Change freaks out segments of our population. Change involving "foreigners" doubly so. Still, I think that change will come in time. I'd just like to see it happen do to forward-looking leadership for once, rather than rushing to keep up with the times and doing a half-assed job as usual.
By the way, keep us up to date on your wife's family. That's some scary shit going on in the Philippines. Best wishes and thoughts for the safety and well being of your extended family, Bruce. Cheers, Judah On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now youre just making sense. Lawmakers will never go for it. > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:368553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
