If they are here and want to play by the rules, then I'm fine with that. I would prefer that we change some of our policies, I think this is till the land of opportunity, people want to come here for a better life. If they pay their taxes, I'm fine with that.
> -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:36 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: immigration question > > 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:5:201621 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
