Do you think illegals have ANY legal justification for staying in america?

DAR

Legal? No.

I have some other reasons I consider, like how long we went without enforcing our laws while we gave them so many benefits they had conflicting messages as to whether they were welcome. I also have a real doubt the American people are willing to sit through year after year of major deportation of the 'good sort' once we have border security, internal enforcement and dismantle the magnets to bring more illegals here.

However, those are not legal arguments.

Because of them, however, I think we need to limit any guest worker program and make sure employers cover education and benefits for their guest workers. I don't think most of those here will end up leaving, one way or another.

FoxAmericaLover!

No, they have no legal justification for staying in America. I also think the argument of them picking fruits and vegetables is a non issue. If they are starving, it should not be America's legal justification to provide them food and shelter. Their home countries should be doing this for them. I have a solution also for picking produce, our government should just give every produce farmer a machine that can do this and cut out the illegal middleman.

twingal01

Hi, the conflict with the issue of illegal immigrants staying in America is that they do the jobs that many Americans wouldn't want to do and they do it for low pay. For ex: many of the illegal immigrants pick fruits- which is a hard low paying job and without them there would be no one to do it and we would have no fruit.

sammmantha

None whatsoever, they may have moral justification though. like they cannot support a family in their own country or there is a tyrranous dicatator ruling the country where they live in. so to answer your question no they have no LEGAL justification

tazmo_04457

no they dont

princess_29_71

Absolutely not! They broke our laws and they disrespect us constantly by flying their flag and insulting Americans that they constantly take from! As far as their children go, that is sad that their criminal parents put them in that position. They should be deported as well.

frankramirez_81

Did the american pioneers have any legal right to rob, rape and kill native americans in their own land??

Boob

If they did they wouldn't be called "illegals."

rabble rouser

It depends on interpretation of the law and by whom.
What separates the illegals from everyone else? Do you really know? Or do you just assume that you know what it takes to get into the USA and how many people have done things the "right" way... What if your grandparents were illegal and they tried to do a retro-active deportation on you? Guess what - It happens to some people.

We have certain "inalienable" rights...

How do you interpret the constitution?
How do you interpret the base of the Statue of Liberty?
How do you interpret the Declaration of Independence?

Some people see it as everyone except the native Americans were "illegal" at some point... we have to make allowances for LEGAL immigration before we can concentrate on illegals.

Personally, I think the whole immigration thing is a big fooey put up to propel certain politicians and their viewpoints into the offices that they desire... it was never an issue until last month or so...

It's crazy the way we all assume that there are these cartoon-like people creeping across some imaginary line on their tippy-toes in the middle of the night... Many "illegals" don't even know that they fit into that category - they are missing a little check-box on a piece of paper somewhere and now they can be "sent back" to a country that is more foreign to them than the US.

And by the way, English is not the "American Language"... it is the language of England. Why don't we ALL just learn Cherokee or Navajo if we are so concerned about "foreign languages". Those are our NATIVE languages...

kikilee

I beleive that the Immigrants who came here the right way by patitioning and going through the right process should be allowed to stay but the ones to get deported are the ones who came here ILLEGALLY BROKEN A LAW should go back and stand in line just like everyone else.

Daisy

No, none WHATSOEVER. No legal or moral justification. If some illegals are here to escape cruelty in their own countries, we have procedures for properly defined refugees and if they can fit the qualifications for this, then they should apply. Otherwise, no squatters rights and the antiquated anchor baby loophole should be stricken from the books asap. Deport ALL illegal immigrants, immediately, no exceptions. We can't let the sob stories sway us. Everyone has a sob story. Ship them back and let them apply through the correct procedures or make changes in their native countries so they don't feel the need to leave it.

Lalulo_Jazmin

My answer goes to "cynicusprime"

you refer to the american troops in Iraq right?

ascarta2

nope, time to send them back and to contact your Representatives and let them know you will not vote for anyone regardless of party affiliation that is for amnesty and guest workers

Nelson_DeVon

We have a giant national symbol that says give me your poor, etc.

Sashie

Squatters rights? No! Anchor babies ... well, we COULD deport the parents ... keep the babies and put them up for adoption if they don't want to take the babies with them back home ... oh what an uproar that would cause ... but unless we do something about that idiotic law, we won't be able to do a damn thing about the whole sorry mess!

The Rebel

fire4511

None whatsoever!!!

They need to be jailed, have their assets siezed and then be deported!!

dfrreed

tancredo for pres 2008

J.D.

No...
That's why they're referred to as "illegals".
They bypassed the documented processes for legal entry into this country.
They apparently think they are above the millions of others who did do it the right way and can cut in line with amnesty..
And now, when confronted with it they want to 'protest' with a 'how dare you' approach.
Nope, I don't think there is anything they can do to justify illegal entry.

sealRborders

HELL NO!!!!! DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS!!!! I do NOT feel sorry for those that are being deported after living here for twenty years,and starting a family either!!!! They should have thought about THAT when they were SNEAKING across our borders, and BREAKING our laws!!! Illegal is STILL illegal,whether they've lived here for twenty YEARS,or twenty MINUTES!!!
And,if both PARENTS are not legal citizens, then their KID should not be either!!
If they have the kid in a garage,does that make it a CAR??? I don't think so!!!

pycosal

Illegal means illegal if a person had a legal reason for being in the US then they would not be here illegally

hewwy12

Illegal immagrants have no legal justificationin any country. But they should have rights other than the right to remain silent. they should only be given the basic human rights while they're in the country and then they should be shiped back to their individual countrys.

Julie

Nope none at all. Just deport the whole lot of them

DEPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS

ENGLISH ONLY IN AMERICA

cynicusprime

Do home invaders have any legal justification for remaining in my home after breaking in? I think not.

Jennipoo!

How can they have any LEGAL justification if they're ILLEGAL to begin with?

If they want to be here so badly, make them fill out the paper work, learn English, etc. like the millions of legal immigrants who do so each year.

SAVAGE

HELL NO, its illegal!!!!

black _princess

no they dont belong here

Honey

No...but I think they have EVERY RIGHT to become U.S. citizen like every immigrant from other countries have done... like your ancestors have. You have no idea what some of these people have gone through to get here.. but then again there are some that come here to take advantage of the U.S. and sell drugs... Now that I condone... It is not just black or white.. there are shades of grey in this problem.. Don't be too judgemental....

Goldenheaven

I know is illegal but most of those people do not have anything to eat in their own country, is very difficult to give an opinion, as humanity is involved. Most of the work they do , the ones who are born in the country do not want to do. Some of them are living already a very long time in USA.

iluvme56421

yeah

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