Demonstrations on Immigration Harden a Divide

Notice that the important word illegal somehow never gets tacked on to the front of "immigration".

As a LEGAL immigrant, that bothers me considerably. What I worry about is that the Republicans may take this literally and crack down hard on legal immigrants and still ignore the illegals, just as past immigration reform has done.

Thanks for correction ... but then I see our newspaper again and again evade the term and use euphemisms, and I get suspicious.

Our newspaper printed a picture of a protester with a sign "legalize immigration", without a hint of irony.
Last I checked, immigration by definition is legal, and its pro-amnesty sophistry to erase the distinction.

Reducing the number of immigrant visas, elimination of work visas, tougher requirements to enter the U.S. on legitimate business. These things indirectly increase illegal immigration and make the already difficult, expensive and caprecious immigration process even worse. For example, right now it takes 10 years for a legal immigrant to bring their spouse and children into the country. They are not even allowed in as tourists. Illegals bring their whole families in and get all kinds of social services to boot! Even for legal immigration, a paperwork error can get you kicked out and barred from re-entry for 10 years.

My point is this. Current immigration laws are already very strict and are enforced heavily on legal immigrants. The problem is that there is no enforement of existing immigration laws against illegals. Last week, they were out on the streets and no one did anything about it. Even illegals who got fired are suing to get their jobs back! But if an immigration form has the slightest mistake, you are deported. Period. Even a spelling mistake, or inconsistent translation of a non-western name from a non-western alphabet will do it. This is percieved by Immigration authorities as attempted deception and you are out of here.

Current immigration laws are already very strict and are enforced heavily on legal immigrants.

Meanwhile, millions of illegals each year are tramping across the southern border.

It's unfair to the law-abiding, it doesn't help the country, but hey-- that's bureaucracy for you.

so,they can slobber over the hispanic vote10 YEARS AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They may slobber over them but that does not mean they will get them 10 years from now or ever.

The Reagan Amnesty was pushed through by a Republican President and a Republican Senator Alan Simpson R-WY. If pandering to illegals with amnesty and citizenship was a winning strategy we should be in fat city with the Hispanic vote. Somehow it didn't work out that way and it won't work out that way 10 years from now either.

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