Without judgment as to right or wrong do you think it possible to deport 12 million people out of US?

Congress is debating options to deal with illegal immigation. Is mass deportation a viable option? How would it be done? How long would it take? Just curious about what others think.

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The way it looks, the law makers Lawyers and money people want them here.They work cheap, they keep money flowing and and gets rich people richer,The American Way,right?We should make the"FREE STUFF"lines larger, give everything away that all the hard working American people have worked for.Then we'll go to there native land (swill hole)and start a" New America". Which in 100yrs they will migrate to.That way our childrens children,can give all there sh**.to there kids.Lets have the U.S. just take care of the freakin World
It is not possible.
They " the undocumented fellows" are America.
No, unfortunately it is not. But we can stop them coming in.. right now.. if our politicians would do the job they are supposed to do.

And I mean both parties!
it could be done if citizens helped. it will probably take awhile but it could be done.
We do not need to round up any one person!!- Just focus on eliminating all services that sustain them here.Employment, social services, and housing, these services should be reserved for citizens or those legally permitted to be here.

When they have no means to exist here, they will sneak their way back home to the mother land with their flags flying high.
Denial of all benefits and work opportunity and increasing enforcement and banning sanctuary cities is definitely doable. How many would remain then? I bet it would be fewer.

What makes you think that that topic even needs to be raised now, when people are still using our border as a highway without regard to the law? THAT is what needs to be addressed.
Please stop add fuel to the fire about mass deportation. Very few if anyone wants mass deportations. On a one to one basis, we do deport illegals, and very few object to that, so
why do illegals and their supports act like it would be the end of the world if we enforced our laws. They would have to come to terms with the fact that we have the right to set our immigration policies not the illegals and their supports.
Yes its possible and we should start with the Arabs and i mean everyone of them legal or illegal . then we could start on the others and i'll volenteer my time to help round them up and deport them.
No but I have never been for deporting them. You dont need to.

You simply enforce everythign to the letter of the law and include a few changes so that there are very harsh penalties for anyone who employs an illegal and you cut off all benefits to someone who is illegal ( this woudl require identity checking on everything. which we need to be doing ) and then the illegals will either have to leave if they can't take advantage of the system illegally. They will have to apply to do it legally like they should. which is fine.
The 12 million are just Hispanics there are actually around 33 million all together.No it can't be done without chaos.
they didn't come in 12 million at a time, send them back the way they came in. in groups, one by one, preferably, if you know who they are (and they are known) gang members, criminals, drunk drivers, trouble makers and rapists first. check out the rallies and demonstrations they are open about who they are. secure the borders tight, tight, tight and start - group by group, two by two, what ever. how many with criminal records or otherwise don't want to be found might even go on their own. flag the bad element and don't let them back.
Its not a viable solution unless congress also makes the border more secure.
Yes. The Germans and Russians did it in WW II. Currently, our law enforcement officers (sheriff and police) are not allowed to arrest anyone who has broken our immigration laws.
Of course it's possible. It's a matter of will and assigning the resources to round up the perps. In my view, however, we shouldn't bother. We should do 2 things. #1 - if you are born in the US and neither of your parents is a citizen, then you are not a citizen. #2 - absolutely nothing - let them remain in an indefinite limbo as non-citizens, always wondering when the INS will swoop in and send them back to wherever they came from. And as to all this blather about no amnesty because of an $8,000 penalty I say BS. Half the world would be falling all over themselves to walk into the US illegally if they knew it would only cost them 8 grand. Some of these people pay many thousands to human smugglers to come here in banana containers as it is.
good topic to bring up ive been wondering this myself..

i think that we shouldnt deport ALL of them but just mainly the ones that cause problem do high demand jobs for low wages

and i live in NC and within the year there hads to have been at least 4 or 5 wrecks with a drunk ILLEGAL imigrant that has killed 1 OR MORE!!
It can't be done. Too many people rely directly and indirectly on illegals. Whether it be for low wage labor, or for votes from legal immigrants that support immigration (legal or illegal) . . . not only that, it would be really expensive to deport ALL of them, since I doubt they would want to pay for their transportation out of the country and many other expenses related to the process.
Not only is it possible, it has already begun!
Deportations are WAY up!
You can thank the illegal immigrant protesters for that. (I do.)

The laws are already in place. Check your history. It won't be the first time it's been done here.
The logistics would be incredible. Think of all the spies you would have to hire to find the illegals, and then you would either sacrifice the time of almost all the police you have now or have to hire tens of thousands more (not inexpensive!) and then hire investigators, agents and drivers, probably lots of judges or examiners, you'd have to build new detention facilities. True, they would not need to be as hardened as actual prisons, but the 12 million who might get housed there amount to six times the country's present prison population--a very expensive building program. Then what happens to Mexico when these 12 million people come home, and when the money they send home is cut off. What does that do to the economic and political stability of our populous southern neighbor? Its just not well thought out at all in its long term implications. People need to think about the practical consequences of their political acts.
No of course not.
Yes, of course it's possible.

We sent men to the Moon, landed them, and brought them back nearly 40 years ago. Catching and deporting illegal aliens is not rocket science.

The vast majority would leave all by themselves if we just cutoff all benefits and made it impossible for employers to hire them.
No it is not possible but we could get a big hunk of them.
Is it possible, absolutely.
Mass deportation is not viable.
It should be done on a case by case basis. Catch one, deport one and fine the Mexican government or whatever country they are from. Force their government to start paying for it's citizens crimes.

We are basically all in favor of legal immigration. We should catch them, fine their country, send them home, let them apply for legal immigration if they want to be here.

If their country can't keep it's citizens in it's borders, we should charge their government fines to cover a portion of the costs of border control. Why should our taxes be paying the whole bill?

..and all the guest worker program amounts to is importing slaves. Humans worked very hard with nothing to show for it but barely enough to scrape by on. The guest worker program also forces other companies to lower wages to compete with the companies that use these hired slaves.
I actually think it would be very possible. It won't be easy, but with the cooperation of the citizens of this country, I do believe that it is a viable option.

First of all, it would entail everyone sending in their I-9 forms into the government, and then the government dispatching "agents" to the businesses to match the forms with the employees. If the employee has no I-9, then they would have to produce immediate proof they are legal to work in the United States. If they can't, then bye-bye. It would also be a part of the employer to produce a home address for the illegal employee so they could go to their home and remove all of illegal status at the home. If there is a baby/kid that was born here, oh well. I don't think being born in this country should automatically give you the right to citizenship. The birth, if the parents are illegal, is the result of a criminal act. In a court of law, that doesn't hold up for any other crime. Why should it for this one?

It will cost tons of money, take a lot of man power, and it won't be easy. But I do feel that it is something that could be done. Another thing could be to go by school records. If the parents of children can't prove they are in this country legally, then they - along with the kid - are packed up and shipped out. Again, it will take work, but it is possible.

I do think it will impact the economy at first, but we will bounce back (we always do).
Its not practical but anything is always possible. To carry out such a plan would be like trying to plug a worn out dam. You plug one hole and pump out the water and another hole pops open and the same water that you just pumped out comes rushing in again. The problem has grown to such proportions because it was not effectively managed at the start - and it only grows worse each day. We are in very real danger of losing complete control of our country. The ultimate solution has to start at the beginning of the "pipeline." Mexico, which is the main source of illegals, must provide the incentive for their people to stay home. Another action that we should implement immediately is stiff penalties against any American company that hires illegals. Penalties must be so harsh that there is no second offense. Jail sentences for employers on the first offense would have a dramatic effect. Dry up that source and we will see the rate of illegals slow. Deny any and all health and social benefits to illegals. Enforce laws regard identity theft and the sale of false documents. Harsh actions for a harsh situation. While all of this seems to be closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out - we have to do something and these steps are as good as any to start with.
Its amazing that Congress can't put their collective brains together and find a REAL solution to the ILLEGAL immigrant problem.
The first priority, should be to secure the borders, and stop the flow coming in.
That is the only thing they should be debating right now. Period.

Why does Congress and the President think that there has to be a COMPREHENSIVE REFORM of our immigration laws.

Here is what I say to CONGRESS. Secure the borders, prove you can at least do that much. Then when you show us that you are serious, then ask the PEOPLE for permission to issue work visas. It is not their sole decision. It is up to the people. We are the DECIDERS in AMerica. not big business, not special interest groups, the people!!!
No, I don't believe it is possible.

I mean, a new proposed bill calls to collect back taxes from illegals, and we can't even keep track of Americans' taxes most of the time - let alone track down illegal individuals!
If we would just enforce all of our immigration laws, we might not have many left to deport. No jobs, no reason to stay here.
Yes. Send them to Iraq and Afghan. Problem solved.
I totally agree with Greywolf. His answer was great!

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