Hi,
More on immigration since it's the hot economic top that will impact our tax dollars, jobs and all manner of other economic liabilities.
Now we're clear, I assume, that we are all in favor of LEGAL IMMIGRATION and find it part of our heritage and culture. If you aren't even in favor of that--just stop reading now.
Helping ILLEGAL aliens who already live and work in the U.S. is very noble sounding if they are WORKING and have been here for many years. We need to find a LEGAL way for them to reenter the country LEGALLY immediately so they do not lose their jobs and can find relief from fear.
However, the problem remains that when you REWARD the current ILLEGALITY, it will proliferate among those who are not intending to be rewarding illegal residents.
Here's a good question: HOW DO WE REPLACE LACK OF RESPECT FOR UNITED STATES LAWS that caused a person to slip in ILLEGALLY in the first place with RESPECT for our laws if we don't honor them ourselves??????????????
Want a good "For instance"?????LOOK AT THE UNDERGROUND DRUG MARKET in the United States for PROOF!!!!!!That's when respect for our laws deteriorated and ordinary citizens and neighbors became lawless like in the Old West. So, if we made ILLEGAL DRUGS LEGAL, we could collect TAXES on all that illegal contraband and UNDERGROUND MONEY that could easily pay our heavy burden PLACED ON US BY RECENT CONGRESSIONAL BILLS.
As illegal drugs proliferated and OBVIOUSLY POWERFUL INTERESTS entered the illegal markets, the eroding of our laws began. I read once a long time ago that ITALY had two basic economies, ONE UNDERGROUND and one GOVERNMENT controlled. In other words one that was legal and one that was illegal. I guess we have all become more ITALIAN than we realized. IT'S PROBABLY ALL THE PIZZA AND PASTA!!!!!!!!!!!
What does this have to do with ILLEGAL ALIENS?????????? EITHER WE FOLLOW THE LAWS IN OUR SYSTEM OR WE MUST CHANGE THEM!!! BUT>>>>>>>and this is a BIG BUTT (equated with the same part of anatomy that we seem to be using for thinking) we don't change them to allow ILLEGALITY TO FLOURISH.
There is little quarrel with the idea that we need to restructure the Immigration system to reflect the reality that exists today. The answer is with some CREATIVE IDEAS OF LEGALITY instead of fostering creative ILLEGALITY. Is it TOO MUCH to ask our ELECTED OFFICIALS who are sworn to UPHOLD OUR LAWS DO SO??????????? WHY ARE WE NOT ASKING OUR CREATIVE THINKERS (and that's not necessarily our lawyers--to struggle with this problem???????)
Instead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett having to return to RELATIVE poverty to set an example, let's RATHER ASK that they use their CREATIVE EFFORTS on a "REAL SOLUTIONS TO REAL PROBLEMS" committee. We would all be better served in the long run. Then maybe Congress could enact a reasonable law.
I found a very interesting article on what the President and his advisers are looking into in the event that the huge immigration law they FAVOR is defeated. I find this interesting since I understand permanency would depend on further action by the USCIS with Presidential approval, thereby bypassing the voters. If the PRESIDENT has to bypass the voters and Congress, HOW GOOD CAN THE PROPOSED ACTION BE?
A memo from the USCIS (UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE) called THE AMNESTY MEMO AND PUBLISHED JULY 29, 2010 was leaked to the web and followed up by a few members of the Press. The Title of the memo is "Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform" which considers a number of alternatives ( the memo is supposedly still in the THINKING STAGE) to legalize classes of undocumented immigrants, REFUGEES AND ILLEGAL ALIENS (of the sneak OVER THE BORDER type).
Now this may seem attractive on the surface but there is one underlying point that is not harmless. The USCIS memo suggests the increased use of 'DEFERRED ACTION". This is an exercise of prosecutorial discretion about WHETHER to pursue removal from the United States OF a particular individual (OR group of individuals??????) for a specific period of time. The memo mentions that there are no set limits on USCIS's ability to use this deferred action but "does warn that indiscriminate use would be CONTROVERSIAL AND EXPENSIVE".
GOSH, YOU THINK????????Considering it would amount to allowing ILLEGAL ALIENS Amnesty and rights without CONGRESSIONAL Consent! Do you think the rest of us might just OBJECT TO THAT??????? It is understood that our President and his advisors are pursuing this line of thinking in case they are unable to force Congress to confirm an Immigration bill in their image. OH, BOW TO THE IMMORTALS YE PEASANTS--EXCUSE ME YE "LITTLE PEOPLE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The memo also includes extending the grace period for visa holders (not the card) AND making exceptions for children and hardship cases; (I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL HARDSHIP CASES) among other ways to allow more latitude and longitude.
There is USCIS legislation moving through Congress called THE DREAM ACT (DEVELOPMENT, RELIEF AND EDUCATION FOR ALIEN MINORS ACT). They must have had a contest to come up with that title in order to spell "dream". The act is supposedly designed ONLY for legal alien or ILLEGAL alien students who have completed high school (this now includes 825,000). By the way we, the TAXPAYERS, already PAID FOR THAT EDUCATION.
Federal law mandates that all children, legal or ILLEGAL, have the opportunity of a high school education. (VERY LAUDIBLE) But now those students want to continue their education with the same benefits of reduced rates and scholarships as citizens:AGAIN ON THE TAX PAYERS SHOULDERS AND IN COMPETITION WITH TAXPAYER'S KIDS!!!!!!!!.
(IT'S THE OLD "I'll only eat one piece of your pie--whoops it was so GOOD, I FINISHED IT " Addage).
Okay, I'm all for lots of education but I ALSO know that if you never have to earn anything in life you do not prosper. THE BILL goes on to propose that individuals (LEGAL OR ILLEGAL) who arrived here before age l6 and younger than 34 (?) may apply for conditional permanent residence and stay on the path to LEGAL residence (after six years in the program) as long as they have no problems with the law. They would have to finish at least two years of college or serve two years in the military which is terrific if we ever bother to check and see if it is done.
I saw no mention of a provision in the bill that it needs to have (in my opinion). IF THESE TERMS ARE NOT MET THEN IMMEDIATE DEPORTATION WILL OCCUR WITH NO DELAYS since we all know TEENAGERS MEAN WELL but do not always fulfill their DREAMS. This bill has been going through the Congress since 2001 and Congress has repeatedly seen the potential damage to overall immigration and shot it down. But the GREEDY USERS of Taxpayer money who look for an EASY way out continue to pursue this bill without any real penalties for non compliance within the law. This year they feel Congress will see it as the lesser of two voter evils as compared with the major IMMIGRATION bill.
The argument against not voting for this law is often that children should not be punished by the actions of their parents!!!!!!!We are all punished by the actions of our parents in one way or another--PLEEZE!!!!!!!!!!It's just that some of us are luckier or smarter than others. It's a SIN of BIRTH.
These are not yet final decisions on Immigration and I have no quarrel with the idea we need to restructure the system but how about some creative ideas of LEGALITY instead of CREATIVE ILLEGALITY??????????? Is that TOO MUCH to ask of our elected officials who are sworn to UPHOLD OUR LAWS!
In case you are going to bestir yourself to write to your Congressman--don't just complain--give that official a constructive push into tapping into our creative thinkers for LEGAL WAYS to provide a haven for the poor and downtrodden or it MAY INDEED SOON INCLUDE US!!!
Cheers, Connie
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