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irritated Now, I know I do not post much, but here goes....
I am seeing all the stuff in the news about the protests over the new immigration laws, not to mention the stuff that goes on in places like California (Driver's Licenses) and frankly I do not get it. Why should someone who is not supposed to be here in the first place be given privledges in this country? Why should my taxes be going to support programs for people who do not belong here in the first place? To me, it is like someone breaking into your house and you feeling obligated to cook them a free dinner since they are already inside. It is a real headshaker.
A lot of the protesting has to do with a new law in the House that would fence off the US-Mexico border and make border crossing a felony. Hey I am all for fencing off the border (esp. considering that is how the majority of the drugs come into this country), but as far as the felony part is concerned, we would still be paying taxes to support these people, but they would be in jail.
I just think it is another example of the double standard that exists in this country where someone like my friend James has to go through the system to keep his legal status (which I am sure can be a pain in the ass sometimes), where as someone in California can just jump the border illegally and not have to deal with it and then the people will protest when they get sent back home. So I guess laws are only applicable to some people, like the ones who want to do things the right way.
March 27 2006, 17:48:14 UTC 6 years ago
The problem is the people are so afraid of offending someone and crushing the "American Dream" that we're bending over backwards to try to help these people---and we shouldn't be.
March 28 2006, 05:52:56 UTC 6 years ago
Quite frankly, I don't think we're doing enough. A fence? That's it? No, no, no, people; putting up a fence to prevent border crossings is like putting up Gauze to stop a Mack truck. It's just not effective enough. What is effective would be a 200 yard, tightly packed minefield sandwiched between two razorwire barriers that are no less than 15 feet high and 5 feet thick. Couple that with Apaches flying by every half hour or so and that is what I would call a secure frakkin' border. Automated sentry cannons wouldn't hurt in the off-chance somebody gets incredibly enterprising.
March 28 2006, 05:53:41 UTC 6 years ago
June 26 2006, 02:18:49 UTC 5 years ago
Would the system fall apart if we didn't have groups of people doing the scully work? Maybe .. but one fix for that is to cut welfare and force American citizens to do some of the work. Have the dregs of socity become useful.
However saying that .. as this country was founded on immigation, I do think that it should be easier to enter the country. Don't open the flood gates, but have less hoops to get through. I think it maybe makes more sense to be more cautious of countries like North Korea or Iran then of countries such as Canada, or Britian.