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Originally Posted by Seaver
To answer that, that's what we've been doing pretty much the entire time. The exact same people try dozens of times, and never stop trying until they slip past and embed themselves in the US. Many only try to stay the 9 months to have a baby (who is a full citizen now), and the US will not separate the family so allow them to stay. I live in Texas and many of my friends families have become full citizens this way. That being said I understand and agree to the need for secure borders, but you have to realize these people ARE people. They come from horrid conditions, and only want to come here for work. They dont want to live on welfare, they dont want to come to steal our jobs away at gunpoint. They want to make their lives better, as all of our families in the past, something too easily forgotten by people yelling "they're here to steal our jobs!".
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I think the key idea you express is that they are coming from poor conditions and want a better life. The problem I have with amnesty and/or open borders is when is enough, enough? The immigration pressure from the south is just going to keep getting worse, they have a huge population explosion and horrible poverty.
What do we do when the illegal number goes from 10 million to 50 million or 100 million? If we don't secure the border then eventually we have no separate country.