No Comments on the "Dream Act" Passing the House last night?

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  1. oldguy

    oldguy Well-Known Member

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    More of that transparency we were promised by the prez, I guess.

    Time to pay off the Latino voters, I guess.

    Go Blazers
     
  2. maxiep

    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    It won't pass the Senate.
     
  3. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I think its ridiculous. But I think a lot of things are and they pass.

    My theory is to bring everyone down from the inside. :NOTMARIS:
     
  4. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I wonder how we can smuggle in highly qualified chinese and indian students. steal the mental power from those countries and make them citizens. bypass the whole H1B visa shit.

    Interesting...i wonder how long it takes to become a naturalized citizen. gotta ask my cousin. 4 years of college as an illegal may actually be a fast track versus doing it the normal way.
     
  5. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    It was expected the lame duck congress would address this.

    You seem opposed to it... I'm in favor of it. Even if you feel they're here illegally, if they've served in the military over in Iraq and/or Afghanistan, it seems to me they deserve a path to citizenship for that alone.
     
  6. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    furthermore, if someone breaks into your house but just cleans it, they should be given a room in the house to live in on the homeowner's dime!

    also, no way in hell non-US citizens should be enlisted in the armed forces for the United States.
     
  7. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    BTW, I loved the stupid fucking facebook meme going around yesterday:

    Your car is Japanese. Your beer is German. Your wine is Spanish. Your
    democracy is Greek. Your coffee is Colombian. Your tea is Chinese. Your
    fashion is French. Your shirt is Indian. Your shoes are Thai. Your radio
    is Korean. Your vodka is Russian. & then you complain your neighbor
    is an immigrant? Pull yourself together. Voice your support for the
    DREAM Act!!


    All of those things were imported LEGALLY. Big huge difference.
     
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  8. MARIS61

    MARIS61 Real American

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    Seems like common sense.
     
  9. oldguy

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    Illegals that serve in the military are a TINY minority of illegals here.

    There are literally hundreds of millions of people that would like to come to the US. Why do tens of millions of Latinos move to the head of the line over every freak'n one of them?

    Go Blazers
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    Non-citizens have used service in the US military as a fast track to citizenship since the civil war. Why would you suddenly consider it a problem? :crazy:
     
  11. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    I don't agree with it. I don't think that foreign nationals should serve as american soldiers in the military.
     
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    Sorry, but you are flying in the face of history.

    It used to be that any male (of the appropriate age) living on US soil was subject to the draft. It has never been an issue.

    Frankly, I don't understand your paranoia on immigrants.
     
  13. EL PRESIDENTE

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    I don't have paranoia with "immigrants". I don't think illegals should be able to bypass the standard paths to citizenship that my and many other ethnic groups must endure. The problem is that people who are illegal shouldn't even be here.
     
  14. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I'm afraid I've forgotten what your ethnic group is, but please explain the "standard path to citizenship" for a citizen of Mexico.

    barfo
     
  15. EL PRESIDENTE

    EL PRESIDENTE Username Retired in Honor of Lanny.

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    Swim across a river, then go to college?
     
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    So you don't think they should be able to bypass that? Which river did you swim across?

    barfo
     
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  19. EL PRESIDENTE

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    You move to the US as a resident alien. There are varying laws and its usually a selective process. I've had several relatives who have moved to the United States this year. Not too sure about the general process, but it involves paperwork.

    You have to apply for the green card I believe. Takes a few years. Interview, test, blah blah blah.
     
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