Iamdjchrys wrote:
Kim said nothing he hasn't said before, empty words. He blew up part of a tunnel, big whoop. Bless Colorado for having the wisdom to legalize pot, and turn that tax money to good use! I wish other states were as prescient!
On the sensitive issue of illegal immigration...they try to come in at legal border points, but escaping gang and other violence is no longer an acceptable reason for entry. Their children are taken into an unfathomable, frightening place without their parents...one border agent, tired of hearing their crying, called it a symphony. At least, despite the trauma, they are "safe".
DACA recipients were brought here as children. Can we find no path for them to citizenship, or should we ship them back to countries they don't know, with a language they don't speak?
There has to be a way for humanity to intercede!
We had an incredibly successful immigration system for many years but it wasn't all accepting. People had to apply and part of that application was their occupation. If we had enough of that category, we denied entry. When they arrived they had to have arranged for a sponsor, someone who would help them find housing, schools, a job, etc. If they had a disease, they were placed in quarantine so as not to spread it among present inhabitants. Learning our language was highly encouraged as was learning our customs and laws upon which they were tested. And finally, they had to take an oath of allegiance to this country. Why was so much of this agenda abandoned? I suspect it is a political convenience; get them in here voting and then take care of everything else. How many times do we have to learn the new system doesn't work and we are inundated with know nothing incompetents that are good for nothing but filling a welfare slot and drawing on social security. I'm really sick of sympathy for all the gate crashers that are nothing but sponges. If they are illegal, get them out and keep them out till they immigrate lawfully. No sympathy, no excuses; OUT!
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free..."
I know, that was a different time. But there still needs to be room for compassion.
We also have a lot of Asian and white illegal immigrants. Is that okay?
Kim said nothing he hasn't said before, empty word... (
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Illegal immigrants are illegal. They must all leave regardless of color, background, wealth or religion. The big difference now is that we are running out of room and running out of water, arable land, resources. This is our country, it should be maintained for our benefit. In a word, compassion for our own. We can't take in the entire world.