Unless you worked on Wall Street.

lol,, that's true, or if I was the president

Working and paying into our system, but without getting any type of benefits AND having to master our language to become a citizen is not "amnesty."

If you do some research on past amnesties, each was simply a blanket granting of status without asking for anything in return. This is not the same. I'm asking for a commitment to this country - not just allowing anyone to do whatever they want. It's not "amnesty" when you're asking them to give as much as I'm advocating and you require folks to actually work for it.

As far as federal laws being broken and people not being "arrested" for it, it happens every day - like every person who stretches the truth on their tax returns, every person who copies a DVD or (in years past) a VHS movie, every person who commits a violation for which a criminal citation can be issued (i.e. a ticket). Bottom line is not every violation of federal law is an arrestable offense. In fact, most are not.

And just an FYI - illegals who are caught are never prosecuted in federal court unless they commit a crime other than entering the U.S. illegally. They're not even "arrested." They're detained, pending determination of status, then VR'd - or Voluntarily Returned - to their country or origin.

Now, if you really want our criminal court system bogged down with a federal agent putting together a case, then an Assistant U.S. Attorney bringing charges against every illegal who was caught working as a housekeeper or a landscaper, then there are going to be a lot of other, more serious crimes that have to wait. That's why we only prosecute the ones who commit other crimes in addition to being illegal - like being illegal and engaging in gang activity, drug or human trafficking, etc.

As for the "run-of-the-mill" illegal immigrant, I don't think you'll ever see - in our lifetimes - enough of a consensus among the American people that we'll have law enforcement arresting, charging, and jailing every single person who did not legally enter this country. Just the logistics, alone, would involve resources we don't have.

It's fine and dandy to say that "every illegal is committing a federal crime and should be arrested," but the reality is it isn't practical to do so. If we had 150 illegals, total? Maybe. 10 Million? No way.

This is a pretty good movie - related to this topic.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Rotten Tomatoes

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sounds like you support, illegals...
Im sure you would feel different, if a known illegal raped your 13 year old daughter, or killed your family in a drunk driving accident, then skated back across the border for a few months.
Illegals ARE a huge problem, they DID commit a federal crime and people want to give them amnesty..
No matter how you try and explain it, no matter how much you sugar coat it, it IS, amnesty, they committed a federal crime, and are not being thrown in prison ? the gov. knows who they are, the gov. knows where they are, yet they are not arrested and jailed? THAT IS AMNESTY,,,,

some people will never "get it"

What you don't seem to get is that prisons cost money, a lot of money and deporting them is much cheaper. Your "why don't we throw The families in jail" attitude is not very practical.

Could the government do more to enforce existing laws .... Yes but putting them in prison isn't the answer.

I also don't really get your signature, not exactly the pinnacle of intelligence. "God forgives, rocks don't" ...

and YOU, don't get the point, they are NOT being deported,,,, the gov. wants to give them jobs, jobs from Americans, with unemployment is still very high, the gov. wants to make it easier, for these ILLEGALS to get and keep American jobs.

and on the "why don't we throw The families in jail" I never said that, YOU are putting words in mouth, please re-read what I posted.
Stop saying that I said something that I did not....

on that subject, if someone sneaks across the border and has a kid, that kid is, an American citizen, at birth, they should deport the mother, or throw her in prison, she is a FEDERAL CRIMINAL, and don't give me that crap about "separating family" there are lots of people in prison now, that have kids, they are separated from their kids.. why give special treatment to ILLEGALS???
This country is going down hill fast, how long will American be able to sustain all these ILLEGALS ??? we don't have the resources, already, cities like New York are shipping their trash to the Midwest cause they don't have the room for it now, and you want to allow more, illegals into this country

You said it yourself "and deporting them is much cheaper"

04rnr said ... Ok so you clearly say: we should put the illegals in jail.

It is pretty obvious that the illegals you refer to are both men, women and their children. That is a family. I mean even if you only put the father & mother in jail you are pretty much jailing families. The difference is only semantics.

My point is that jail isn't necessary and it costs a lot of money.

I knew a guy that this happened to. He was a good friend of my best friend, who was also on the SLCPD at the time.

In Memoriam: Officer Michael J. Dunman « Salt Lake City Police Department

Despite the story not giving a full description of what happened, at least they did sort of mention what happened. Even if it is overly sugarcoated to appease those that don't like to hear reality.

Basically, the illegal alien was observed by numerous witnesses driving way too fast, and swerving through traffic. He lost control because of his extreme vehicle control inputs. As he lost control, he hit the rather tall curbing, which is what caused the tires to blow. (The tires blowing were because of his reckless driving, not what caused the reckless driving.) His car proceeded straight up onto the sidewalk, where he hit and killed Micheal J. Dunman.

Calls for sympathy from naive illegal alien sympathizers, pressured the State to release the illegal alien, prior to trial.

Of course the illegal alien immediately fled the country. Nearly thirteen years later, he has yet to be held responsible for killing a Father, Husband, Friend, and one of the good cops that tried to always help the underdog.

Well..I suppose doodling on the back of a dollar bill is a federal crime too, but I don't think you'd make the same clamor if you saw that. I think you are invoking the law after you made your policy decision (based on your dislike of a certain group of people). Also, your arguments are somewhat tautological; you are making your own definition of amnesty based on those things you perceive to be real in case at hand and then you cite those things and say "look, it's amnesty."

Would it have been right to send the Irish and Italians back? Should we return this nation to the remaining tribes recognizing our antecedents were illegal aliens.

I think MOST Americans and most immigrants know we need to get illegal immigration under control. However, many of us want a policy that will lead people who have been here for 10+ years a path to citizenship. You can pretend your no amnesty approach is superior, but it is in fact leading to a LARGER illegal alien population. If we had addressed immigration under the Bush administration or earlier, would could have gotten a handle on things, but hard line insistence on an inhumane policy is just ensuring nothing gets done. We will never send tens of millions of people back to whence they came, even if we could. Smarten up and work on a rational and feasible plan and quit whining about brown people you don't like coming here to participate in the American dream.

It seems pretty moronic to grant bail to an illegal resident who was arrested and charged with killing someone. Of course they are a flight risk.

How is the current policy leading to a larger illegal alien population?

I mean as opposed to what, amnesty? If amnesty is granted that will only empower more people to come here illegally because they know if they wait it out then they can have all the benefits of the US.

Yes, it was moronic. I would even say criminal.

But it buys/bought votes from the sympathizers..

Because people continue to stream because we don't have immigration reform. Whatever we end up with will allow people that can show that they have been here from some amount of time to remain. So, the clock keeps ticking and that population of people that will be eligible to remain grows ever larger while people insist on "no amnesty." We need some of that labor that is here now; want to wreck the economy? Throw them all out.

So while we are throwing out random scenarios, how would you feel towards an illegal immigrant who saw your house on fire, called 911 and then ran inside and rescued your family members??