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"The Border Patrol agent was loading one man up, and he told the officer in Spanish, 'Obama's gonna let me go'."
Originally posted by fortysixAnd2
reply to post by thePharaoh
First, best president ever? I hope that was sarcasm.
And to the original post, I have a great deal of respect for people who go about immigration the correct way through the system. Having been born in the US, I've not known that pain. However I work with a man from Trinidad, who immigrated here for a better life, and I was absolutely APPALLED to learn that to complete the entire immigration process and become a legal resident of US took him almost 20 years.
Not only do these people have to struggle to survive for that amount of time but to wait, and go through a process that takes that long..really?..really? Should it take 20 years for someone to become a legal resident?
I know another man from mexico, he has been in the immigration process for 14 years, and still has yet to attain permanent residency status.
I agree that these people who come into the country illegally need to go about things the right way, because I've worked in construction for many years and I'm not being stereotypical, racist, and anything like that, but these workers have literally stolen thousands of jobs from american citizens in my city alone.
But the fastest I've heard of anyone getting a green card is 10 years, and a lot of those people don't intend to stay, they make money and stash it in a bank account back home so they can go back and retire.
So what can be done? What happened to that fence that was supposed to be built? And the BP, and INS.
Something needs to be done, both with security at the border and also the immigration policies, it takes entirely too long for these people to become citizens, and they make them jump through hoops, taking exams that have questions half of americans wouldn't even be able to answer, and I honestly don't know what it takes to become a citizen, but the fact it takes so long is just absurd.
Originally posted by jude11
This is the best Prez ever?
This 'Man' (using the term loosely) is the one that is taking America and the World to the brink of destruction. This person is responsible for stealing freedoms and liberties. This man is responsible for the World hating America more and more.
This man is despicable and should never have the honor of being called a man.
A true man stands for his family, Country and fellow human beings. This Prez is not a man. He is disgusting.
Peace
Originally posted by mcdgray129
This thread makes me sick i cant believe people are giving him flags and stars are you guys really that stuck up in America? Really? why would you want to turn anyone one away? an at least the people thats giving flags etc could post an say why instead of hiding...
Something needs to be done, both with security at the border and also the immigration policies, it takes entirely too long for these people to become citizens, and they make them jump through hoops, taking exams that have questions half of americans wouldn't even be able to answer, and I honestly don't know what it takes to become a citizen, but the fact it takes so long is just absurd.
Originally posted by mcdgray129
Originally posted by jude11
This is the best Prez ever?
This 'Man' (using the term loosely) is the one that is taking America and the World to the brink of destruction. This person is responsible for stealing freedoms and liberties. This man is responsible for the World hating America more and more.
This man is despicable and should never have the honor of being called a man.
A true man stands for his family, Country and fellow human beings. This Prez is not a man. He is disgusting.
Peace
Funny this as if it wasnt for the people this man wouldnt even be in power so who is to blame??
Originally posted by Helious
Originally posted by mcdgray129
This thread makes me sick i cant believe people are giving him flags and stars are you guys really that stuck up in America? Really? why would you want to turn anyone one away? an at least the people thats giving flags etc could post an say why instead of hiding...
You know what makes me sick? Self entitlement and hypocrisy. Obama's stance on immigration is to ignore existing law while he demands you follow all of his new law.
That is not how a democratic republic works my friend. Spare us your lecture on human morality and accusations of "hiding". Nobody is hiding from your misplaced accusations of implied racism nor their feelings on immigration, they just don't and probably shouldn't care what you think about it as your mind is already made up.
I and most Americans I know are forced to live by, follow and obey draconian U.S. laws that just keep piling up day after day and enforced with an iron fist and a jack boot. Non U.S. citizens entering the country illegally shouldn't have it any better than I do, savy?
Originally posted by Hopechest
Something needs to be done, both with security at the border and also the immigration policies, it takes entirely too long for these people to become citizens, and they make them jump through hoops, taking exams that have questions half of americans wouldn't even be able to answer, and I honestly don't know what it takes to become a citizen, but the fact it takes so long is just absurd.
You will never stop illegal immigration as long as people desire to come here. The only way to stop it is to make it worse for them than the place they are leaving. We know what businesses are hiring these guys so conduct bi-weekly raids. Any business caught with an illegal gets a 250k fine, second offense and they lose their business license are are shut down.
Deny all benefits or help to illegals with the exception of emergency medical care. Once they are stabilized they are dropped off across the border. Any crime committed by an illegal automatically gets 3x the amount of time as a citizen who commits the same crime.
Put them into desert camps in Arizona and re-institute the chain gang policy. Tell them they have 6 mo. before the law goes into effect so they have enough time to gather their belongings and leave. I guarantee you will see a massive migration back to Mexico and South America.
After this, we won't even need a fence on the border anymore.
Originally posted by Hopechest
You will never stop illegal immigration as long as people desire to come here. The only way to stop it is to make it worse for them than the place they are leaving. We know what businesses are hiring these guys so conduct bi-weekly raids. Any business caught with an illegal gets a 250k fine, second offense and they lose their business license are are shut down.