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I don't understand why the administration and others claim that it is so difficult to send illegal immigrants across the border from the U.S. to Mexico. They seem to be able to cross it from Mexico to the U.S. all the time.
The fair thing to do is to let the illegal immigrants get to the back of the line in their own country and give priority to those who follow the rules and immigrate legally. Allowing them to stay here after they broke the law and came in illegally is just another form of amnesty and unfair to all those who follow the rules.
Allowing them to stay here while they wait for citizenship also encourages others to break the law. Why should those who wish to immigrate legally wait for years in their home country when they can just come here now and work? The president's and senate bill smacks of politics and I am amazed that they can propose it with a straight face.
If I understand it correctly Reagan (our government) granted amnesty to about 3 million illegals 20 years ago and now we have about 15 million. Do we really want to have 5 times that many in another 20 years?
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