Should LEGAL immigrants who become a burden on our society be deported?

by BrianD3 Posted 2012/06/18 17:28:54

Related Topics: Police, Drugs, Family, Lawsuit, jail, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Issues, Theft, Court, Burglary

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	YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!	15 votes	41%
	YES, cant carry your own weight, good bye	9 votes	24%
	No, they are here, we should be good hosts	5 votes	14%
	No, it isnt fair to send them packing	8 votes	22%

Have a family in our town that has a reputation for abusing the court system, filing baker acts on each other and having each other committed to mental health facilities. They are constantly back and forth with domestic violence issues and civil lawsuits. As well as being arrested for theft, burglary, drugs and battary.

Should there be a limit to what our society will tolerate from immigrants here legally? When they are known to all the court clerks, police, mental health professionals and jail staff, isnt it time to say that they have worn out their welcome and have proven that they should not be allowed to stay?

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Demonic Rat Hunter 2012/06/18 17:44:38

YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!

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How did they get a permanent green card, the first 2 years are probationary/conditional.
Would have thought if they are that bad it would have surfaced from the beginning. However if they can't behave we should send them a-packing.
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D D 2012/06/19 08:40:24

YES, cant carry your own weight, good bye

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They come here (or are born here) living off of us. We have it bad enough paying all the lazy American citizens let alone all these illegals. They are criminals. If they cannot support themselves in a legal manner, then bye. They sell drugs, are in gangs, commit robberies, rape, murder and then we end up paying for their life in prison.

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jumpboots 187th PIR 2012/06/19 03:56:29

YES, cant carry your own weight, good bye

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Get out ........

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redhorse29 2012/06/19 00:30:09

No, it isnt fair to send them packing

Why the mean spirited question? They came for the same reasons our for-fathers came. If they became citizens and are having problems they are one of us and should be treated as equals under the law and as human beings.

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BrianD3 to redhorse29 2012/06/19 10:53:52

it isnt mean spirited. It is a question, as immigrants they seek to become citizens (usually) or benefit from our society. If they choose to be unproductive or criminal, why should we choose to accept them into our society?? They are they ones seeking (asking) to join us, should we not have some standards? Shouldnt we be able to say no if they cant beahave?

How is that being mean?

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4dc 2012/06/18 23:23:46

No, it isnt fair to send them packing

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if they are truly legal, send them packing off to jail just as we would any other citizen...or off to civil hearings

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BrianD3 to 4dc 2012/06/19 10:54:46

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perhaps, but why should our society continue to pay for the legal and other services these foreigners waste?

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4dc to BrianD3 2012/06/19 22:28:42

because they chose the legal route...unless your an indian, your ancestors did too

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mchappell2 2012/06/18 23:19:05
BrianD3 to mchappell2 2012/06/19 10:55:16

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you can be an immigrant but not a citizen. Good point about the language.

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mchappell2 to BrianD3 2012/06/19 16:06:23

To me...Not a citizen makes you an illegal

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BrianD3 to mchappell2 2012/06/19 16:08:35

+1
people can be here on a visa for a variety of reasons. They are not citizens and they are here legal.

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mchappell2 to BrianD3 2012/06/19 16:58:54

I concur

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Tony Cicarella 2012/06/18 22:15:51

YES, cant carry your own weight, good bye

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Not great choices here so I will temper this with saying u really have to take it case by case. R they trying to carry their weight or r they lazy and happy just living off the state? We r all struggling through this recession it would be wrong to deport folks that r struggling to make it too. Somehow we need to weed out the deadwood without punishing those that r just falling on hard times. Americans r a compassionate people overall. I think most folks that think this through will see this is a more complex issue than the question fully alludes to.

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exhon2009 2012/06/18 21:40:38

YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!

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I'm not an immigration attorney but I believe many of the privileges granted by immigration law are CONDITIONAL. Violate the conditions and your ass should get the boot.

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BrianD3 to exhon2009 2012/06/19 10:55:48

+1
that would seem appropriate

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Pops 2012/06/18 21:39:20

YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!

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Is legal immigrants not citizens?

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BrianD3 to Pops 2012/06/19 10:56:10

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a person can be an immigrant but not a citizen

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J 2012/06/18 19:57:27

No, it isnt fair to send them packing

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We are not hosts to LEGAL immigrants. We are citizens of the same nation.
Personally, I don't have a problem with "deporting" all career criminals and those who are violent. But, they, LEGAL immigrants, are citizens and we deal with them according to our laws.

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««Gingey, the Master Debate... 2012/06/18 19:45:53

No, they are here, we should be good hosts

What the hell is up with the xenophobia?

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BrianD3 to ««Ginge... 2012/06/18 20:01:17

it is a question about the desirablitiy of keeping people who do not belong and cannot conform

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exhon2009 to ««Ginge... 2012/06/18 21:43:21

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Xenophobia is an irrational fear of foreigners. If someone violates the conditions of their immigration it is not irrational to deport them, Master Debater.

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BrianD3 to exhon2009 2012/06/19 10:57:12

recognizing criminals and mental defectives is NOT irrational and if they seek to become citizens or to stay here we should rationally take such thnigs into account.

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UMAD 2012/06/18 19:36:21

YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!

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they should be shot in the head.

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Delicio... to UMAD 2012/06/18 19:56:20

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COCO 2012/06/18 19:29:04

YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!

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Enough said.

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stormy rae 2012/06/18 19:24:20

No, it isnt fair to send them packing

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if they are legal we obviously created that monster by allowing immigration and citizenship applicants, otherwise it would be ok to send them home, but now that we have created that monster, they will probly be leaving soon anyways, as the american dream is nothing more than a dream an illusion, not real never was but its really fading now

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BrianD3 to stormy rae 2012/06/18 20:02:14

if they are not citizens, why should we continue to tolerate bad behavior? We should make the stay of all immigrants based upon good behavior

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D D to stormy rae 2012/06/19 08:44:05

+1
It was real. It started going away in the 60's. But it was real. My parents lived it. Their parents lived it.

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Elaine Magliacane 2012/06/18 18:47:13

No, it isnt fair to send them packing

If they are LEGAL... then they have a right to all the support usually provided as a safety net. Anyone can fall on hard times, especially with BHO and the Democrat Party in charge.

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D D to Elaine ... 2012/06/19 08:45:42

Legal? As in anchor babies?

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Philo-OOO For 3 weeks! 2012/06/18 18:26:11

YES, cant carry your own weight, good bye

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I picked a random "yes" because I generally agree and certainly agree that the family you mention should be ousted, BUT, I would say that someone here as more than a resident alien should be subject to the criminal justice system of the USA, too.

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MarinerFH 2012/06/18 18:23:11

YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!

+3
Let their home countries support them.

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Selketskiss 2012/06/18 18:12:44

YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!

+3
Criminals esp need to be thrown out right after court...

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Diane Spraggs Yates 2012/06/18 18:11:01

YES, cant live by OUR rules, good bye!

+4
Our citizens comes 1st !!!!!

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Jiorgia 2012/06/18 17:52:32

No, they are here, we should be good hosts

I am answering this question as if it was my own country (before you Americans kick up a fuss about an Australian jumping in on your politics).

Legal immigrants are Citizens, or atleast people here on a visa, we cannot simply kick them out because they are a burden.
Whats next? Deporting natural born criminals?

I am also completely for amnesty of illegal immigrants, meaning that they should be covered under medicare (like every Australian citizen), provided free schooling, etc.
Illegal immigrants and especially child illegal immigrants should also have the chance to apply for citizenship (or national subject status) after a certain amount of time (5 years for children, 10 for adults) in the country.

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Walt to Jiorgia 2012/06/18 17:59:07

+4
Australia is much more strict in their immigration policies than the U.S. to begin with.

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Jiorgia to Walt 2012/06/18 18:13:38

what does that have to do with my beliefs as to what SHOULD be done?

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Walt to Jiorgia 2012/06/18 18:18:52

+1
You connect the dots yourself. It's a relevant comment.

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Jiorgia to Walt 2012/06/18 18:40:40

It actually isn't, one is my personal opinion on how immigrants should be treated, the other is how immigrants are currently treated.
How they are currently treated does not effect my opinion on how they should be treated.

Alot of our current immigration laws are relatively new (Howard government) and were created during a massive right wing "boat people" scare tactic, and many of the laws are being reformed now.

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D D to Walt 2012/06/19 08:48:47

If you are white you will be deported.

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