Missouri Lawyer Proposes 'Pay to Stay' for Illegals...proposing that illegal aliens who haven’t committed serious crimes should be able to a fee to live and work in the US. a “pay-to-stay” plan would increase federal revenues, boost the economy with needed immigrant labor, and reduce the high cost of deportation.“Instead of making the American taxpayer shell out $23,000 per illegal deported, propose that we give illegals with no serious criminal history the opportunity to pay us to live legally in the United States.
http://www.newsmax.com/US/Illegal-Immigration-PaytoStay-Missouri/2011/05/18/id/396880