Thread: POLL : CS MONITOR : WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH ILLEGALS?

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?
Deport them. Enforce the law. 56.10 % (82
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 14.09 % (20
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 10.16 % (150)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 7.93 % (117)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 5.42 % (80)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 3.93 % (5
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 2.37 % (35)
Total votes: 1476

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?
Deport them. Enforce the law. 56.74 % (884)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 14.44 % (225)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 9.76 % (152)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 7.77 % (121)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 5.13 % (80)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 3.92 % (61)
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 2.25 % (35)
Total votes: 1558


I'll put this on my town board tool.

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?
Deport them. Enforce the law. 58.31 % (1060)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 14.41 % (262)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 9.24 % (16
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 6.88 % (125)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.95 % (90)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.24 % (77)
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.98 % (36)
Total votes: 1818 .

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?

Deport them. Enforce the law. 58.67 % (1100)

Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 14.24 % (267)

Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 9.28 % (174)

Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 6.77 % (127)

Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.85 % (91)

Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony.
4.21 % (79)

Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide.
1.97 % (37)

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?

Deport them. Enforce the law. 59.20 % (117

Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 13.97 % (278 )

Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 9.20 % (183 )

Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 6.63 % (132 )

Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.92 % (98 )

Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.17 % (83 )

Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.91 % (38 )

Total votes: 1990 .

Your Views
Reforming America's immigration system

Americans have sharply differing views on how to stem the flow of illegal immigration. An estimated 12 million are already here and their numbers are growing.

If you were in charge of reforming America's immigration system, what would you do?

Your comments.

http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/yourv ... #responses

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http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/immigration/

Deport them. Enforce the law. 59.48 % (1270)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 14.38 % (307)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 8.85 % (189)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 6.46 % (13
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.73 % (101)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.26 % (91)
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.83 % (39)
Total votes: 2135 .

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?


Deport them. Enforce the law. 61.29 % (1724)

Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 13.97 % (393)

Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 8.35 % (235)

Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.58 % (157)

Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.59 % (129)

Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.48 % (126)

Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.74 % (49)

Total votes: 2813

Deport them. Enforce the law. 62.15 % (1997)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 13.29 % (427)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 8.22 % (264)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.48 % (176)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.58 % (147)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.51 % (145)
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.77 % (57)
Total votes: 3213

Your comments.

http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/yourv ... #responses

Not mine, I wrote one, but unfortunately the Christian Monitor didn't see fit to let it fly. Actually, the same handful of responses are the same ones I saw on there yesterday.