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Dangerous times for immigration reform ahead of March 21 rally

Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:27 AM

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Spiritranger | Mar 16, 2010, 05:55 PM EDT

Amnesty is not reform, it is weakness. ILLEGAL ALIENS are not immigrants, they are criminals. Stop the double-talking liberal propaganda. No nation on earth (including MEXICO and IRELAND) tolerates illegals residing in their country. Why the US?

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texasrebel | Mar 16, 2010, 12:03 PM EDT

What you back is the opposite of Immigration reform. Immigration reform would stop the abuse of the American taxpayer by people who flaunt the law. Someone who has no right to be in the country certainly has no right to benefit from being here.

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Madeleine | Mar 16, 2010, 06:33 AM EDT

the USA is taking social security to fund this medical takeover, Obama has cut Medicare, he wants no seniors left standing. Illegals should run like the wind.

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Monsoonman | Mar 15, 2010, 09:15 PM EDT

Wow steber, you are on a roll, or is it role? "an idea that will be beneficial to this country" I have an idea, help all illegal immigrants with transportation back to their countries of origin. Then apply for legal status here. That's my idea.

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steber2000 | Mar 15, 2010, 07:11 PM EDT

Instead of complaining and waving fists at the undocumented, come up with an idea that will be beneficial to this country. We all know that people who are working and not paying tax are hurting the economy, and, in effect, the people, AND, the undocumented are here to stay, SO… if you factor both of those statements into the equasion, what are we left with?… We need comprehensive immigration reform and the sooner it it happens, the sooner we get out of this recession.

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steber2000 | Mar 15, 2010, 07:01 PM EDT

Whether you can see it or not, the best thing that can happen to this country is that the undocumented workers be put on the books, and any able bodied person who does not work, unless they were injured, be given the choice; work or go home, but no unemployment benefits. Face it people! Thirty million people simply won't just disappear, so why not use them to our, our nations advantage?!

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steber2000 | Mar 15, 2010, 07:00 PM EDT

Because of the current immigration policy there are few, or no, ways for undocumented workers to pay tax. If there was, at least, a way for taxes to be taken from everyones salary, documented or undocumented, this country would not be in the state of financial ruin that it is.

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steber2000 | Mar 15, 2010, 06:58 PM EDT

The undocumented are here to stay and there's nothing anyone can do about it, so, what NEEDS to be done is; document the undocumented, put them on the books. With thirty million extra tax payers, do you think this country would be in such a critical financial state if thirty million workers were on the books instead of not being able to pay tax?

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Monsoonman | Mar 15, 2010, 02:00 PM EDT

We can learn a modern day lesson from Tibet: The Tibetan government-in-exile has stated that immigration from China has been used to culturally and economically overwhelm and marginalize Tibet's host population. To most world observers, it is clear that China has used immigration as a weapon in its past and that it has done it again in Tibet.

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diamond | Mar 14, 2010, 11:37 PM EDT

You stated that there would be "100,000 angry marchers." Since when are illegal aliens voters? The United States allows in more legal immigrants than all of the other countries combined. We are over crowded now. We don't have enough jobs for Americans. Our school, prisons and health care facilities are overwhelmed. We don't need millions more poorly educated unskilled people.

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Taylor55 | Mar 14, 2010, 10:26 PM EDT

Nurse, Section 245i was 10 years ago and it included spouses, did you get married after it passed?

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Taylor55 | Mar 14, 2010, 10:15 PM EDT

"He held meetings with Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham and several advocate groups - except for the Irish" You weren't invited because you are gringos. What do you think will happen when 50 million racist Latinos (led by La Raza) become voting citizens? Some of them want to deport all gringos to Europe, check out the Mexica Movement.org website.

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medicalprofessi | Mar 14, 2010, 12:43 AM EST

I'm a Nurse and My husband is covered with 245i-Law..I was not allowed to adjust our status..MY I-140 was approved twice....they accept all my application and then they denied the I-485 ..adjustment to green card because I am not the one who was covered by 245i---Husband and wife are one in the eyes of God and Men...Reform the immigration Bill!!!Give us a chance because we're tax payer too.....

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ejjghd0021 | Mar 13, 2010, 09:19 PM EST

i am married to an immigrant. and we have been together for almost 12yrs and we have three beautiful boys who love their dad... i wish the president can figure something out for the people who are here illegaly.

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ejjghd0021 | Mar 13, 2010, 09:17 PM EST

I FEEL THAT WE ARE LIVING IN THE OLD DAYS WHERE THERE WERE WHITES AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS... I FEEL THAT EVERYONE IS THE SAME EXCEPT FOR OUR COLOR.. MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT THEIR COLOR IS, IT'S WHAT'S IN THE INSIDE...

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