If you haven’t read it yet, check out Mahkno’s blog entry on immigration. He’s done a lot of research and it’s a very interesting read. I fall into the category of those who are not anti-immigration per se, just anti-illegal-immigration. I have to admit, though, Mahkno is right — I didn’t have a clue how difficult it is to get into this country legally. It’s no wonder we have an illegal immigration problem, given all the red tape we’ve created. I’m still not in favor of amnesty, but I do think our legal immigration process needs serious reform, and quickly.
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So because there is red tape to get here, that makes crossing into our country illegally okay? Bull ****. I guess since it is hard to come up with a new car loan becasue of bad credit, then those folks should just take the car, because it’s too hard. I think we as a nation have been too easy on all this border hopping. If the Illegal Aliens ready wanted to make a statement on their protests, then instead of saying let us stay, pardon our criminal act (remember at the moment it is against the law), why didn’t they ask for Immigration reform. Breaking the law because it’s to complicated, which is odd, I have spoken to people just recently that are now US citizens, as well as have relatives via marriage that somehow figured out all the red tape. Oddly many could not even speak “good english” and they figured it out.
Sorry, no pitty for law breakers. Sure it’s probably, even is too complicated for those wishing to come here legally, but that’s how it is. Ask your Congressman or Senator to start reform on the laws. Until then, it’s a moot point about the illegals.
Cruise says: “So because there is red tape to get here, that makes crossing into our country illegally okay?”
No, I didn’t say that, or even imply it. Everyone I know who is anti-illegal-immigration says: “They should play by the rules and try to get into the country legally; I don’t have any problem with legal immigration, but the illegal aliens should be kept out.” I agree with that. However, when you say that, it’s only fair that we take a look at how easy/difficult the process of legal immigration is. I think we should consider the possibility that our process is so unnecessarily arduous, and the chances of acceptance are so slim, people would rather take their chances swimming across the Rio Grande or running across the desert. Maybe if we really want them to come legally, we should do something to make that process a more practical option.
In a post 911 world, I am not sure we should be relaxing the immigration rules too much. Canada, Australia and others are even more restricitve for visas and citizenship. I remember when I was working out national agreements to place temp workers from a Peoria firm into jobs in Canada, the work was only 1-2 weeks long, our Canadian franchise pretty well said no way, unless we could prove that the worker coming was sometype of worker they couldn’t provide, we couldn’t send them. Don’t see the US doing such restrcitions.
I am for legal immigration, not illegals. But to say it’s too hard to get a visa, maybe if it’s worth being here, they will pay the price and the hardships related to being here.
Again this whole Illegal Immigration issue is more about the southern border crossings and their demands. They want another amnesty, by-passing all those folks that are struggling with the red tape. That is one of my reasons for ranting. I never did like a cutter…
“Don’t see the US doing such restrcitions.”
Cruise, for a U.S. company to get any work visa of significant length (H1B, H2B, Working Green Card, etc..), the company has to be ‘labor certified’. What that means is the company has to prove that there is no one willing or able to do the work, domestically, before you could apply. This has to be done for each employee/position sought.
Every western country does this in some fashion. Every western country has a problem with ‘illegal’ immigration. The more stringent they are, the more problems arise. It is a fine balance
The real bottlenecks that I see are quota limits and sufficient funding for the INS to process applications in a timely manner.
Amnesty… like it or not, is going to have to happen. There is just no way you are going to round up 11 million (estimated) illegals and cart them off without creating a whole mess of other problems that would be worse.
Has a cop ever let you off of a speeding ticket or other moving violation? Congratulations you got amnesty.
Should every law be enforced? How about that jaywalking law? Sometimes bad laws are ignored. There are lots of laws on the books that are regularly NOT enforced.
Your harping on the illegality of immigration smacks of alterior motivations.
A cop letting me go isn’t amnesty, nor on the same level. My motivation is the protests, the outright refusal of these illegals to GET IN LINE. Ask any “legal” immigrant, be it one in the process or one that is a citizen, and you will see the anger they feel. Just because it’s hard, just because they made it here, doesn’t mean they get a pass.
As for them getting amnesty, maybe, maybe not. Since the majority are not too happy with the idea, the lack of repsect coming from Washington to the majority, I think we may see a ground swell of backlash.
The illegals plan more marches and protests. I see them getting more radical, more demanding. While a perfect little world is what you want, I know better.