Comments on: A look at the immigration debate on 9/11

By: Trailero 1

Trailero 1 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:30:51 +0000

Agreed, but we will never see comprehensive reform out of this Congress. Too much partisianship and too many special interest groups trying to get their pet projects included.

In Mexico, they don't have the jobs to support the influx of migrants from Central America and they don't have the immigration problem we do because they have always enforced their laws and they haven't been PC about it.

Starting back in the early 40's we brought people in under the Bracero agreements, asked them to leave when we no longer needed them and for the most part, they left, only to be invited back when their cheap labor was needed. The problems we have today are of our own making and people need to realize that.

They need to take amnesty off the table as well as a "path to citizenship". The majority of these people have no desire to give up citizenship with Mexico. We're coming upon Mexican Independence Day celebrations on 16th of September. If you get a chance, watch the celebrations from Mexico City. It will blow you away and that goes on throughout the country.

Figure out a way, all aboveboard and out in the open to identify these people so we know who is here. Arrest and deport those with Class A misdemeanors and all felonies immediately. The rest, hell, give them a B1/B2 Laser visa and an I-94 so they can come and go. They will eventually self-deport.

At this point, if you have a program in place to allow Mexican citizens to traverse the border in the same manner as the Canadians, you will probably have a handle on the problem. Believe it or not, the Mexican people will obey the rule of law. But the system is so broken now, they simply ignore it for expediency…. There is no reason why it should take 8 months to get permission to travel to this country.

By: Calderon

Calderon — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:03:22 +0000

At the moment, there is no "question" to have a right or wrong answer on. The current laws on the books outline the process for legal immigration, plain and simple. If this needs to change, then it must come before the legislature and be voted on. The problem is that if we suddenly lower the standards for immigration or worse yet, pursue amnesty, this becomes a slap in the face to the millions who patiently followed the process for coming here legally. It means that lawbreakers win.

And again, I don't think I would even want to hear discussions about amnesty unless there was a similar reciprocal action ongoing with our neighbors. Amnesty, jobs and open borders in Mexico to Salvadoreans, Hondurans and others?

I don't think we will see that coming soon. So why should we expect it any time soon in the US?

By: Trailero 1

Trailero 1 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:35:48 +0000

The immigration debate is another issue without a right or wrong answer. Unfortunately, we have people on both sides of the issue going to the extremes. Somewhere in the middle is a logical and workable solution to the whole mess.

I do appreciate your common sense level headed participation in the discussions though. Perhaps we can all learn something here or at least people can learn to think for themselves.

By: Calderon

Calderon — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:20:51 +0000

Sure, because despite the apparent sudden increase in Indians who are now here illegally, the vast majority of illegal immigrants in the US are still Mexicans. Note the article largely dealt with metrics gotten from Indians who are self-reporting their visa conundrums and overstays, as opposed to Mexicans who never even bothered with the process to begin with, let alone reporting themselves, to which many Mexicans illegals remain accordingly underreported and/or unreported.

By: Trailero 1

Trailero 1 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:15:44 +0000

I just found the article interesting since the focus on illegal immigration is the Mexicans.

Nothing more than that.