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. 62.63 % (2246)

Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 12.91 % (463)

Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 8.00 % (287)

Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.52 % (19

Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.74 % (170)

Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.46 % (160)

Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.73 % (62)

Total votes: 3586

Well, I just added my vote for deportion. That's the law. There's no getting around it, or the law means nothing.

I posted my comments up there last week and they are still not up.

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

Deport them. Enforce the law. 63.00 % (2670)

Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 12.55 % (532)

Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 7.76 % (329)

Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.43 % (230)

Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.88 % (207)

Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.58 % (194)

Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.79 % (76)

Total votes: 4238

http://www.csmonitor.com/poll/index.php?poll_id=483

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

Deport them. Enforce the law. 62.84 % (2832)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 12.67 % (571)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 7.79 % (351)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.37 % (242)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.88 % (220)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.68 % (211)
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.78 % (80)

Total votes: 4507

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


Deport them. Enforce the law. 62.53 % (2897)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 12.73 % (590)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 7.86 % (364)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.48 % (254)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.90 % (227)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.68 % (217)
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.81 % (84)
Total votes: 4633

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

Deport them. Enforce the law. 62.04 % (2976)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 12.78 % (613)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 7.92 % (380)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.75 % (276)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.88 % (234)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.75 % (22
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.88 % (90)

Total votes: 4797

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?
Deport them. Enforce the law. 62.06 % (2982)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 12.76 % (613)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 7.93 % (381)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.74 % (276)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.89 % (235)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.75 % (22
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.87 % (90)
Total votes: 4805

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?
Deport them. Enforce the law. 62.07 % (2987)
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 12.76 % (614)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 7.92 % (381)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.74 % (276)
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.90 % (236)
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.74 % (22
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.87 % (90)
Total votes: 4812

What would you do with illegal immigrants who have worked in the US at least five years?
Deport them. Enforce the law. 62.06 % (300
Send them home and offer a path to citizenship that puts them at the end of the line of applicants. 12.81 % (621)
Let them choose a guest-worker program with a time limit for their departure. 7.88 % (382)
Give them full citizenship. They're already established members of society. 5.74 % (27
Throw them in prison. Entering the US illegally should be a felony. 4.91 % (23
Send them home but offer a speeded-up citizenship process to encourage them to participate. 4.75 % (230)
Leave them alone. There are no good, legal answers so let it slide. 1.86 % (90)
YOUR VIEWS

"I work at a nearby hospital in NYC, and the amount of undocumented Mexicans that come in with injuries is astronomical. They are uninsured but each and every one works, and very hard."
Mayrae Ventura, New York, N.Y., USA
"'Undocumented alien' or illegal immigrant, you have broken an American law and should be deported."
Peeter Gruner, San Francisco, Calif., USA (Updated 03/21/07)

"We should continue to recognize that all of us who make the US what it is today have immigrant roots. There is room for more of us."
Terry Jarvis, Fort Collins, Colo., USA
"If we do not enforce immigration laws then why should other laws be enforced? Is it legal to pick and chose which laws should be enforced?"
Elaine Hunt, Townville, S.C., USA