| Everyone in this country will benefit if
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| | active duty immigrants now can apply for
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| immigration reform is enacted and illegal
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| | citizenship in less time without having
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| immigrants are legalized. This even
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| | to return home before applying. Many
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| includes the people who insist they
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| | immigrants place a high value on training
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| should all be deported. Almost every
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| | and education available through the
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| aspect of our lives will be affected
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| | military. When citizenship requirements
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| positively.
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| | are eased, more immigrants will sign up,
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| We all agree that people should not be in
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| | which will help enlistment numbers.
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| this country illegally. We agree that we
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| | All immigrants realize they would have an
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| have to document the people entering and
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| | easier time if they spoke and understood
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| leaving our country. But the people who
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| | English, but since they are here
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| are against reform should consider that
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| | illegally and could be deported at any
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| legalizing these people will benefit the
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| | moment, there is little incentive to
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| whole country; the military, Social
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| | learn. If the undocumented people were
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| Security, our economy, education, even
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| | given legal status and one of the
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| our national security.
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| | requirements for them to stay were to
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| The most immediate benefit would be to
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| | learn English, they would have a much
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| business. Our unemployment rate is below
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| | better reason to study and learn.
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| 4.5% -- and 10% of our work force is
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| | Many benefits will occur if all legal
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| undocumented. With so few people out of
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| | residents are required to know our
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| work now, there would not be enough
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| | national language: the lines in the
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| available workers to replace these people
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| | grocery store and bank move faster,
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| if they were suddenly deported. Our
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| | neighbors can discuss problems, we'll
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| birthrate is low, our population is aging
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| | have safer traffic when everyone can read
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| and the workforce is shrinking.
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| | the signs, women can report domestic
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| If farmers can't hire enough workers to
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| | violence, parents and teachers can
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| plant or harvest, they would close, more
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| | discuss a child's progress, problems can
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| of our food would be imported along with
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| | be discussed with a doctor and contracts
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| safety concerns and it would be more
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| | and agreements will be understood.
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| expensive. Hotels, motels, restaurants
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| | The high school dropout rate for
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| and landscape companies would close. Even
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| | immigrant children is very high. They
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| with the slowdown in the construction
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| | know that even if they do well in school,
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| industry, there wouldn't be enough
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| | they won't be able to attend college at a
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| workers left to build and repair houses.
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| | price they can afford. If they manage to
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| The factories that could outsource their
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| | get a college degree, they can't get a
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| work overseas would do that, rather than
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| | good job because they are here illegally.
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| close, but many would have to close. This
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| | The only jobs they can get are in hotels,
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| would lead to unemployment of the legal
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| | restaurants, farms and others that are
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| workers in those companies. Besides these
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| | low wage. This defeats the purpose of
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| work force problems, there would be a
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| | their education and our country loses the
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| smaller tax base for those towns and the
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| | benefits of these young people educated
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| country.
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| | in our schools.
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| A major benefit would be to Social
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| | If undocumented people are offered legal
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| Security. Fifty years ago, it took 20
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| | status, they would have to register with
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| workers to keep enough tax money flowing
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| | the government, fill out an application,
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| in to keep a retiree on Social Security.
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| | be finger printed and have a background
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| By 2030 there will only be two workers to
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| | check before receiving an I.D. card.
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| cover each retiree. All the baby boomers
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| | People who fail these tests would be
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| will be in that group of retirees and
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| | deported. We will all be safer when this
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| more will be getting ready to retire. Add
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| | happens and we could all rest easier
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| the fact that people are living much
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| | knowing residents had been identified and
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| longer and it's easy to see why we need
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| | investigated. And more drug smugglers
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| more young workers now. We also need a
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| | would be caught when border guards don't
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| steady supply of young workers coming
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| | have to chase poor men, women and
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| into the system. The young immigrant
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| | children trying to come in to work and
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| workers who are already here may be the
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| | live.
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| answer to the Social Security funding
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| | There are many reasons why we need
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| problems of the future.
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| | immigration reform and why we all should
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| Our military would benefit: there are
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| | be happy when we get it. Even the people
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| almost 30,000 non citizens now on active
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| | who insist we should deport millions of
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| duty in the U.S. military. The waiting
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| | people here now. Everyone will benefit
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| period for citizenship for immigrants in
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| | when we get a comprehensive immigration
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| the military has been decreased and
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| | reform package passed.
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