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dutch777

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Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:28 AM Friday

No way to know, but have to wonder what it would take in $$$ to fully naturalize all existing immigrants? [View all]

I am sure there are some criminal elements and sure, they should be legally prosecuted and probably deported. But after that, all the money and over the top Fed policing to try and find people and round them up, I wonder if a mass naturalization program wouldn't be much more cost effective? In many communities we need the workforce they provide. And many are escaping awful conditions in their home country ab asylum is appropriate. I would much rather $$$ support teaching them English, American history/civics and whatever else people think they need or want to complain about that would help them be a productive part of the social fabric. You want to seal the border, stop issuing visas, I guess okay, but at some point you'll probably have to even rethink that if the economy keeps growing and we need more workers than we are producing. As usual, no logic, no long term plan and no real grasp of reality in the current Admin.

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