Obama’s human rights policy:
“Saturday February 21 2009
“Hillary Clinton told China’s leaders yesterday that America considered human rights concerns secondary to economic survival.”

Illegal Immigrants steal jobs, use stolen social security cards, and commit fraud on a daily basis. So how is this not illegal? Paying taxes on someone else’s SS #. How is this not illegal? anyone who tries to explain how this is legal is either an illegal immigrant or someone who profits from them. Bottom Line…illegal immigarnts do not put in as much as they take. We only count the workers, for every (1) undocumented worker, there are (5) at home. stop trying to convince us based on lies. Why don’t the illegal immigrants just say “we’re sorry” what do we need to do to become legal. they don’t because they expect us to make them citizens. If I move to Mexico, and live there illegally, how long will it take for me to become a citizen….yea, it will never happen

tyler: apparently you do not bother to read or at least read carefully. The provisions that Obama said he wanted in an immigration reform bill are very, very similar to what was in the McCain-Kennedy bill.

All 50 US states are sovereign. In so, they have a right to limit who comes into their states. If some southern border guvs go together and said no, it would definitely drop the number of illegals coming across

tyler: apparently you do not bother to read or at least read carefully. The provisions that Obama said he wanted in an immigration reform bill are very, very similar to what was in the McCain-Kennedy bill.
Posted by: William J. LePetomane
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William,
that was a bad bill as well. And I opposed it then

I’m all for legal immigration, but this notion that non-citizens who have been here for long periods breaking our laws are somehow entitled to rights is absurd. They are criminals.
They should be deported and “sent to the back of the line” as far as ever entering the country legally and gaining citizenship.
Of course in an administration where one doesn’t pay one’s taxes for years and then becomes the head of the Treasury Department, I could not expect fairness, logic or legality.

Hi Carl,
I don’t think we can say he is a Manchurian candidate. The most we can say is we don’t know a lot about him since he has placed much of his history under seal. In my opinion should begin by releasing a copy of the birth certificate, the his undergraduate and post graduate college records.

Terry: how many modern presidents have released their college records?

Once again Obama does not consider the best interests of the US, and the high unemployment rate that will certainly go higher when illegal aliens are awarded citizenship as payment for their illegal acts.
Not only will this make unemployment worse, as Obama rams this amnesty through he also intends to simultaneously ram through health care proposals that will require we add millions of illegals to our proposed health care program, lets pile on the welfare expansion that was included in the faux stimulus bill and it looks like those americans that actually pay taxes just bought another onerous mega debt.
No problem for the self serving empty suit in the Whitehouse. No price to the taxpayers is too high if it garners the dems a few million more votes.
By the way did you know that when the dems discuss 40 million without insurance they do not subtract out illegals, or those on medicare/medicaid, or any other public health care insurance program for low income families.
When they are subtracted out, and those that simply choose not to pay for health care, even if they can afford it, we are left with 15 million uninsured roughly.
It would be a whole lot cheaper and a leave us with a better health care system if we simply find a way to deal with those that are truly, currently uninsured!

Secondly we recognize that thousands of them are HERE. We get them on the tax rolls, legitimatly under their own identities. We levy fines. We require them to learn English. Then, and only then, we consider allowing them to study to become citizens. If they fail to comply anywhere along the line, THEN deport.
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How much is that fine, and what if they can’t pay it?
If they are allowed to stay here and work, is citizenship that much of a carrot? They have 90% of what they want- legal residence and a job in the US. Citizenship for their children.

Obama has to hurry and push his agenda before American’s wake up.
But hey if people are dumb enough to believe Obama didn’t bow down to the Saudi king they will believe anything he says.
You can bet the Obama administration thinks Americans are dumb–or at least their supporters.

Republicans see immigrants taking jobs from legal immigrants/Americans.
Democrats see potential voters.

Terry is RIGHT! Obama is a Manchurian Candidate! He ain’t a citizen! He is a spy! Somewhere along the line the trigger will be pulled and he will begin the destruction of democracy!
Posted by: Carl Spackler | Apr 9, 2009 12:42:47 PM
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I think that ship has sailed. He is sending us into deficit/debt territory unimagined when he took office. Multiplying over and over again that which he inherited.
He cuts military spending while increasing by billions spending to special interest groups assuring they will vote for him, illegally and repeatedly if necessary.
He allots 80, 000 military troops to quell unrest in the US. What is he expecting? What about the posse commitatus law that makes this illegal?
Dems have passed an expansion of Americorp that moves it closer to that of an internal military force, (thier words not mine) the bill speaks of youth centers, uniforms (read youth indoctrination) and so on. Now their is a bill in congress to make membership in this indoctrination corp mandatory. I though the constitution abolished indentured servitude and slavery?
While at the G20 Obama voluntarily handed over our sovereignty to a group of unelected Euro financiers who will be allowed to set rules for our financial entities such as banks. I thought we declared independence quite a few years ago, but Obama on his own repealed that declaration.
I am sure the dem footsoldiers will deny all the above but it is easily available on the web in Obama’s own words and in the congressional bills.
Obama has a goal to double overseas aid.
Obama, in addition to that has a plan to commit a percentage of our gross domestic product (read trillions more dollars) causes overseas..he calls this the “global poverty act”
He has nominated a judge who believes sharia law should be considered in US courts.
There is another dem bill in congress giving the government access to ALL private computers and their content, at will.
While complaining about Guantanemo, Obama has set up an alternate prison in Bagram for “enemy combatants” and anyone else he personally deems is a threat and they have absolutely no rights, not even those accorded the prisoners at Guantanemo.
Obama is moving very very quickly to dismantle the support structures, financial and military, of the US while simultaneously planning for the expected uprising.
Whatever he is planning and whatever his intent is , we can be sure it is not in the best interests of the
US. Obama is
He is up to something. He may just hate America but I thin.
This is a very dangerous time for the US. Unfortunately the media has lain down much in the way Obama bowed to the Saudi minister, the media is bowing to Obama and doing his bidding.

Undocumented immigrants paying more taxes than you think!!
Eight million Undocumented immigrants pay Social Security, Medicare and income taxes. Denying public services to people who pay their taxes is an affront to America’s bedrock belief in fairness. But many “pull-up-the-drawbridge” politicians want to do just that when it comes to Undocumented immigrants.
The fact that Undocumented immigrants pay taxes at all will come as news to many Americans. A stunning two thirds of Undocumented immigrants pay Medicare, Social Security and personal income taxes.
Yet, nativists like Congressman Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., have popularized the notion that illegal aliens are a colossal drain on the nation’s hospitals, schools and welfare programs — consuming services that they don’t pay for.
In reality, the 1996 welfare reform bill disqualified Undocumented immigrants from nearly all means tested government programs including food stamps, housing assistance, Medicaid and Medicare-funded hospitalization.
The only services that illegals can still get are emergency medical care and K-12 education. Nevertheless, Tancredo and his ilk pushed a bill through the House criminalizing all aid to illegal aliens — even private acts of charity by priests, nurses and social workers.
Potentially, any soup kitchen that offers so much as a free lunch to an illegal could face up to five years in prison and seizure of assets. The Senate bill that recently collapsed would have tempered these draconian measures against private aid.
But no one — Democrat or Republican — seems to oppose the idea of withholding public services. Earlier this year, Congress passed a law that requires everyone who gets Medicaid — the government-funded health care program for the poor — to offer proof of U.S. citizenship so we can avoid “theft of these benefits by illegal aliens,” as Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., puts it. But, immigrants aren’t flocking to the United States to mooch off the government.
According to a study by the Urban Institute, the 1996 welfare reform effort dramatically reduced the use of welfare by undocumented immigrant households, exactly as intended. And another vital thing happened in 1996: the Internal Revenue Service began issuing identification numbers to enable illegal immigrants who don’t have Social Security numbers to file taxes.
One might have imagined that those fearing deportation or confronting the prospect of paying for their safety net through their own meager wages would take a pass on the IRS’ scheme. Not so. Close to 8 million of the 12 million or so illegal aliens in the country today file personal income taxes using these numbers, contributing billions to federal coffers.
No doubt they hope that this will one day help them acquire legal status — a plaintive expression of their desire to play by the rules and come out of the shadows. What’s more, aliens who are not self-employed have Social Security and Medicare taxes automatically withheld from their paychecks.
Since undocumented workers have only fake numbers, they’ll never be able to collect the benefits these taxes are meant to pay for. Last year, the revenues from these fake numbers — that the Social Security administration stashes in the “earnings suspense file” — added up to 10 percent of the Social Security surplus.
The file is growing, on average, by more than $50 billion a year. Beyond federal taxes, all illegals automatically pay state sales taxes that contribute toward the upkeep of public facilities such as roads that they use, and property taxes through their rent that contribute toward the schooling of their children.
The non-partisan National Research Council found that when the taxes paid by the children of low-skilled immigrant families — most of whom are illegal — are factored in, they contribute on average $80,000 more to federal coffers than they consume. Yes, many illegal migrants impose a strain on border communities on whose doorstep they first arrive, broke and unemployed.
To solve this problem equitably, these communities ought to receive the surplus taxes that federal government collects from immigrants. But the real reason border communities are strained is the lack of a guest worker program.
Such a program would match willing workers with willing employers in advance so that they wouldn’t be stuck for long periods where they disembark while searching for jobs. The cost of undocumented aliens is an issue that immigrant bashers have created to whip up indignation against people they don’t want here in the first place.
With the Senate having just returned from yet another vacation and promising to revisit the stalled immigration bill, politicians ought to set the record straight: Illegals are not milking the government. If anything, it is the other way around.
The Undocumented Immigrants pay the exact same amount of taxes like you and me when they buy Things, rent a house, fill up gas, drink a beer or wine, buy appliances, play the states lottery and mega millions . Below are the links to just a few sites that will show you exactly how much tax you or the Undocumented Immigrant pays , so you see they are NOT FREELOADERS, THEY PAY TAXES AND TOLLS Exactly the same as you, Now if you take out 10% from your states /city Budget what will your city/state look like financially ?
Stop your folly thinking , you are wise USE YOUR WISDOM to see the reality. They pay more taxes than you think, Including FEDERAL INCOME TAX using a ITN Number that is given to them by the IRS, Social Security Taxes and State taxes that are withheld form their paychecks automatically.

Terry: my point remains. So supposedly the Washington Post somehow clandestinely got copies of transcripts. So did Bush release them as you want Obama to do?

From the Hatefully Predisposed Huffington Post:
“Hillary Was Right to Downplay Human Rights in China. International legitimacy depends on consistency. The less we sound like we preach human rights only when it’s to our advantage (and we’re not prepared to back it up) the better.”
They didn’t understand the subtlety of Mrs. Clinton’s language.

Ronald Reagan signed the 1986 Amnesty engineered by the liberal hero, the Socialist, Womanize, Drunk and Killer Ed Kennedy. Thereby, increasing the welfare and crime rate more than any single bill ever passed, (with the possible exception of probation on crime) while encouraged millions of uneducated peons & criminals to pour across our borders until now we have suffered the largest invasion in the history of the world, of any Nation, at any time, by any means!
The 20 to 40 millions of uneducated illegal aliens currently residing in this country is turning the USA into the largest Socialist Nation in the world. Each head of household with less than a high school education, Legal or Illegal is an net drain of 20k per year on the backs of American tax payers.
The cost for their Medical, Schooling and Welfare makes them the most expensive manual labor in the world. Now we have both parties pandering for the Latino vote and promising Amnesty which will compound the problems allowing them to access even more social benefits!
The businesses employing the Illegal Aliens are in effect enjoying nearly slave labor while pocketing the profits and driving down our standard of living while passing on the actual cost to American tax payers of not only his employees but all of their family members residing with them.
The globalist, multiculturalism, open border advocates, liberals & businesses profiting from and exploiting Illegal Aliens argue that they, the Illegal Aliens, pay tons of taxes, sure they all pay real estate taxes (in rent) and sales taxes (most states). Those working on the books approximately 35 % using stolen Social Security numbers or other fraudulent documents pay FICA and, perhaps, income taxes. But they’re mostly ill-educated and low-skilled and pay very low taxes connected to their working. In fact, most claim the Earned Income Tax Credit, i.e. negative income tax! Of course, the remaining 65% of the Illegal Aliens working off the books typically work for cash and pay nothing except real estate taxes (in rent) and sales taxes (most states).
The Latinos that make up the largest group of the Illegal Aliens population has the largest school drop out rate of any ethnic group in the USA, second highest illegitimate birth rate, second highest crime rate, highest total birth rate and recent studies confirm they start dropping out of school, using drugs, having illegitimate kids, joining gangs at an earlier age then any ethnic group in the USA.
This behavior continues even after citizenship and down through each generation. This culture characteristic explains why Mexico and Latin American, while having more natural resources and moderate climate than most First World Nations are still mired in an Third World Cesspool of Crime, Corruption, Poverty and Misery!
Mexico’s and Latin American’s primary economic policy is to send their Uneducated peons and Criminals to the US for Tax payers to support and be the Victims as they rob, rape and slaughter Americans by the 10,s of thousands, Businesses to Exploit and profit from, and for Corrupt Politicians to Pander and Cuddle! While Mexico has one of the most punitive and strictly enforced immigration policies in the world!
Amnestying them & with chain immigration for their relatives and their relatives in an never ending chain will add 100,s of millions, a vast underclass of fast breeding, uneducated citizens that will make it impossible to continue the social network for American tax payers. When that occurs you will see riots, fires and pillage from coast to coast that will make the recent rioting in French by Muslim immigrants look like an cook out!
A recent study by the International Monetary fund confirms that remittance is not only is bad for the remittance country but for the country receiving the money. It allows the home country (normally third world nations) to keep from addressing the problems and improving their citizens standard of living and continue the same policies and keeping in power the corrupt government without facing an revolution and demands from citizens for improvements. So, our open borders and amnesty for the invading horde of illegal aliens is not only bad policy for this Nation but perpetrates the poverty and misery in the home countries.
We are now seeing that the Illegal Aliens can not only impact this Nation but the global economy as well. Many of the Sub-Prime loans & defaults were to Illegal Aliens that started the unraveling of the Global Economy! Just like our Declining standard of living, Bankrupt Hospitals, Failing Schools, Welfare costs, Identity fraud, Welfare fraud, Voter fraud, Gangs, Crime, Crowded prisons, Destroyed communities, Exploding population, Congested roads, Pollution, Insurance costs, Balance of payments, (Imported oil etc. to support the illegal alien population) Trashed Constitution and the Rule of Law, they have now spread their negative impact & misery across the Globe.
It looks like with American heading into a very bad recession or more likely an depression, The 100,s of billions the Illegal Aliens are costing American tax payers for free medical, schooling, welfare etc. needs to be spend on American citizens, not invading criminals from third world counties, plus the 40 to 50 billions remittance by Illegal aliens needs to stay in the country to simulate this economy and force Mexico & Latin American to address their problems!
Last but not least, all Nations immigration policies are by design & intent suppose to enhance the Nation and its Citizens that immigrated legally, obeyed the laws, paid the taxes, fought the wars and built the nation! Clearly for the reasons numerated above Amnesty for the invading horde of uneducated peons and criminals does not meet this criteria.
They certainly must not be used to further the political careers and lust for power of Corrupt/Pandering Politicians that refuse to abide by Article IV, Section IV of our Constitution against Invasion, Enforce our Immigration Laws, or Honor their Oath of Office!

Ronald Reagan signed the 1986 Amnesty engineered by the liberal hero, the Socialist, Womanize, Drunk and Killer Ed Kennedy. Thereby, increasing the welfare and crime rate more than any single bill ever passed, (with the possible exception of probation on crime) while encouraged millions of uneducated peons & criminals to pour across our borders until now we have suffered the largest invasion in the history of the world, of any Nation, at any time, by any means!
The 20 to 40 millions of uneducated illegal aliens currently residing in this country is turning the USA into the largest Socialist Nation in the world. Each head of household with less than a high school education, Legal or Illegal is an net drain of 20k per year on the backs of American tax payers.
The cost for their Medical, Schooling and Welfare makes them the most expensive manual labor in the world. Now we have both parties pandering for the Latino vote and promising Amnesty which will compound the problems allowing them to access even more social benefits!
The businesses employing the Illegal Aliens are in effect enjoying nearly slave labor while pocketing the profits and driving down our standard of living while passing on the actual cost to American tax payers of not only his employees but all of their family members residing with them.
The globalist, multiculturalism, open border advocates, liberals & businesses profiting from and exploiting Illegal Aliens argue that they, the Illegal Aliens, pay tons of taxes, sure they all pay real estate taxes (in rent) and sales taxes (most states). Those working on the books approximately 35 % using stolen Social Security numbers or other fraudulent documents pay FICA and, perhaps, income taxes. But they’re mostly ill-educated and low-skilled and pay very low taxes connected to their working. In fact, most claim the Earned Income Tax Credit, i.e. negative income tax! Of course, the remaining 65% of the Illegal Aliens working off the books typically work for cash and pay nothing except real estate taxes (in rent) and sales taxes (most states).
The Latinos that make up the largest group of the Illegal Aliens population has the largest school drop out rate of any ethnic group in the USA, second highest illegitimate birth rate, second highest crime rate, highest total birth rate and recent studies confirm they start dropping out of school, using drugs, having illegitimate kids, joining gangs at an earlier age then any ethnic group in the USA.
This behavior continues even after citizenship and down through each generation. This culture characteristic explains why Mexico and Latin American, while having more natural resources and moderate climate than most First World Nations are still mired in an Third World Cesspool of Crime, Corruption, Poverty and Misery!
Mexico’s and Latin American’s primary economic policy is to send their Uneducated peons and Criminals to the US for Tax payers to support and be the Victims as they rob, rape and slaughter Americans by the 10,s of thousands, Businesses to Exploit and profit from, and for Corrupt Politicians to Pander and Cuddle! While Mexico has one of the most punitive and strictly enforced immigration policies in the world!
Amnestying them & with chain immigration for their relatives and their relatives in an never ending chain will add 100,s of millions, a vast underclass of fast breeding, uneducated citizens that will make it impossible to continue the social network for American tax payers. When that occurs you will see riots, fires and pillage from coast to coast that will make the recent rioting in French by Muslim immigrants look like an cook out!
A recent study by the International Monetary fund confirms that remittance is not only is bad for the remittance country but for the country receiving the money. It allows the home country (normally third world nations) to keep from addressing the problems and improving their citizens standard of living and continue the same policies and keeping in power the corrupt government without facing an revolution and demands from citizens for improvements. So, our open borders and amnesty for the invading horde of illegal aliens is not only bad policy for this Nation but perpetrates the poverty and misery in the home countries.
We are now seeing that the Illegal Aliens can not only impact this Nation but the global economy as well. Many of the Sub-Prime loans & defaults were to Illegal Aliens that started the unraveling of the Global Economy! Just like our Declining standard of living, Bankrupt Hospitals, Failing Schools, Welfare costs, Identity fraud, Welfare fraud, Voter fraud, Gangs, Crime, Crowded prisons, Destroyed communities, Exploding population, Congested roads, Pollution, Insurance costs, Balance of payments, (Imported oil etc. to support the illegal alien population) Trashed Constitution and the Rule of Law, they have now spread their negative impact & misery across the Globe.
It looks like with American heading into a very bad recession or more likely an depression, The 100,s of billions the Illegal Aliens are costing American tax payers for free medical, schooling, welfare etc. needs to be spend on American citizens, not invading criminals from third world counties, plus the 40 to 50 billions remittance by Illegal aliens needs to stay in the country to simulate this economy and force Mexico & Latin American to address their problems!
Last but not least, all Nations immigration policies are by design & intent suppose to enhance the Nation and its Citizens that immigrated legally, obeyed the laws, paid the taxes, fought the wars and built the nation! Clearly for the reasons numerated above Amnesty for the invading horde of uneducated peons and criminals does not meet this criteria.
They certainly must not be used to further the political careers and lust for power of Corrupt/Pandering Politicians that refuse to abide by Article IV, Section IV of our Constitution against Invasion, Enforce our Immigration Laws, or Honor their Oath of Office!

If he rewards lawbreakers he will be a one term president. This is one issue that the overwhelming majority of legal US citizen from both parties agree on. NO REWARDING CRIMINAL ILLEGALS LAWBREAKERS. We cannot let illegals take jobs from US citizens. Jobs in the US should be given to US citizens for a living wage. This makes my blood boil. This is in direct violation of the constitution. This act is treason!

It is time we start to talk about this problem. The republicans has ‘fooled’ us year after year….nothing has been done. Why….wanted their votes, and their slave labor. THIS HAS TO BE DEALT WITH, EVENTUALL. The immigrates will have to do it right….border patrol has to be taken seriously. This should have never happen…..I blame Texas, Arizona and the rest of the Republican states.

I believe that students who were brought into the United States by their parents years ago and have been lived the “American life” their whole lives diserve the right to have an American Dream. It is unfair to them to have their American Dream regected because of their legal status.

When you’re born in Hawaii, something
happens to the brain early in life.
Must be the water.

people are stupid. How long do you think that once the illegal criminals are made legal that they will continue to “lay bricks 12hrs a day for less than minimum wage” or do these other jobs. Nope. Sorry. Firstly, they will demand legal wages. Secondly, they will avail themselves, to even a greater degree, or social programs. Thirdly, they will unionize or otherwise agitate for higher wages. So this argument from the amnesty-fans is ridiculous! I also wonder why people who like “human rights” justify people working in near slave conditions for bad wages like its a good thing! Weird. How about better pay for these jobs and give the jobs to AMERICANS!

I think all American citizens should take this plan as an insult to each and every one of us. The cities an local municipalities are strapped by increasing expenses and declining tax revenue, as well as dealing with job losses and the corresponding negative effects. If businesses need the laborers, then changes need to be made to the immigration laws.

Ed—or we can just do the math:
an illegal/undocumented worker is paid $4.50 an hour for 10 hours per day, six days a week, no holidays. his employer contributes nothing (no insurance costs). a legal citizen, who fairly deserves the job, will demand 8 hour a day job, five days a week and will start after (union union wages, retirement, benefits) at $50/hr (no holidays, no rainy days, no days over 100 degrees).
how much is a house going to cost made by our citizen-worker? and can you afford that?

deanbob—i agree with you sir. i actually do live in Texas and we have undocumented workers. and houses are cheap and affordable. and you are correct Texas is a right-to-work state. i seriously doubt any US citizen would work in home construction for under $20/hr. (plus health, retirement). even though there are many unions in Texas (GM, Bell) people still make fairly good salaries and low cost of living. but that would still place a $125,000 house at nearly a million dollars. and people who live in apartments will see massive rent hikes because apartments will be made by citizens.

I guess Obama wants to be a one term president.

When you’re born in Hawaii, something
happens to the brain early in life.
Must be the water.
Posted by: Trajan | Apr 9, 2009 3:45:39 PM
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Or maybe it was the Cocaine!!

there is no way the gop will be able to beat this guy. he is going to make them look like they hate mexicans. and you better believe that the latino vote is going to be the major group in four years. he must be one heck of a chess player.

More of the cheap labor policy. There was amnesty in the past and no enforcement. Each time the immigration law cheaters say give us a pass enforce the law on future cheaters. In a sense the path to citizenship goes beyond amnesty. In most cases amnesty is granted for some past crime that has stop. In this case the amnesty is granted for the past crime and you get a license to continue to commit the act. The gang led by Reid, McCain, Pelosi seem to care little about the rule of law and the interest of American citizens. A little enforcement would have reduce the magnitude of the problem. Legalization of the illegal immigrants will just make it easier for them to take more desirable jobs.

He just wants an extra 12 million votes in 2012. That’s all this is about.

Re: “Why do you think Obama has spent more than a million dollars fighting release of these records and original birth records.”
If Obama were born in a foreign country his mother’s passport would show that she traveled outside of the US the year Obama was born.
Obviouisly there is nothing to this story…

Illegal immigration out of control…State Assembly held by a Democrat majority…HIGH TAXES that discourage business and tax paying citizens moving and leaving the State…Medical/welfare/food stamps/sec. 8 housing increasing 50-60% in some areas a lot due to illegal immigration..Over crowded hospital emergency rooms..our education system crying for funds due to illegal immigration..EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS GOES STRICTLY FOR SUPPORT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION…Where your ask?? You want to look into your future just look into my home state of California

The people in this country, Repubs, Dems and Independents are in no mood for a massive Amnesty in a time of economic meltdown. Any member of Congress who tries to push this through will be thrown out on his keester in 2010! Take it to the bank!

For turning the United States into a third world nation. His speaking skills can no longer mask the fact that he hates this country and is doing everything he can to see us falter.

The majority of legal US citizens have already spoken loud and clear on this subject. Enforce the laws on the books, secure the border and no rewarding illegal lawbreakers. Even if the chamber of commerce and the new world rules say so. Our constitution and the rule of law are being violated by our treasonous govt – both parties. Many Americans died for the sovereignty of our nation, the rule of law, and for our constitution, ensuring us life, liberty and persuit of happiness. Our bill of rights all to be stolen from us, like our economy. Why should illegal lawbreakers be rewarded to break our laws? They are here not only for a better life but to steal jobs for less pay — and that is the reason they are allowed to break out laws. Our govt is bought off by greedy business. Business should benefits all employees not just a few.

everyone loves to bash the illegal/undocumented workers. i hope you are willing to pay the high price once your “shut the border, expel all the immigrants, ALL OF THEM” comes true. the prices of homes will rise at least 10-fold and many foods will become highly priced.
do some research and math to figure out what anti-immigration policies will do to our economy.
most of you are living in homes that were probably built by illegal immigrants making it affordable to you. that’s pathetic to let someone build your home and then turn around and demand their deportation. good luck with that.

MO, i don’t know who you are or where you’re from. it’s nice your house was built by american citizens, hopefully union workers. in the southwest people can afford to live in homes because it doesn’t cost $1,000,000 to live in a 900 sq foot squat. i don’t make money off immigrants. they live in my community and work hard and do jobs no american would do. when american workers do their work at $20/hr you can kiss this economy goodbye. half the homes in this country were built using immigrant labor at below minimum wage (and without benefits)—finds some good patriotic americans to do that. you built you own house, good for you. most houses are built on the backs of immigrants and most people spit at those same immigrants that built their homes and demand their deportation.
once they are gone everyone will be begging on their knees to come back. not you of course, since the economy doesn’t affect you. but i’m concerned if we deport all undocumented workers no americans will fill those holes and if they do what will they be paid. show me an american citizen who will work for minimum wage, six days a week with no benefits doing hard labor. just one.

MO, who’s HOSEA anyway?
don’t ever say i make money off of people when you do the same. every american does including you. you reap the benefit of having illegal workers do the hardest work and get little for it. our economy will be in terrible shape without them. i am ashamed as an american that these people are used, abused and then builders call INS and have them deported without even making a dollar. some never get paid. in my city a guy fell 30 stories building a townhouse building and as soon as he was well he was deported. it was in the news. but you don’t care about these people at all. you would them, hispanics/latinos and blacks to all be gone don’t you?
you think illegal workers only build houses for ACORN? are you serious??? ROFLMFAO.

People keep saying the amount of money illegal immigrants contribute, that alone doesn’t say much. What do they contribute versus what they cost? That’s what we need to know. Also, they don’t only do jobs Americas won’t do. Americans lined up for jobs after an ICE raid. Hundreds of Americans lined up to flip burgers. So that excuse is old. We have laws for a reason, we need to enforce them. The previous amnesty was a disaster, not only was their substantial fraud, who knows how many people received citizenship that shouldn’t have, it also sent the message that you can’t ignore the law and be rewarded. Why would the US want to repeat the exact same mistake.

Melissa—flipping burgers for $7 is very different than laying bricks far below the minimum wage. please suggest links where we can also view the millions of americans in line to flip burgers. standing in line to get unemployment benefits doesn’t mean those people are waiting for fast-food jobs.

Melissa—”What you don’t mention is that they are using a stolen social security number.” so what? their employer wasn’t contributing anything. everytime an immigrant buys food, pays for a place to stay, buys gas he or she is paying taxes. at the end of a long year of hard labor they don’t get a nice fat refund like the average american married couple.
these people aren’t welfare leeches. they are building this nation and not being compensated anywhere near what their labor is worth. the have the jobs they have because no american, NOT ONE, would take their jobs, much less the thousands you see in line waiting for their jobs. no american is ever going to do this back-breaking work for $4/hr, 6-days a week, no benefits, no holidays. time to wake up.

So basically you think it’s acceptable to use illegal immigrants to work $4 an hour? If employers raised the wages, then citizens would do them.

Melissa, my apologies, you did say there were hundreds of citizens waiting in line to flip burgers. the last time i got a burger there wasn’t anybody waiting in line to get an application. but that’s just where i live.
i agree with your premise that $4 is an illegal wage. so where is the enforcement? there is no enforcement because the US thrives on these peoples’ backs. go ahead and hire an american citizen, legally, to lay pipe, bricks, cement at $7/hr. you won’t see citizens standing in line until that figure goes way up ($15-20) and americans want benefits and retirement.
i’m all for enforcing the law and legal immigration. the only reason there is illegal immigration is that American citizens will have a meltdwon at the cost of homes built by US citizens (and US citizens have a right to unionize don’t they?) or the cost of an orange picked by a US citizen, a member of a union. middle-america cannot pay $3 milli for a 900 foot home ot eat a $40 orange.
all the immigrant haters think that when the immigrants leave they won’t have to see anymore brown faces. once they see the cost of a house ar an apple they will beg for imigration reform and amnsety. anything to lower costs.
you may live in an area of the country where homes are built and fruit is picked by union workers and don’t mind the cost. the poor and entire middle-class do care about the cost. and unless you can explain how you will keep costs down after your mass deportations

“If employers raised the wages, then citizens would do them.”
and when citizens do them the cost goes where? up, you guessed right. how far up? far enough that the american people won’t tolerate it.
that’s why President Bush never acted and why Senator McCain is opposed to deporting working immigrants. Romney a businessman, knows the situation well and will not enforce. only a president Limbaugh will deport all aliens and then we will have an economy like Mexico’s.

To know the actual amount prices would go up, it would need to be analyzed. You can’t pretend illegal immigration is all sunshine and rainbows. You have to actually see both sides, which I do, but to actually know the real benefits/negatives, we would need a non biased study.

Melissa—i did not mean to imply it was all sunshine at all. far from it. i do believe that the US economy benefits enormously from immigrant labor. you said “we would need a non biased study.” i agree completely with you. you seem to seek an objective understanding instead of political grandstanding. i hope universities and non-governmental organizations study this issue and determine what effects our economy would have without these workers. for a sociology student there are PhDs to be had on this issue alone.

MY SUGGESTION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM. . .
IMPLEMENT OUR CURRENT FEDERAL LAWS ON THE SUBJECT – ALL THE TIME – THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR -
DEPORTATION. . . NO EXCUSES !!!

Here is one for you guy’s My daughter in law is from Germany. She came here on a legal visa. She is a licensed home provider for handi capped childern. Also workes at a home for the handi capped. She married my son who works in concrete every day. They had a baby girl 2 yrs ago. In the mean time her visa ran out and my son did not fill out some form that he suspose to. Neither of them knew he had file it for her. Now they are going to deport her. She will not be able to come back for at least 10yrs. So now we are going to lose her and 2 American citizens my son and grand daughter. What do you think about this problem?

jene – That’s sad, but they should have filed the paperwork. It’s infuriating that they are doing that to your daughter-in-law, but illegals are permitted to stay here & get everything for free. And in a lot of cases, service industries are not allowed to report these criminals.

80% if immigrant dont get rebate check every year or paid time off or even any type of benefits these people work sun rise to sun down they desever i better immigration reform,after all america belonged to the indian not the american

he better do something about the immigration reforms or else all those hispanic votes he got will be gone !!!!!

I am in this country for 20 years, I came here legally and overstayed my time the judge told me i had to go home voluntary i did not go and now my son who is a us citizen sponsored me for a green card and they turned me down because I did not leave the country I do not know what to do they have me on removal I have a 17 year old daughter who is going to graduate next year I would like to remain in the country until she graduate how do I get a relief