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| The Politics of 'And' | ||
| 2006-05-06 | ||
So let’s accept the ‘and’ premise: We are a nation of immigrants. And we are a nation of laws. And together, we must practice the politics of ‘and,’ forging a new way, a solution that recognizes these two essential concepts. Because if we give up on either one … If we close ourselves off to the very lifeblood that gives our nation strength and vitality … Or if we say ‘anything goes’, to heck with our laws and system of justice … Then we have given up on America.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Fix = Seal, and too many of my Republican party amigos aren't willing to take that step. That's first. We can send orbiters to Jupiter, but can't build a fence because it's too expensive? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-06 19:56 |
| #5 double ditto SW and TW |
| Posted by: Inspector Clueso 2006-05-06 18:06 |
| #4 Fix the border first, and everything else becomes do-able. Hear, hear the Doc! |
| Posted by: 6 2006-05-06 14:31 |
| #3 I agree with TW. Fix the border first. Once that's done, come up with a process for legal immigration -- some combination that allows for seasonal employment for those who want that, and more permanent employment/residency for those who might qualify. Then ensure that employers are held to the law -- after all, there's all the legal immigration required to meet their needs, so there's no excuse to hire illegals. Current illegals have to do something to right their status under the law. I recall Abraham Lincoln's words about how to handle the South after the Civil War was over: "let them up easy." I wouldn't make the terms onerous on the current illegals, but I wouldn't let them off scot-free. They have to do something, and I rather like TW's idea of some sort of service requirement in lieu of a fine. Fix the border first, and everything else becomes do-able. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-05-06 12:00 |
| #2 I don't want their countries. If we take it, then we have to fix it for them, instead of them actually taking ownership and fixing their own problems. While at the moment we are forced for our own safety to be the world's policeman -- for which we receive a plenitude of abuse -- I see no reason to get even more abuse becoming the world's (or even just the region's) repairman. Stop the illegals, increase legals immigration, and perhaps require those here illegally to spend a period of time back home doing some sort of Peace Corps type improvement effort as partial payback. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-05-06 11:15 |
| #1 We were also a nation of law and slavery. We know where that lead. At 300 million the rational for unfitted immigration is also a concept that has outlived its original purpose. Time to reverse the process. How about instead of people coming here, we instead annex their lands and they can stay where they are and get the same benefits without the hassle of travel. |
| Posted by: Clong Hupeaque3944 2006-05-06 03:16 |