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Old 07-19-2011, 07:56 PM
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I've always maintained that a "fast track" to citizenship is about the only workable solution. Require the following:
1) Start with "provisional citizenship"...issue SS#s, start tax witholding, etc.
2) 2 years to master the English language. It's the de facto national tongue...learn it!
3) 2 years to be able to pass an 8th-grade equivalent civics/US history test.
Satisfy these requirements and "Congratulations! You are now a US citizen!"
Don't satisfy them? See ya...off you go to your home country. And...BTW...you leave your tax & SS money behind.

Illegals are here because this is "the promised land"...make it easy.
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Old 07-19-2011, 07:58 PM
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one other crazy idea,
anex Mexico as the next state of the union. Think of all the cheap labor force, the oprtunities for development, and the resources we would get. It would be a heck of an economy stimulator too.


Too bad it can't happen.
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Old 07-20-2011, 12:23 AM
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I thought we had laws on the books pertaining to this issue.

They should be enforced. Perhaps changed, but still enforced.

At the moment illegals are just being used. As scabs by business, as votes by politicians.

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Old 07-20-2011, 08:24 AM
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one other crazy idea,
anex Mexico as the next state of the union. Think of all the cheap labor force, the oprtunities for development, and the resources we would get. It would be a heck of an economy stimulator too.


Too bad it can't happen.
Why not, seems to me we took a big chunk of it once before - Remember the Alamo.
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Old 07-20-2011, 09:29 AM
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The rest is just a hop skip and jump away!



Are we sure we want it?

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Old 07-20-2011, 09:31 AM
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Well we could then use a few Predator drones to clean out the drug lords.
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Old 07-20-2011, 10:17 AM
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it would eliminate 12 million illegals, an expensive boarder fence, lots of political bs, and give us access to some incredible vacation destinations.

yep, we need to do it.
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Old 07-20-2011, 10:32 AM
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Yep, too bad we don't protect our borders like we do our oil interests.



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Old 07-20-2011, 10:47 AM
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Bomb Mexico?

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Old 07-21-2011, 09:27 PM
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Why not, seems to me we took a big chunk of it once before - Remember the Alamo.
Having been to both Mexico AND Texas, I kind of wonder if the Mexicans figured that keeping Texas wasn't worth the effort.

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