From the article that is linked above:
Washington - Some 1.3 million illegal immigrants have left the United States since Congress failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the summer of 2007. If the trend continues, according to a new study, the nation's illegal population will drop by half in the next five years.What they are not noticing about this is that these people have lived in the US for 8-20 years and have families. They are not leaving alone, they are most likely taking their families and believe it or not 3/4 of this families are composed of legal USA citizens. Either one of the couple is a citizen or; one or more of their children are legal US citizens by birth because they where born before the massive prosecution that 9/11 created. They where able to creep thru the cracks of the unjust system that this Country has.
I know a lot of this so called "illegal immigrants", they came to this country legally, they got a Tax ID, they got a driver's license, they have properties, THEY PAY TAXES (more religiously than many US Citizens I know), their kids go to school like any other kid, the parents are part of the PTA's you and I belong to. They had the paperwork ready to request residency circa 2000-2001 as they came in legally, but the system changed unexpectedly, right from underneath their feet. There was nothing wrong wiht what they tried to do at that precise moment, but they got swept with the "illegal" wave.
So they are really not "illegal", people make that mistake too often. Illegal is people that hide, skeem and willingly come into this country with the intention of deceiving the government and other people.
These people become what you would call "undocumented immigrants", they came in legally, again, I want to really make this point, they came into the country LEGALLY and due to unexpected circumstances, they over extended their visa. Or they got caught up in the terror that the raids (ohh I have seen those personally) infunded in the general immigrant population (yeah, there was a point in time here in Orlando, that the immigrants, even if they are temp. residents, permanent residents and even sworn USA Citizens, started going out everyday with their passports in their bags or pockets).
What is going to happen when the USA realize that not only the "illegal and indocumented immigrants" are leaving, but also, for each one of these people, anywhere from 3-5 more people, American Citizens, are also leaving the country? Are they actually going to acknowledge such thing?
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Anyone who is married to a US citizen or has US children can easily legalize their status. Either they don't know that or they can't be bothered. They really should rething this as they could get deported or jailed for something as stupid as not doing the paper work.
These are not the people that are considered the "problem". "Problem" immigrants are different.
I will respectfully disagree. Ever since 9/11 the ease to "become a legal resident or citizen" has dissapeared. The financial strain that this process imposses on a family can be overwhelming. And the amount of personal inquiry (checking if the couple is lying about their relationship) is almost unbearable. This is feedback that I received from close friends and family. This is when they choose to return to their own country.
But then again, this is my opinion. I respect yours, you are totally entitled to have one.
Nannette
You are so right, it is a matter of time, to see the so called problem, causign another, bigger, problem: the exodus.
And there's another problem round the corner.
You are going to miss the workforce.
Regards
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