This started off as a snide joking comment I made in another thread, but the more I think about it, why wouldn't this work? What is the downside? It is estimated there are 12 million illegal aliens in this country. With our national debt skyrocketing, our Social Security in trouble why couldn't (or shouldn't) we pass a law that would allow illegal aliens to buy their citizenship. If even only 10% would come forward and buy their citizenship we could raise over two billion dollars. Illegal’s pay $2,000 to become naturalized citizens and they have all the rights afforded to us Americans. The right to driver's license, right to vote, pay taxes, pay into Social Security and never have the fear of being deported. If the government could sell this idea and incentivise this so even more illegals would come forward, then we could make even more money to put toward our national debt and Social Security. We would have an amnesty period for them to come forward and apply for citizenship then after that period any one coming into this country illegally are in fact that, illegal. Perhaps some of that money raised could go to beefing up our border security.
Instead of these illegals being a drain on our society they would now be part of the solution and paying their fair share. If we could could get all 12 million to do this we could pay off our national debt. Just because they are now legal won’t affect our unemployment rates or job market as they are here already doing that. What is the down side here?
