cory Wrote:Agreed! However, until we stop the arterial bleeding that is our border we have got to stop worrying about putting a band aid on the scraped elbow that is the immigrants already here.
You're exactly right our economy needs their labor, but we have to close the border. The open border is directly contributing to a drug war in mexico where thousands have been SLAUGHTERED, not to mention the national security threat it presents. I'm honestly astounded we haven't been hit with a dirty bomb to date.
Once the borders closed I'm all for putting it all on the table for an open and honest debate on immigration reform, but not until then.
Securing our border is important. That is a festering disaster.
BUT it has little to do with illegal immigrants in society, once they have arrived. MOST illegal immigrants have nothing to do with the drug trade or terrorism, they are simply people who want a better life. Had I been born in Mexico, I would do ANYTHING it took to get to the US and find work.
They are by nature a conservative group that the Republicans (hereafter referred to as the Stupid Party) has done everything they can to drive into the arms of the democrats. Hispanics are natural conservatives, and yet the conservative arm of our political system has simply pushed them towards the party that has NO real similar beliefs by not espousing a determined plan for immigration.
Its a huge failure by the Stupid Party!
BTW who is Benjamin Frankiln?
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt