Should America have open borders?

by pepper5419 Posted 2012/07/15 12:56:22

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The Obama administration recently said that they would not send back non-citizens under 30 (those that do not have a criminal background).The state of Arizona law enforcement can ask for ID but, has no authority to send back anyone caught here illegally. So what does America do? Should America just open up our southern borders to anyone without a criminal past?

dr9nfly 2012/07/16 08:31:15

I don't want the borders open. And I want ALL illegals sent back.

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Aqua Surf 2012/07/16 00:18:44

Hell no, that's insane.

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AnonRanGER 2012/07/15 14:22:54

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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Schläue~© 2012/07/15 13:58:19

+1
I cannot think of a single country on the planet that has 'open borders'. In fact, most countries have far stricter laws regarding illegal entry than our own, which are not being enforced anyway.

We have a naturalization process, regulated by Congress, that is open to anyone seeking citizenship or various forms of temporary authorization to be in the country legally.

Although the U.S. used to follow our own laws and enforce them, the more recent approach is to pick & choose which laws are REAL ones and which ones are optional at the whimsy of whomever is sitting on the throne and issuing policy directives.

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true american 2012/07/15 13:53:23

NO!

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Daniel 2012/07/15 13:52:56

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Nope and I'm confused about how a criminal doesn't have a record. They're illegal and under the Constitution Arizona should shoot them and be done.

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Waldorf 2012/07/15 13:26:36

Real Americans wouldn't think so.

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Dale 2012/07/15 13:12:31 (edited)

We should not have, but we do. And have not had for a long time, to long if my opinion is wanted.

Addendum: And it would be to long if my opinion is not wanted.

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Schläue~© to Dale 2012/07/15 14:01:50

Care to cite ANY country that practices open borders and explain why the U.S. 'should have'?

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Mike 2012/07/15 12:59:58

+1
NO!

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