Thread: Immigration Reform: “Pay to Stayâ€

A Missouri immigration lawyer is proposing that illegal immigrants who haven’t committed serious crimes should be able to a fee to live and work in the United States. Andrea C. Martinez contends in an Op-Ed in the Kansas City Star that a “pay-to-stayâ€

Here's the link to where the article originally appeared:

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/13/28 ... z1MjMjBZtm

Lots of comments there.

From the above link


Reduce the cost of deportation with a ‘pay to stay’ reform plan
By ANDREA MARTINEZ


It costs the American taxpayer $23,000 to deport one immigrant.

In 2010, the U.S. government deported more than 197,000 immigrants with no criminal record. That’s $4.5 billion spent per year deporting immigrants who have not committed a crime. Contrary to popular belief, immigration violations for the most part are civil, not criminal, infractions. These “non-criminalâ€

NO FREAKIN WAY...If you do this then the next wave, who sees this amnesty and will be emboldened by it, will be even larger and will demand this form of amnesty and more...

No more amnesty. Make them leave and that zero tolerance alone will be an effective deterent against more illegal immigration...

No more amnesty. It only brings more illegals..

this is desperation and frankly absolutely insane. shall I pay to avoid jail if I rob you?

You are here illegally, you are deported. simple.
You break the law, you pay the price!

I thought it was $12,500 to deport one illegal?

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-226133.html

The employer of the illegal should be responsible for that cost.
Not me the taxpayer.

With 4.5 Billion being spent a year to deport immigrants who have not committed a crime, the American taxpayers would see relief.

First, again confusing illegal immigrants with legal immigrants.
Second, all illegals have committed a crime, or two, or three.

Ummm...
NO!

I can just see it, "But we have no money"*whine* "how can we pay?" *whine* All the while collecting welfare $$$$$ and $$$$ from working under the table!

It'll be way cheaper to deport them all.

There's already a program like that, it's called a GREEN CARD!!!!!!!!!

[quote]“Visa numbers must be increased to meet the market’s current demands,â€

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! ROFLMAO!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Of course, La Razan's would think this way!!!!!