Has Boris Johnson called for an amnesty for illegal immigrants and over-stayers as reported here and here? Not exactly. Here's the line from Team Boris:
"The Mayor of London has a duty to speak up on behalf of London councils about the government’s failure to control illegal immigration. London currently does not receive anything like enough funding to cope, because the government systematically undercounts. Boris has expressed his own view that where people have been here a long time and have no prospect of being able to be sent back then an amnesty could be considered so that they can pay taxes and legally contribute to the British economy. The Mayor cannot control the government’s immigration policy – but he must defend the interests of London taxpayers."
I assume he'll be repeating this when responding to this proposition from the London Citizens' Accountability Assembly on Wednesday evening (which is what started all this off in the first place.)
Amnesty? YES.... Earned Amnesty and Point System. Only those who can inject into the economy. I saw moaners about the amnesty who actually cannot help solve the recent problem. Stop!
Boris is trying his best and is proving himself right. To Boris: It is better to do something than to do nothing... So, Way to go! Some say the illegals take the jobs of the legit. Well if the legit searched and worked hard, (and not jumped from one job to another), the legit would have landed in the job. Isn't it? The thing is, there are jobs available for people who are willing to work and not very fuss. Chill.
The Amnesty have been proven to work in an ailing economy. I agree they have broken the law and stayed illegally... Well, now is the time they pay the British Economy back.... in taxes!
Posted by: Patricia | November 23, 2008 at 07:46 PM