Do you think that all illegals should be deported?

[angus]

Do you think that all illegals should be deported?

No.  I think it's high time for a blanket amnesty.  Less costly; more effective.  Last time was 1986, I think.  Long overdue.

[angus]

pretty hard to deport me if I commit a felony as well.

Anyway, I'm not suggesting automatic citizenship, just a blanket amnesty.  Green cards can be revoked, if necessary, although I suspect with the overwhelming majority of undocumented aliens it would not be necessary. 

[angus]

Do you think that all illegals should be deported?

No.  I think it's high time for a blanket amnesty.  Less costly; more effective.  Last time was 1986, I think.  Long overdue.

This is bizarre. You think we should keep the laws we have but just grant an amnesty every couple of years for people who break them? Why not just get rid of the laws? Moderate Hero-ism at its most illogical.

Every couple of years?  Probably not.  Last time congress enacted the sort of bill I'm talking about was nearly 30 years ago.  That's what I meant by "long overdue."  Really, the alternative is that we must accept that we will have a permanent underclass.

And, yes, once in a while I'd say that "why not just get rid of the laws?" is a perfectly sane approach.  The majority on this forum have in poll after poll indicated that this is the prevailing attitude on several issues.  Whether they do on this issue is another question, and I am not claiming that they do, but only that I do, given that all the alternatives are all more costly and ineffective.