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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsimmigration13yrs ago

Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?

Amnesty is an act by passed by the federal government which grants immunity from immigration laws to undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. Various levels of criteria have been proposed for immigrants to be granted amnesty including proof of employment and willingness to pay taxes.

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 @heatherdvdprincessanswered…3yrs3Y

No, deport all illegal immigrants, after giving them access to a free online course or book on how to not be poor nor in danger where they're from.

 @heatherdvdprincessanswered…5yrs5Y

If we can prove that they are causing more good than harm, then yes.

 @6HDD83R from California  answered…4yrs4Y

Those that were deported or voluntarily left the U.S., but didn't commit any crimes other than entering the U.S. illegally and its been at least 1 year or more since they were deported or voluntarily left the U.S., they may attempt to apply or re-apply for amnesty (after paying the fine for illegally entering the U.S.). Those that did commit crimes in the U.S. and either voluntarily left or were deported and has been 1 year or more since they voluntarily left the U.S. or were deported, may attempt to re-apply for amnesty (after they paid the fine(s)

  @michaelconnely from Nebraska  answered…3yrs3Y

Any company that hires illegal aliens should be fined and required to set up a legal office in Mexico so they can help their workers gain legal status.

 @IINXMP from Pennsylvania  answered…4yrs4Y

No, and either allow them to apply for citizenship, and deport them if they refuse.

 @IINXMP from Pennsylvania  answered…4yrs4Y

No, and allow them to apply for citizenship, after monitoring and a series of interviews conducted by border patrol.

 @6R6HBQ3 from Ohio  answered…4yrs4Y

No, create a simple, free path to citizenship for illegal immigrants with no criminal record, and if they refuse, deport them

 @8QYDCHT from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

Deport illegals that do not pay taxes, do not work, and that have a criminal record Only give legal status to illegals that contribute to our economy

 @8WQNM5V from Oklahoma  answered…3yrs3Y

No, but allow them to stay, and encourage them to become a legal citizen

 @8Z6PZKW from Louisiana  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but they should still face some sort of punishment

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No One’s Safe: Trump’s ‘Border Czar’ Homan Promises Sweeping Deportation Operation

TOM COTTON is slated to be the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, putting “I think mass deportation is just talk, but the era of open borders will be over,” Scott McConnell, a co-founder of The American Conservative, wrote on X. In July a Mexican-born Trump backer told The Times, “Last time, he didn’t even finish the wall. What’s he going to do this time?”Now the answer is taking shape: He’s going to oversee a militarized mass roundup of the undocumented. On Sunday, Trump named Tom Homan, his former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as “border czar.”In a speech to this year’s National Conservatism Conference, Homan, who oversaw Trump’s family separation policy, promised a “historic deportation operation” from which no undocumented immigrant would be safe. “No one’s off the table in the next administration,” he said. “If you’re here illegally, you better be looking over your shoulder.”Then, on Monday, Trump named the obsessively anti-immigrant Stephen Miller as his deputy chief of staff. Miller’s portfolio, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reported in The Times, “is expected to be vast and to far exceed what the eventual title will convey.” Miller has been forthright about his desire to purge immigrants here illegally, as well as many here legally, from the United States.Among other things, Miller has said that Trump would cancel the temporary protected status of thousands of Afghans who fled here after the Taliban’s takeover and take another stab at ending DACA, the program that protects from deportation some immigrants brought to the United States as children.Most significantly, he’s laid out plans to use National Guard troops to help arrest migrants en masse, warehousing them in military camps while they await deportation. No one should be shocked when this happens. I suspect some will be anyway.

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