Quote Originally Posted by SpurNation
I thought of sponsoring a person as well. Then I was shown the amounts you just mentioned. I financially couldn't do it. Of course mine were to have this person work for me. A good person. One deserving a chance to be here. I just simply couldn't afford it.

I'm guessing your situation is different than mine.

Yes, I was getting a green card for my wife who had a VISA

I think that's one of the things people don't recognize about illegal immigrants; how hard it is to actually get legal. If you're not a skilled worker, or related to someone, then you've got to get lucky with the immigrant lottery. Then, if you're chosen, you have to pay a good amount of cash.

Quote Originally Posted by SpurNation
But it leads to the point I'm making. How is it fair to "legalize" illegal immigrants for free by government proposal into law when many go through the expenditures such as yourself and those who sacrifice everything they fiscally have doing it legally.

And once that can of worms is opened...how do we handle future illegals if this is set as precedence?
Again, in many of the plans, they'd pay a fee above and beyond the processing fees of someone who went through the right way. So they'd be paying extra.