Irish hopes rising on Obama immigration bill for undocumented - VIDEO

I think it would be fair to say that all of our successful countries in the world would never have been discovered if it weren't for the migration of people.If we were to erect barriers to keep certain classes of people out ,while providing for people or migrants of our choice inside, this indeed would result in a very boring and unsuccessful society.Anyone living in our modern world of today, that would like to claim their country as their own valued piece of property, and erect barriers to enforce that claim,are living in the ancient world of the past,waiting to be discovered.

I guess that means you'll welcome my pure Irish blood should I decide to stay when I come to visit this summer? Can't have the island all to yourself, y'know. But maybe you should check with Falls and a few others first, though. Brit arse kissers though they are, some think they have the right to tell us to shut up and stay home. I think I'm going to cry...

No one who loves Irish ethnicity and nationality can welcome measures which will further denude Ireland of its people, just as they are being supplanted by settlers from Poland and elsewhere.

antoman: "I think I'm from Cork". Shouldn't you know by now? Ask your mom, assuming you know who she is.

Well said, Ephraim. Well said.

The America of the 1950's is as GONE as the America of the 1850's is. The GOP needs to look forward not backward. Let us hope that the America of the 2050's is a nation that finally lives up to the dreams of its founders by REALLY treating all people EQUALLY.

The end of America as we know it...

Working in America early for US's most precious brothers, yes Irish lave/convicts working for the crown - who knew? Did you know about Irish slavery? It seems that Irish slavery has escaped many texts, and therefore the entire education of many. Surprised to learn that there were Irish Slaves in the Caribbean? The reign of Elizabeth I, English privateers captured 300 African Negroes, sold them as slaves, and initiated the English slave trade. Few people know that the majority of Slaves in the Carribean, during the 17th Century, were actually Irish

This isn't amnesty, for those who think that. Reagan gave amnesty once, and we've seen the results. Our border security has been quadrupled by the Obama administration and I read that there is a zero net flow into the US now, as far as illegal immigration goes. The undocumented will have to wait until the documented obtain citizenship and will pay fines and back taxes. People are describing the plan as fair, considering the alternative.

Against early fierce opposition, Irish immigrants to America managed to become the most financially successful ethnic group in the country. They've always been an asset. Who else do you know that the crowds go gaga over once a year and die rivers green? To those xenophobes who resent Latins getting here however they might, I'd recommend an excellent documentary, 'A Day Without A Mexican'. We NEED them and should show more appreciation. As for African Americans, who has a better right to be here? Nobody. You haters get your noses facing forward for once.

slave/convicts working for the crown - who knew? Did you know about Irish slavery? It seems that Irish slavery has escaped many texts, and therefore the entire education of many. Surprised to learn that there were Irish Slaves in the Caribbean? The reign of Elizabeth I, English privateers captured 300 African Negroes, sold them as slaves, and initiated the English slave trade. Few people know that the majority of Slaves in the Carribean, during the 17th Century, were actually Irish

Do you think that immigration reform will help Western Europeans? Think again. Even after immigration reform an Afircan will have a better chance of getting into America. Ted Kennedy in the 60's started the preference for latin americans, and Africians.

This opens the flood gates; here they come!

“But we have to make sure that we have a future flow of visas for the Irish, who were badly disadvantaged by the 1965 Immigration Act. If we don’t do that, then we’ll have future generations of Irish here who will be undocumented, and that’s a fact.” TRANSLATION: We Irish will keep coming to America to live and work any damn time we feel like it, so you might as well make it legal for us to do so.

Curious, What would happen to an American citizen That entered Ireland on a 90 day Visa and just stayed there, got a job and started a family. Would he ever be given amnesty?