If an illegal immigrant is picked up for a felony, they are already subject to deportation. If we pass a law that says "We're fixing immigration but everyone here illegally already has to GTFO", who are you actually going to be sending out? The criminal element that is already subject to deportation and your can't find? Or the good folks with kids in school and a known stable address? Think about it.
If we make it easy for people to come to America and work and we give them a reasonable path towards citizenship and clear penalties for criminal activities, I think that will help out some of the petty crime you are talking about. Add in a sensible drug legalization program and you are way closer. Include some money created by the above programs for better border security and improved educational services for ESL students and you might be onto making us more productive, stable, and low-crime. Cheers, Judah On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:368551 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
