Lindsey Graham Pledges to Work with Dems on Immigration Reform

We can only hope.

Best to check the family tree before one takes that stand.

http://splashinthepacific.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/immigration-101/

Refugee status is only for refugees,those who are in fear of their safety, to qualify as a refugee is also a very hard process, not to mention costly. Not all immigrants are refugees, most are here simply to work, doing jobs that most U.S. citizens do not like to do or will not do for minimum wage. A reform is needed to allow these people to come out of the shadows they find themselves in. To walk down the street without fear of deportation. Adjusting status for these hardworking individuals would benefit society in many ways, allowing them to contribute economically by consuming products they cannot, such as cars, houses, etc... Keep, in mind that everytime someone adjusts status they do not do it for free, they have to hire attorneys, pay fees and penalties, and it is not and easy or speedy process. Adjusting status can take years, citizenship take an additional 5 years after residency status.

And, for those who are under the assumption that illegal immigrants do not pay taxes WRONG, their minimum wage paychecks are taxed every time they get paid. At the end of the year when most people file thier tax returns and get some money back, illegals don't. That money is not touched and because they cannot file they get nothing. The IRS keeps that.

Also, for those that think that illegals are uneducated, wrong again, a growing majority of these immigrants are learning how to read and write English, making them biligual, while their are still so many U.S. citizens who do not have a high school level education. So I would ask that more of the people making comments on this page please educate themselves a little better, in order to also better understand the necessity for reform.

be careful what you say..not all illegals are crossed the border and are poor. There are those who have overstayed and have college degrees. The government needs to resolve some of their issues and yes, the system is broken. Many educated foreigners are here and overstayed. We need educators and craft skill workers which are found of both sides of the spectrum. Yes, illegals do pay taxes. They buy common goods, so they pay sales tax, state tax and with their SSN, they pay Fed taxes ect... money they will never get. it goes to the Americans who do not work at this time.

He is my senator as well, and I think he is a piece of $h!t!!! He has always voted for things that were against the best interest of the people he is supposed to represent. I did NOT vote for him in the last election for this reason alone!!! I wish he would leave SC and take his friend the governor with him!!!

Poor old Lyndsey Graham, he is now pandering to the left because SC is so messed up in scandal after scandal. He has lost his way and you South Carolinians had better start yelling at him. You can e-mail him. I pound away at my representatives daily.

750 bilion in stimulus and how much was spent on closing our borders?

If we make them all legal, we will need 200,000 agents just to process the paper so the relatives of these people can come here and another trillion dollars to pay for their healthcare. Wake up!