I voted for him. My mistake.
Jul. 29th, 2010 03:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolfwingsSomeone 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.
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.
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Date: 2010-07-30 05:33 am (UTC)But it's been part of the ideology of his party to reward failure, and punish success. He's just the last oen to be able to put it into practice as thoroughly as LBJ did int he past. Redistribution is wrong, and leads to evil. Leveling is an unsound principle as it is ultimately anti -freedom.
The Immigration question though is not one but both sides on this one. As the embattled Sheriff of Cochise county in AZ has said. "Why inst' it being taken care of? It's that the companies want cheap labor, and the Politicians want the Hispanic vote. I thought ti was obvious." I wish we had a policy similar to Canada's where getting in is easy if you have an education and job skills and your relatives aren't automatically added in. and illegals are deported. But its not because there are too many votes on either side.
But the thing thst I find most infuriating is the lack of respect for laws in this administration. eric Holder is the worst A.G. we have ever had. And this rule by decree, is not the way sthings should be, He's ruling agaisnt the will of the people. This article was an eye opener.
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the
Sorry about your friend.
Scott