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chowder66

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27. Why can't we just let people live where they want to?

Reply to Snake Alchemist (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 04:47 PM

Mar 2012

If they have a criminal history outside of just living somewhere illegally then they should be punished using the laws of the country they have immigrated to.

OR the more likely option is to punish those that do not have a criminal history by making them either pay back taxes or a higher tax rate that matches the amount of time they were in a country illegally. Something to that effect. Then let them apply for citizenship.

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What should the penalty be for those who are deported and re-enter the US and other nations? [View all] Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 OP

What do YOU think? blm Mar 2012 #1

I suppose jail since deportation has proven ineffective. Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #2

Yeah we should jail everyone who leaves a abelenkpe Mar 2012 #3

the fictional French Inspector Javert spent 20 years tracking down a man for stealing a loaf of brea LanternWaste Mar 2012 #4

What if the person trying for a better life has a previous criminal record? nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #7

"There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them...." LanternWaste Mar 2012 #9

Hilarious, but I see you avoided the question. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #11

What if the person trying for a better life has a previous criminal record? nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #6

It depends on what they did and why. RC Mar 2012 #13

Would be a lot of delineations. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #16

Deported for what? Iggo Mar 2012 #5

Good question. Should that make a difference and where do we draw the line. Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #8

Jail. emilyg Mar 2012 #10

If everyone caught trying to sneak in illegally is simply kicked out again with no extra penalty, Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #12

I say that we should punish undocumented immigrants the same way they were punished back in 1492. Zalatix Mar 2012 #14

In all countries or just the US? I've been trying to get into Japan for a while. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #15

Any country where the dominant racial group is calling for immigration restrictions Zalatix Mar 2012 #18

So basically everywhere. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #19

So, many of them should starve? SATIRical Mar 2012 #26

A sternly worded letter. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #17

They should be banned from viewing a map ever again gopiscrap Mar 2012 #20

Admit that they were right, and let them in. Unless you have some reason other than borders, saras Mar 2012 #21

So that would apply worldwide? I was just in Australia in December and a lot of the news was Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #22

Each country has it's own laws Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #23

But you would like to see it worldwide? When I was in Australia I was thinking Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #24

They should be allowed to stay...that'll teach 'em me b zola Mar 2012 #25

Our jails are overcrowded. I say, we eat them. EFerrari Mar 2012 #29

mmmmm...killer pie. chowder66 Mar 2012 #30

Or...all the wealthy people who use them for cheap labor me b zola Mar 2012 #34

"SOYLENT GREEN ES GENTE!!!!" nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #35

LOL EFerrari Mar 2012 #37

Why can't we just let people live where they want to? chowder66 Mar 2012 #27

Depends on the criminal history. Convicted child molester wants to move from Guatemala to Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #28

Agreed but I guess that is where the real complication lies. chowder66 Mar 2012 #31

More simple. If the Feds can prove, they have never done anything EFerrari Mar 2012 #32

That would be good news for the student at Rutgers. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #33

Did you have any particular student in mind? EFerrari Mar 2012 #36

The one in all the headlines? nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #38

Is Ravi an immigrant or a foreign student? EFerrari Mar 2012 #39