An interesting take on this threat - my mom is working against a peice of legislation in the Oklahoma house that would make hiring illegals a felony and refuse public services to illegals. Her reason against it is because of it's "zero tolerance" stance where she points out that there are many "undoccumented" aliens (the new PC term... blech) that provide a great deal to society including paying taxes, buying goods and services and participating in the general public good.
Her "excuse" (yes, I'll use that word for her explanation) why these upstanding citizens are here illegally is because of the bureaucratic red tape that prospective immigrants have to go through... so I'll ask this question since I know of at least two (probably many more) members of the list, how difficult is it to get a green card to come in to the US, work, learn and live? Is there a difference if your country of origin is Mexico than Canada, England, etc? I guess my point is this - the main way people have been talking about dealing with illegals is to get them out of the country. Personally I agree with that stance wholeheartedly. However if there is a bureaucratic system in place that is keeping people from other countries out even though they have the desire and the ability to learn, work and contribute then that system needs to be investigated. What me might be looking at is a case where enforcement and provisioning both need to be addressed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201620 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
