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Originally posted by Garnet FalconDance:
If they in this country, they should have either citizenship paperwork or valid work visas/paperwork. PERIOD.
And none of this "but they've been here for twenty years and so should get immunity/amnesty" or "their kids are US born so they're citizens and it'd be cruel to send the parents away just becuase they're illegals".
Pony up or get out.
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The problem is, if they're legal citizens, there's nothing for them to come for in the US. They're only there because companies can hire them at below minimum wage.
So it's a bit of a Catch 22 for them, either they're legal citizens and they don't have jobs, or they're illegal citizens and they do have jobs, but risk getting thrown out and don't actually have much in the way of rights.
I'm pretty sure that the ones who CAN get legal jobs get work papers, after all, they'll get paid better that way, and the reason they're in the US is to earn money.
Of course, it's possible that a lot of them don't KNOW about the proper procedures and so forth. After all, I doubt that most of the Mexicans sneaking across the border have much in the way of education. Perhaps it might be interesting to see how many would try to go the legal way if they knew about the details of it?
Distribute some pamphlets or something.
Out of curiosity, what ARE the requirements for getting a valid work VISA or a US citizenship? Just in broad terms, of course, I'm not expecting the entire, no doubt somewhat lengthy, document to be quoted.