“Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them.” ~Thomas Sowell

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Immigration – Dept of Homeland Security

Our laws about immigration are pretty clear. We have ignored them to our detriment. There is now a heavy price to pay for that.

Now would be the time to stop all the silliness. I lock the doors to my house. I have a wall around the back of it. I have an alarm system.

I won’t invite just anyone who wants to come into my house to just come on in. If it did happen (and it has), I would call the police. It is illegal and criminal.

Why should our country act any differently?

Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them.” ~Thomas Sowell

The Real Threat To America Is Not Immigrants, But Ourselves

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Assimilation is possible in America. We have a great history of it. It has always worked in several directions with immigrants becoming Americans and Americans learning to love different cultural worlds.

The “immigration issue” in the United States has plenty of room for blame for both political parties. We need to come together on stopping illegal immigration and what to do about those who are already here.

“Our loss of American vigor, vitality, prestige, and confidence has little to do with the illegal tomato-pickers from Mexico or Indian engineers working in Silicon Valley. Immigrants are not the ones who have elected a succession of pathetically inadequate leaders. They are not the ones who have voted themselves a plethora of unsustainable perquisites. If you are looking for a threat to America’s long-term prosperity and tranquility, do not look toward immigrants. Look into the mirror instead.”

Source: The Real Threat To America Is Not Immigrants, But Ourselves

 

Who is responsible if an illegal immigrant is deported and they don’t want to take their child with them?

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Illegal Immigration

Much of life is not “either / or” type of decisions. Who gets to make the decision about what to do if we deport someone is here illegally and they have a child who is an American citizen?

Here is some wisdom.

“The answer is simple and straightforward. We are a nation of laws. If anyone is here illegally, crossing our borders under the cover of darkness, taking advantage of our system, putting Americans at risk, and abusing our generosity, then they have to go back home. Deport them according to due process, however long it takes, but enforce the law.

If they happen to have a child here who is an American citizen, then the choice is theirs. They can take that child with them when they go back to their home country or leave the child here in the care of friends or legal relatives. This decision is not our government’s responsibility because children are not wards of the state, and it’s not the state’s fault if the parents decide to leave their children behind. It’s the parents’ responsibility; no one else’s.”

Source: Immigration Question Presents A False Choice