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To: donna

We don’t need more anti-American invaders, legal or illegal.


A gut level response and I understand that.

But put your thinking cap on. We can’t stop immigration nor do we want to. What we want is common sense immigration laws that are followed. We used to have these laws. Right now we have no laws. Trumps wants congress to pass laws so that he can follow them. He is trying to put the issue back to the people, US, in the election. So we will have to get involved. But managing for what you don’t want doesn’t take you anywhere.

A few further thoughts:

1) there is no perfect solution. Read that slowly and let your lips move.

2) The ONE UNIQUE quality about our country has been the ability to move up and down the social/financial ladder. Note I use the word “has been”, it is still possible but harder and harder all the time.

3) We should obviously discriminate on crime, health, and ability to work and country of origan. These were the old laws we operated under.

4) My great grandparents probably didn’t look too pretty getting off the boat, but they had sponsors and there was no govt welfare.

5) A bit of history. The Supreme Court ruled in about 1870 that immigration was a federal prerogative not state. It took about 30 years before our legislatures completed the legislation, they didn’t rush into it and it worked well for many years. We don’t want an efficient government.


24 posted on 03/07/2019 4:06:58 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

You haven’t learned a thing from Trump’s win.


25 posted on 03/07/2019 4:24:07 PM PST by donna (Finish the Wall)
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To: PeterPrinciple
We can’t stop immigration

In the same sense that we can't stop murder, perhaps; what of it?

nor do we want to.

After decades of mass legal immigration and several tens of millions of immigrants, I think we do want to.

The ONE UNIQUE quality about our country has been the ability to move up and down the social/financial ladder.

Which has nothing to do with letting new people on the ladder (i.e., immigration).

36 posted on 03/08/2019 7:14:55 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: PeterPrinciple
We can’t stop immigration nor do we want to

Who is 'we'? You got a turn in your pocket?

'We' can, like 1925 - 1965, and we want to. So take your globalist crap out of here. Sí se puede!

47 posted on 03/08/2019 9:22:23 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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