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Brian Esteve: If you're here illegally, you need to go. They come here work and send all of the money back to their countries but enjoy all of the benefits like school, health care, food stamps, etc. I am very pro-American, and if you want to become an American, you need to file the necessary paperwork. We should not take care of people who are here illegally.
Jacob Leblanc: I’m glad you support a path to citizenship.
Jacob F. Boudreaux: Don’t bother arguing with this guy. You can’t fix stupid.
Brian Esteve: All I'm trying to say is that people need to legally become citizens. They haven't had too much of a financial impact on American society. I'm not for them coming here illegally, working, then sending all of their money back to their home country without contributing to the same society that's giving them the means to be able to send the money back. I'm not going to sit here and go back and forth about immigration because it is a touchy subject for some people, but I'm entitled to my opinion just like everyone else. I'm not going to sit here and be belittled or disrespected for my opinion. It's a valid opinion, just like the other two characters called me stupid. That is a very immature and childish statement. I'm always up for a good debate, but if someone is completely one-sided, why would I try to argue with a brick wall?
Erin Pollet: This is a plan for Dreamers who were brought here illegally as children and who grew up in the U.S. If they are deported they will be going back to a country that some of them don’t even remember, and they’ll be leaving behind spouses and children who are US citizens.
Kristine McKinney: I agree with you. We definitely shouldn't be rewarding illegal immigrants because it tells them that it's worth the try, which is not good for anyone. They do use fake Social Security cards to get jobs (which means they are paying taxes on their wages that they probably will never see) but who knows if they're able to get food stamps or anything that way. But, they can definitely indirectly get welfare. I know for a fact that the children born on U.S. soil can get welfare benefits, which the parents can use to survive (and one I know of looks "better fed" than I do). She doesn't work at all. Immigration in general isn't actually that great for people in those countries in the long term. Brain drain means that the brightest people who could help improve their countries are leaving and not coming back. Maybe it would be better to encourage them to get educated here instead. Also, perfectly legal immigrants send money out of the country all the time anyway. That's actually why the Philippines suffers from high inflation, which has the same effect as raising prices. The documentary “Poverty Inc.” is a great explanation about how too much handouts can destroy a country. We need more tough love for these countries to help them stand on their own two feet. America cannot save them, nor should we be obligated to. This doesn't make us heartless, racist or hateful. I'm one of the most empathetic people I know. My mother is a legal immigrant, and I'm brown. Ha.
Dalton Businelle: I'm just curious. Let's say you are 20 years old. Cops come to your house to deport you and you have no clue why, and that's when your parents tell you that you were born in a different country while they were on vacation and never got you the proper paperwork to become a citizen. Do you deserve to be deported because of your parents’ actions?
Brian Esteve: That's something you have to discuss with your parents. Other countries have a hell of a lot harsher laws than that.
In some countries, they have what's called a three-generation punishment.
Brian Esteve: Let's just say that happened. If you've been here 20 years, why haven't they tried to get citizenship between when they first came and that 20-year gap? If they were to apply for citizenship then or anytime in between, then every one of them could have been citizens by now. Even within the past decade. It's not that hard to become a citizen. My stepdad's a citizen. He's from another country. It wasn't hard for him to become one.
Billy Theriot: I always said that they have this government shutdown to throw us off so they can sign and pass other bad laws. I am not one to say whether it's right or wrong because I cannot control what they do (government). But I can say these illegals are hurting our economy. All the money they make is sent back to their countries, legal or illegal. I worked with a guy who was married here and over in his country. He would send one check a month back to his country, sometimes two.
Charles Wayne Lovett: They pay taxes that only we can benefit from, and you whine about that?
Billy Theriot: Do you know how much money some send back to their countries? My wife used to work at a place where they did Western Union. Some send $15,000, some send more.
Billy Theriot: Oh, I can see why you replied. You’re in California.
Shari Champagne: A fun fact is that if he gives this to Democrats fighting so hard for the illegals (not Americans), we get a wall that will prevent the same number of illegals from coming into this country within three years.
Charles Wayne Lovett: Ladders and tunnels. Ever heard of them? Also airplanes. Already holes in that dike.
Charles Wayne Lovett: I have been to Houma twice, and I don't think I saw one Mexican. You guys watch way too much Fox News.