Originally posted by: Jmman
Well, there is no practical way to deport 15 million people, so anyone advocating that stance is not thinking rationally. That being said, I do not think that until the borders are secure any amnesty program should be put in place. I think we need to secure the border with increased border patrols, electronic surveillance, whatever it takes. I also think that we need to have an electronic system that can immediately check the validity of a social security number and make it a criminal penalty(jail time) for hiring an illegal immigrant. The majority of illegal aliens are not working for wages under the table, they are simply using a fake social security card that can be purchased for $10. Employers do not check whether it is valid and furthermore the law exempts them from any penalty if the card simply "appears" valid. Once these changes are put in place, then maybe an amnesty program for illegals already here make sense. And by the way my wife is from Mexico so don't give me this racist crap.....
Why does everyone think it is impossible to deport 10 or 15 million people? Where is the
American can do attitude?
The govt has never even tried to deport large numbers of illegals inside our country.
Funny how we have the resources to arrest one million pot heads every year, and the resources to prosecute and incarcerate them.
I say we end the drug war failure, and divert the assets to removing illegal aliens.
All of the time we have been making war on our own people, largely minorities, we have ignored the invasion of our country from the south.
Let's arrest and deport a million illegals every year, and with a secure border, eventually the problems will disappear.
http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6703
Marijuana Arrests For Year 2004: 771,608, Record High; FBI Report Reveals
October 17, 2005 - Washington, DC, USA
Pot Smokers Arrested In America At A Rate Of One Every 41 Seconds
Washington, DC: Police arrested an estimated 771,608 persons for marijuana violations in 2004, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The total is the highest ever recorded by the FBI, and comprised 44.2 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.
Marijuana arrests have more than doubled since 1993.
"Arresting adults who smoke marijuana responsibly needlessly destroys the lives of tens of thousands of otherwise law abiding citizens each year," St. Pierre said, adding that over
8 million Americans have been arrested on marijuana charges in the past decade.