<html><head><base href="x-msg://47/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Scott,<div><br></div><div>I'll admit that I'm a bit dogmatic on the subject and want the law, as it currently exists enforced, THEN we can talk about reform. How can we possibly welcome anyone to be a new citizen when the very very first act they commit upon entry into the US is a crime?</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; "><div style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; ">Section 1325 in Title 8 of the United States Code<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">,</font> "Improper entry of alien", provides for a fine, imprisonment, or both for any immigrant who:</div><blockquote class="templatequote" style="margin-top: 0px; "><div class="Bug6200"><ol style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3.2em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: none; "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration agents, or</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">eludes examination or inspection by immigration agents, or</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact.</li></ol><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wayne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></span><div><br></div><div><div>On Aug 17, 2013, at 5:44 PM, Scott Dredge wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; "><div dir="ltr">Tom wrote:<br>- Immigration laws allowing a path to citizenship for current undocumented workers<br><br>This one is very complicated given at least a triple negative whammy to Republicans.<br>1) Business owners who have Republicans in their back pockets want a steady stream of lower than minimum wage workers<br>2) Most of these undocumented workers are non-white and thus upon receiving citizenship will most likely vote against Republicans<br>3) Republican constituency is heavily against anyone of a different color than 'red-necked' having full rights of citizenship and voting<br><br>For Democrats, the strategy is pretty straight forward<br>1) Give undocumented workers citizenship<br>2) Get them to the polls<br><br>My simple solution for undocumented workers is:<br>1) Document them<br>2) Lead them to the USCIS but don't force them to drink<br><br>The United State has a long, rich history of immigration and my prediction is that 'status quo' will prevail.<br></div>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>