I voted for him. My mistake.

[wolfwings]

Someone that's worked in this country for a decade, payed their taxes, is flying home in a couple weeks because nobody can hire them because they've been unable to be allowed to immigrate.

It disgusts me that this happens, while those that bum-rush across the border by any means they can and disregard our laws entirely are now being given a free pass.

Both aspects disgust me, that they both in effect mean the same thing: It doesn't pay to even try to obey the immigration laws in this country anymore, a country that is one of the most immigrant-based countries of a large size I know of, second only to Australia.

No, we can't afford to actually 'secure our borders' like people keep preaching, I hold no illusion on that. And deporting them doesn't slow anything down, if anything I'd be all for imprisioning them for 30 days before deportation just to delay the flow of them back in and impact the money going back out to discourage things.

The core problem to me is simply the unfairness that someone perfectly willing to pay taxes and obey the laws of the land is banned from working here, but those that flaunt our laws and flip the bird to us, get in and get work.

Unless you can justify why my friend I've known for years is having to fly home after living in this country for a decade working at a single job for the majority of that, but was unable to immigrate despite their proven work ethic and ability and willingness to obey our laws and regulations, don't try to convince me that this ruling is a good one. Save your typing. I'll leave comments enabled for now though.

Comments

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I was rather emotional realizing that I would rarely if ever see a friend I've known for years again after they flew back across the pond, and this post was the result.

I try to swear by never turning off comments and trying to have reasonable discourse so I can learn where my viewpoint is incorrect and/or incomplete, and mine was one as a result of the other. I admit I didn't research things deeply before making that post from my cell-phone, but the timing of the news stories combined with just leaving visiting my friend this last Mon/Tue/Wed struck hard on me.

Based on your additional information, I was able to do some more targetted searches and I agree on why this law has had sections whack-a-moled into the ground for the time being. While I still appreciate the idea I take away from this law's concept (allow state/local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws) I see how it's a nasty rats-nest in it's current wording.

Thank you for taking the time to screw my head back on straight, Pathia. =^.^=

[pathia.livejournal.com]

I think there's a real problem, something needs to be done, I'm just not really sure that laws like this one are the right way to go about solving the issues. Part of the issue is, border states inherently have different problems than non-border states, which means federal law isn't going to be ideal no matter what, because it has to apply to every situation, not specifics.