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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:51 PM Original message |
Poll question: what would you do about illegal immigration/immigrants |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Have the illegals arrested and discourage companies from encouraging illegal behavior, |
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datahead (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I think we need to remember where we came from! |
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datahead (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I think we need to remember where we came from! |
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jcrew2001 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. I think if an illegal gets arrested, he'll likely be deported or |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
76. I'm stunned at how often you're right!! |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. The reason illegals are here is because Americans are hiring them |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Build the wall, close the borders, deport illegal aliens, arrest employers.......... |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. how do you plan on |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. One at a time. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. ok lets start here |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. That would be hard to do. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. So, you enjoy short order cooking |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Amazing how restaurants manage to survive in areas where few or no illegals reside today. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
81. generations of laborers fought in this country |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. I don't. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I don't. |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I'd put 'arresting the employers' at the front of the list |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. 1) Shut down illegal hiring, fine the companies (or more) |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yes |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. LoL ... |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Z-visa = Amnesty |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Hello unlawfl, glad you have weighed in. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. What f*cking social services??? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Social Security ceiling should be eliminated, not raised. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #54 |
64. you are mistaken |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I had already done my basic homework. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. CIS |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. That's 60 legislative days, not 90 as I said. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. is it already in effect? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #70 |
84. Read the GAO study. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Too true, too true |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Common ground here, ProudDad. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. I'm sure as rational, caring people, you and I could find common ground |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. And the wild thing is that more will come to take their place... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. "I'm so sick of the middle class getting squeezed" |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
71. No don't fine the people who hire illegals...deport them. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. That's really good idea! |
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kster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pressure the Mexican Leaders- Government to create a |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Make NAFTA work for Mexican Labor and pressure the Mexican government to reform. nt |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
72. Deport anyone who votes for NAFTA or any other un-American |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Round up the Employers |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Some combination of the above: |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Good plan. |
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seven79 (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. First They Repay Any Fraud |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. since 1986? |
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Donna Zen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Mexican government |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Other: |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Illegal immigrants (human beings) are not the problem. Global corporate predators |
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seven79 (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Part of the Problem is Benefits Fraud |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Where's your proof |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Secure the borders first. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
59. When did your grandparents come, and from where? |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Amnesty and more or less open borders. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. get rid of the illegal ones, but vastly increase the legal ones |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. So because some people endure unjust treatment |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-19-07 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. For all those who complain about the drain illegals have on our social |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. For those who would "round them up and close the borders..." |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Option 3 |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. A hard working illegal is better than a lazy US citizen, by the way |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
58. Now there's an argument going nowhere. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
82. are you against immigration laws? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Multi-step process |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Good plan! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Right, seal up a 3000 mile border |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:07 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I didn't say "Round 'em up" |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Mexicans digging cucumbers out of the ground? |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Who'd pick our mashed potatoes and build our Wal-Marts? |
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Brassballs (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-23-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
90. I want NO lawbreakers as friends & neighbors, period, |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. Nothing at all, simply dry up the jobs and they will take care of themselves. n/t |
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Brassballs (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Illegals are 95% potential democratic voters, give them amnesty |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. That's why the pukes |
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Brassballs (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
75. Reagan is the only president I know of who granted amnesty |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #75 |
85. Congress has passed 7 bills giving amnesty to about 5.7 million illegals |
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Brassballs (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. My point is Reagan was the 1st prez to sign Amnesty for Illegals |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. My purpose was not to challenge your assertion. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
62. Don't bet on them voting the way you'd like them to |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. The most important thing is securing the border itself. Without that, the rest will have no effect |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. See my post #48 |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-20-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. If I had total free will in the matter |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
52. Why should you buy into right-wing bullshit, folks? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
56. Sweet Jesus, who are the people picking the "throw them out"/"close the borders" option? |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
83. people who care about American workers |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #56 |
86. I'm guessing they're big fans of Lou Dobbs.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
60. Fix the political problems in Mexico that are holding back its economy |
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steel71 (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Yes, Mexicans love their country why don't you people |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
63. We keep hearing about illegal employers- |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
74. Well regardless what we want we cant throw them out because of the sheer number. |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
78. Enforce our laws. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-21-07 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
80. If illegals are working here then they should be issued with a work permit |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-22-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
89. This poll is evidence of another split in American politics, |
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