You make a great point Judah, and I have also known illegals who have been here for years, working hard. Hell, my daughter had a friend in HS in Texas whos parents were illegals. They both had good paying jobs, a nice house, their daughter was intelligent and was in the same honors classes as my daughter. You would never know they were here illegally, and to be honest, I would not have an issue with them staying here and getting legalized. But, unfortunately, there are way too many who are not like that. When I was stationed in El Paso, TX back in the mid 90s, Clinton beefed up the border security detail to the point where the illegals had a super hard time getting across. Within one week, petty crime and shop lifting was down dramatically. When that experiment ended, crime went back up. Not a coincidence.
On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > We've had a very broken immigration system for a long time. I think that we > can fix the immigration system going forward so it works a hell of a lot > better. > > Once we get our shit together so there isn't the need for people to > immigrate illegally in the future, then the question is what to do about > the people who are already here illegally. I know a number of examples of > people who have been in the country for many years, raising families, > working steadily, picking up specialized skills. They are part of > communities and their kids have never really known a country other than the > US. > > I saw that if people are living along side me, working hard, keeping out of > trouble, raising families...fuck, they are about as American as anyone else > here. And probably considerably better neighbors than many so-called > citizens. > > I think that it should be easier for people to come to America and take > part in a country that I think is really special. Let's make that happen > for people that want to be here, that want to make things better. And let's > clean up the mess created by a fucked up system so everyone is straightened > out and playing by the same rules. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
