“but what do you do with a guy who has lived here twenty five years?”
[If he’s an illegal you arrest him and deport his sorry ass.]
In Las Vegas, I expect that would be near 100,000 long time residents (neighbors, workers, friends) you guys would need to herd into cattle cars. Now, that has as much chance of happening as the Sun rising in the west and setting in the east. It will never happen.
Here’s what could happen, the border fence could be constructed, petty criminals could be immediately deported, id requirements could be enforced. The illegal problem could be resolved through attrition, and yes, even stringent pathways to citizenship rather than full amnesty for long time residents. Not a perfect solution, but doable.
I just think “cattle cars to the border” is the sort of plan thought up by people who still believe Peter Pan can fly.
Sounds good to me.
Oh wait, this is the Republican Party we're talking about here. Never mind that these people broke the law and invaded our country -- we just don't want to look mean on TV.
Yes, rounding up and deporting the illegals would be inconvenient, expensive, and a logistical nightmare. Beating the Nazis and the Japanese in World War II was inconvenient, expensive, and a logistical nightmare, too. I'm glad we did it anyway.
“Here’s what could happen, the border fence could be constructed, petty criminals could be immediately deported, id requirements could be enforced.”
That happened last fall - between the laco of construction jobs for illegals and Bush’s ICE raids. There were lots of articles in our paper about it. Of course the articles were from the point of view of how terrible it was that this family had to move to Mexico, and the American-born daughter that was straight A in high school had to leave and sleep with her 12 cousins in a shack in Mexico City.....
No one mentioned cattle cars to the border (and your association of such is obviously intended to invoke pictures of innocents being shipped to camps and ovens, which is an association I find offensive).
Illegals have shown they hold our country and its laws in contempt. They have destroyed pretty much every place they have reached critical mass (I was born and raised in Souther California, so I know what I’m talking about). The crimes, the filth, the hatred of America and iots citizens that the illegals embrace make them more than undesirable. They should return to their countries of origin and play by the rules and apply to come to America like my mother did. Or, are the illegals more valuable or more special than my mother, that they should be able to break our laws and then be rewarded? On that note, I want to know what laws I can break, that not only will I not be punished for breaking, but will be rewarded for breaking, as well. Please, tell me.