In the US, immigrant workers contribute a significant part of the overall labor force. According to a recent study, approximately 7.2 million are illegal immigrants. On December 1, 2005, Bill HR4437 (Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act) was passed by the US House of Representatives, by a vote of 239 to 182.
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a lot of redneck comments on this page.
joeyalkes 7 months ago
yes they are criminals
demon07nd 8 months ago
"it matters what words we use"
--Oh, you mean like "illegal alien," or "illegal immigrant," or "undocumented immigrant," or "undocumented worker," or "undocumented citizen?" Those words? Notice the progression over the years. SO PLEASE, don't talk to me about semantics.
"A jaywalker "
--But that hypothetical lawbreaker belongs in this country, illegal aliens do not.
"whether we should prohibit"
--So you're saying the real question is should we allow illegal immigration? Oh, please.
NoGuff 10 months ago
@NoGuff Yet it matters what words we use. Criminal is used to stigmatize them to the fullest. A jaywalker is also a lawbreaker. To argue that illegal immigration is bad merely because it is illegal avoids the threshold question of whether we should prohibit this kind of immigration in the first place.
poolerboy0077 10 months ago
@poolerboy0077
They are lawbreakers, no matter how you want to parse it.
NoGuff 10 months ago
@NoGuff Illegal aliens may or may not be. If one overstays a visa and become unlawfully present as a result, they are an illegal alien, but they break civil, not criminal, law.
poolerboy0077 10 months ago
INMIGRATION = INVASION
1488PAKO 10 months ago
Immigrant worker steal peoples ID"S and cause great harm!!
REWHBLCAIN 10 months ago
Immigrants are not criminals. Migrant workers are not criminals. Illegal aliens ARE criminals.
NoGuff 10 months ago
I'm supposed to be sympathetic to these people that have invaded and taken jobs from legal American citizens..don't think so.
zookeeper220 10 months ago