The only federal reforms of immigration laws needed are the following:
Speed it up; if people “check out” as far as being okay, it shouldn’t take 7-10 years to become legal. Hire more people and git ‘er done.
The 1965 Kennedy law should be repealed. There is no reason that this nation should favor 3rd worlders in immigration policy. Yes, we can take a small percentage of them, but our immigration policy MUST take the best of the best and put them at the front of the line. And “family reunification” is garbage.
So many people bring up immigration in the 1920’s as though it is some sort of example to grant amnesty now. And this is a foolish argument to make. Yes, we took in a lot of European immigrants in those days. But Europe was not then, and is not now, simply ONE UNIT.
The people who immigrated then were from all kinds of places and spoke many languages. Poles spoke Polish, Italians spoke Italian, Germans spoke German. It wasn’t as though they came here with one European language and one European culture.
What we have now is a situation in which much of Central and South America are demanding legalization. With some exceptions, they speak with one language and come from the same lawless, corrupt culture (which is why they want OUT, btw). We in America, rightfully see this as an “invasion” of our nation. And we’re not exactly digging it.
Look no further than the number of illegals from Mexico who are nailed for driving drunk. Do you know why that is? It’s because driving drunk is not a crime in Mexico.
This isn’t only a clash of language; it’s a clash of culture and the civil society.
Right on!
I do not know what they think they are doing, but our legislators have been lying about enforcing the laws on the books since Kennedy passed and lied about the effects of his law. Our lawmakers lied again during the Reagan years when they gave amnesty to 2 million illegals, promising to close the borders and enforce current immigration laws. Now we have at least 20 million illegals that also want amnesty!