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A lot of Americans could use the exercise ! Who picked the veggies in 1952 ?
There's an organic farm near me that offers produce at deeply discounted price if you volunteer 2-4 hours a week at their farm. I get to exercise horses, do a bit of veggie picking and help in the greenhouse and I get more than enough food to sustain both myself and my boyfriend. That would keep people busy, teach kids about where their food comes from AND it would be labor in exchange for food.
Aside from John McCain, I haven't heard anyone proposing amnesty.
"Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama today speaking to the National Council of La Raza in San Diego promised amnesty for the more than 12 million illegal immigrants that are living in the United States."
"President Barack Obama stayed away from hot-button words in remarks Thursday on immigration reform, but hinted that his immigration push will include some kind of “amnesty” or “legal path” for illegal immigrants already in the U.S."
Amnesty is an insult to all of the people who are trying to get in legally. Illegals should have to go back home, and try like everyone else. Why do the bleeding hearts feel that we have to take everyone in ??? boo hoo. NO we do NOT.
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Yes, the US has always welcomed LEGAL immigrants. Last year the US Naturalized more citizens than the rest of the World combined.
Amnesty is an insult to all of the people who are trying to get in legally. Illegals should have to go back home, and try like everyone else. Why do the bleeding hearts feel that we have to take everyone in ??? boo hoo. NO we do NOT.
It's actually pretty interesting... on this board (and in my real life) the vast majority of the staunchest liberals I know are completely 100% against illegal immigration and amnesty.
Amnesty is an insult to all of the people who are trying to get in legally. Illegals should have to go back home, and try like everyone else. Why do the bleeding hearts feel that we have to take everyone in ??? boo hoo. NO we do NOT.
My mother in law came here legally from Poland. The talk of amnesty really bothers her and rightly so. I do not have the answer and apparently neither do the politicians.
In 1986 Ronald Reagan's administration passed the amnesty act which Reagan signed into law. As a result more people entered the country illegally as they believed they would also be granted amnesty.
Last edited by msina; 10-29-2009 at 04:56 PM..
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