"The measure contains 4.4 billion dollars to help the US Border Patrol hire more agents, "
What good will this do if you put them in prison when they enforce the law?
I must maintain my position that the existing laws be enforced first and the fence/wall be built first, and the boarder(s) enforced first,before I am ready to agree to any discussion about guest workers, amnesty for those already here or Z-VISA's.
Also, IF a new bill is needed, divide it and separate the enforcement part from the immigration part as they conflict with each other.
We need a Constitutional Amendment FIRST to end the policy of “anchor babies”.
Second we need to resolve the “safety net” for immigrants. They do not pay into the system. They did not fall on hard times, they CAME into “hard times”. Additionally, wire transfers are the second largest source of $$$ in the Mexican economy. Plenty of “poor” workers are sending their paychecks home to extended families. Why should they sponge off of federal, state, and local taxes when they are sending PERFECTLY GOOD MONEY back home? They are “poor” by choice and we subsidize it. The $$$ they send back home benefit the Mexican economy, not the US economy.
Trickle down doesn’t work when those at the bottom aren’t putting the money back into circulation.