Here comes the Amnesty

This isn't amnesty, this is just away for people to become citizen to this country so they wont be illegal any more. Before I hear, "well why don't they just come here legally," do you know how hard it is to come to this country legally?

students and soldiers sound deserving enough, what's the problem?

Okay, if they are students and military, then yes, I think that they should be granted amnesty, especially military. If a person is serving our country, then that means that they should automatically be granted amnesty.

It's a moot point now since the Republicans once again abused the filibuster to block this bill from even coming up for debate, but it's NOT amnesty. The "Dream Act" has been proposed several times in recent years and there have been numerous Republican co-sponsors. Once again, they've voted against something they actually were not only for but something they'd proposed in the past. I agree with the amendment, to answer your question, which is not amnesty. To take advantage of this bill one would have to have come here at the age of 16 or younger. So now it's the kids' fault if the parents bring them here illegally? Annie

This is a campaign stunt. He and everyone else know that any bill that includes amnesty WILL NOT pass. I would agree with giving citizenship to those who fight in our military, but the problem is that there will be people joining the military with no desire to serve.

It's a blatant political move to win over the hispanic vote in his state. But I'm not sure how many U.S. citizens of hispanic descent will be swayed. My U.S. citizen friends of hispanic descent don't want amnesty any more than I do. And as far as don't ask don't tell...I'm not sure where the military leadership stands on the issue, but I go with their learned assessment. And I was so hoping they'd (Congress) would just go away...

I agree with amnesty. Anyone who wants to serve the country should be given citizenship, so that in case they die their families claim the full military benefits.

I certainly feel that amnesty for young people who join, and are accepted, into the military is acceptable as they are doing something important to defend our country. I am sure it is a campaign setup but a far cry from the blanket amnesty that his boss (Obama) wants to collect gratitude votes. I stress "and are accepted" because they will have to speak English, have the equivalent of a high school education, at least they will have to be somewhat literate!

Step One.... Shalom~Adoniah

Personally, I don't want our military further bogged down by individuals joining for the perks. Now, I'm not knocking folks who join the military solely for education and a career. Most (most) certainly know what they're possibly getting into and are extremely brave men and women - good Americans whom I'm incredibly proud of. But... I'm not sure you can incentivise patriotism. You can't buy honor. So, on that front, I'm a bit worried that we'll end up with hordes of not-interested-in-service military men and women who all joined to receive "amnesty" and the rest of the package. To that end, I'm kinda cringing at the idea with my initial thinking on it. (I'm also against any type of draft where people are forced to fight, and I would have probably been 1/2 a Jane Fonda had I been alive in the 60s. ) Students receiving anmesty would only work, I think, if there was strict criteria to get into school at the collegiate level. The way I picture it shaping up, anyone checking the "Hispanic" box on their college application would be accepted to most schools--either the schools willingly playing ball or being forced to do so--and flooding schools with individuals who, forgive me, aren't smart enough or simply don't deserve to be there. Aspects of the military and colleges could become nothing more than immigrant smuggling rings. Or, more apt an analogy, money laundering. And who would fund these students' education? I know K-12 is 100% subsidized, but I don't know what the stats are now on how many people attending college on student visas are also subsidized. But I imagine that, should this become accepted in the US, we'd see a sharp increase in immigrants in our schools who, inevitably, move to the front of the line in the student loan department. Seems like more "social justice" BS to me. It's certainly not a solution-oriented measure. What's wrong with the current process of becoming an American citizen? No matter how much states like Arizona are trying to rein in the spread of illegals, no one is actually being removed from the country. For every Arizona law, another sanctuary opens. For every person deported, another 1,000 show up. Amnesty seems so far past counterproductive that I can't even find a word for it in my weak vocabulary.

amnesty (from the Greek, amnestia) is a legal action that returns the status of innocence to those who have legally found guilty earlier. Based on such understanding, in my opinion, amnesties were really only undermine the public sense of justice and sense of justice for victims who have been harmed due to unlawful acts by the inmate

No amnesty; no Reid; no more corrupt, sneaky government traitors.