Posted on 07/21/2005 5:29:09 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
Clarify.
10 million people are not going to be returned to their home of origin.
Get real!
If people can't grasp that and work with what we have, they're not interested in fixing this awful mess.
Nothing like crow for breakfast. Duly chastised.
Immigration law is clear. Persons have chosen to disregard the law. For whatever reason, their disregard should never lead me to ignore the same law nor the consequences of the failure to adhere to it.
Could it be, the attempt to initially avoid the consequences of "those families torn apart" is perhaps the reason those laws were established in the first place?
No action is without result - good or bad. No choice is without consequence - equally good or bad. Hence, I should not demand or expect you to see grey if I choose to blur the black and white of established law.
Why is this even a question? Do you believe in the laws or not? Do you believe in laws only if you don't know the criminal?
Illegal = Illegal.
You know why have laws at all? Let's just all send in a list of laws we don't like to the national government and we'll just keep the ones everyone likes. How's that? The moral relativism that you Republicans apparently have to jump through to support their party is fascinating. Break the laws that are necessary when the right party is in office, hold fast to them when the other one is in power.
No action is without result - good or bad. No choice is without consequence - equally good or bad.
And that is where we are - all of us - illegals and Americans. We must deal with reality.
My, you really work to stretch my point to prove your bias.
It's better to solve the problem than let it continue to have something to rail against.
Is it going to get better by complaining about it?
I know, why don't you get elected to government so you can put your ideas to work.
Actually, he told us not to respond if we didn't agree.
It seems he was only looking for reenforcement of his hypocracy. This is the wrong place to look for it.
Well, not to get too personal, but how did your mom meet him? I'm a little cloudy on that. If she met him before he got arrested, there might be a case for their marriage being "real" (and not just for the green card). If not, then any attempt to show he's married, therefore he should stay would probably fall on deaf ears.
Of course, a couple must be married for two years before the immigrant can get a green card, but still to show that they were married before he got arrested might go a long way in springing him from the slammer.
I'm agitated by the border/illegal immigration issue myself so believe me I wouldn't be advising this if what you said about him wasn't true. It sounds like he could be an asset to this country though, from what you describe.
As far as I'm aware, a couple must be married 2 years before the immigrant can apply for a green card (legal status).
Bias? What bias? Adhering to the law of the land is now biased? Calling out leaders that refuse to do so is biased?
It's better to solve the problem than let it continue to have something to rail against.
Who's railing? There is a solution. Follow the laws already on the books. What do you not understand about that?
Is it going to get better by complaining about it?
Course not. Let's just fall lockstep behind a liberal administration that refuses to enforce the law.
"10 million people are not going to be returned to their home of origin. "
That's why the INS goes after the fish in the barrels with drug and criminal activities in their recent records and look the other way regarding the other 9.9 million illegals who flow into America in earnest working honest jobs.
You're trying to put the genie back in the bottle.
When something isn't working, it's time to find out why and fix it.
True.
It's an impossible task.
It needs to be addressed and controlled.
But that takes representatives with spines and leadership skills.
" When something isn't working, it's time to find out why and fix it."
Please join a committee focused on this problem, find out why it isn't working then report back to us on how YOU propose to fix it instead of (as you say) whine about it. Fair is fair.
I think if you are deported and sneak back in you give up all possibilities for legal status.If anyone knows for sure let me know please.
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