The political right wing of the USA always looks to the simple answers to provide the electorate with 'a reason to vote.' The reason the immigration law is JUST is because the flaws in immigration policy occurred under Reagan.
Reagan did provide amnesty, but, he never followed it up with a secure southern border OR policies to provide methods for Mexico to build their economy and keep their citizens at home. I'll go so far as to say, Reagan is the reason there are such tenacious drug cartels. If the southern border and the Mexican economy weren't so weak, the drug cartels would not be flourishing.
This problem at the USA southern border was allowed to exist through over 40 years of Republican policy.
Today, we have new generations that are part of our brain trust. It is completely wrong to allow these talented people to be deported or their families.
The child immigrants only prove the failure of USA policy in Central and South America for the past decades as well.
September 29, 2014
By Rick Moran
...Mr. Braley, a Democrat, (click here) said that Congress has missed an opportunity to fix what he called the nation’s broken immigration system, because House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, has refused to take up a bill that passed the Senate with the support of Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Marco Rubio of Florida.
“Will you join John McCain and Marco Rubio in calling on Speaker Boehner to bring this immigration bill to the floor of the House so we can pass it?” Mr. Braley asked Mrs. Ernst.
Mrs. Ernst, a Republican, said that Congress should “secure the border,” “enforce the laws on the books” and then move to “modernize” the legal immigration system.
She said, “I don’t support amnesty” and said she is opposed to President Obama taking executive action to “grant amnesty” — which some conservatives fear he will do after the 2014 mid-term elections.
“I do support bringing a lot of these illegal immigrants forward, but not granting them amnesty,” she said. “We have 5 million people waiting in line right now to receive U.S. citizenship and we need to honor that commitment to those people.”...
Reagan did provide amnesty, but, he never followed it up with a secure southern border OR policies to provide methods for Mexico to build their economy and keep their citizens at home. I'll go so far as to say, Reagan is the reason there are such tenacious drug cartels. If the southern border and the Mexican economy weren't so weak, the drug cartels would not be flourishing.
This problem at the USA southern border was allowed to exist through over 40 years of Republican policy.
Today, we have new generations that are part of our brain trust. It is completely wrong to allow these talented people to be deported or their families.
The child immigrants only prove the failure of USA policy in Central and South America for the past decades as well.
September 29, 2014
By Rick Moran
...Mr. Braley, a Democrat, (click here) said that Congress has missed an opportunity to fix what he called the nation’s broken immigration system, because House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, has refused to take up a bill that passed the Senate with the support of Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Marco Rubio of Florida.
“Will you join John McCain and Marco Rubio in calling on Speaker Boehner to bring this immigration bill to the floor of the House so we can pass it?” Mr. Braley asked Mrs. Ernst.
Mrs. Ernst, a Republican, said that Congress should “secure the border,” “enforce the laws on the books” and then move to “modernize” the legal immigration system.
She said, “I don’t support amnesty” and said she is opposed to President Obama taking executive action to “grant amnesty” — which some conservatives fear he will do after the 2014 mid-term elections.
“I do support bringing a lot of these illegal immigrants forward, but not granting them amnesty,” she said. “We have 5 million people waiting in line right now to receive U.S. citizenship and we need to honor that commitment to those people.”...
