Posted on 08/28/2014 1:03:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Of all the arguments made in the long and contentious debate over immigration reform, the one heard most often, from all sides, is that our immigration system is "broken." President Obama, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Chuck Schumer, John McCain, Dick Durbin — just about every politician who has ever weighed in on the issue has said it.
The only problem is, our immigration system is not broken. The part of the system that lets people into the United States is working — not without flaws, of course, but successfully managing the country's immigration needs every day. And while the part that keeps people out of the country, or expels them if they overstay their permission to be here, is not working very well, it's not because the system is broken, but because Congress and the president do not want it to work.
First, the part that lets people in. The United States grants legal permanent resident status — better known as a green card — to about one million people each year. The actual numbers, according to the Department of Homeland Security 2012 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics — the most recent full set of data available — were 1,031,631 in 2012; 1,062,040 in 2011; 1,042,625 in 2010; and so on going back. Legal permanent resident status is what it sounds: a recipient can stay in the United States permanently, and become a citizen if he or she chooses.
"We are the most generous nation on earth to immigrants, allowing over one million people a year to come here legally," wrote Sen. Rubio in 2013. The new million each year come from all around the world, with heavy concentrations in a few places.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Hammer hitting nail directly on head......
The immigration system was broken in the name of JFK in 1965, to replace the American voter with a pure democrat voter to the left of any major voting block of the time.
We don’t needs hundreds and hundreds of millions of more foreigners, legal or illegal.
That’s what I’m talkin about....
“And while the part that keeps people out of the country, or expels them if they overstay their permission to be here, is not working very well, it’s not because the system is broken, but because Congress and the president do not want it to work.”
“Under current law — that is, if there is no immigration reform at all — those grants of legal permanent resident status will continue, million after million, year after year, for the foreseeable future. Under the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the Senate last year, the one million each year would increase dramatically, perhaps even doubling to about two million.
“That’s one of the key debates, if not the key debate, about immigration reform: Is it wise to greatly increase the already large number of immigrants admitted to the country each year, especially in a time of high unemployment and economic anxiety?”
Rush said it best today.
This is not immigration, it is COLONIZATION.
Huh?
“Our immigration system is broken.” Translation: “We don’t have completely open borders yet, and that’s what we want!”
Not directed at you. It’s just a portion of the article I wanted to post.
“This is not immigration, it is COLONIZATION.”
‘Reconquista’ is the term commonly used by Aztlan activists.
Reconquest of the American Southwest.
Deport-illegal-aliens PING
I know but I didn’t understand why, the system is broken, it was deliberately written in 1965 to do what it does today.
Trebuchet! Now THAT’S what I call a deportation system!
Yes, AND we do need to fix H-1B visas so we get who we want, and consider streamlining the legal immigration system so it doesn’t take several years to get in here.
“The United States grants legal permanent resident status — better known as a green card — to about one million people each year.”
That’s broken, too, Byron. We cannot continue to absorb a million immigrants a year, even if they entered legally. Our welfare systems are already broken. And we don’t need more Dim voters.
Stop the gravy train—the third worlders coming here to soak up our handouts and the Mohammedans coming here to build up their numbers until they can put Sharia law into place.
Let’s deport the illegals, send the green card holders home, and have a 5 year moratorium on immigration until we can “fix” both the importation and the deportation parts of the system. (Hint: the first order of business in the “fix” will be repealing Teddy Bare Kennedy’s 1965 immigration law.)
RE: send the green card holders home,
How can you do that? Green Card holders came here LEGALLY (they queued to get here and have been approved), most of them are living and working here LEGALLY and are simply waiting for their 5 year residency to be reached so that they can apply for citizenship.
Let’s differentiate between legal and illegal shall we?
I'm in Illinois and they act they own it, too.
“Let’s differentiate between legal and illegal shall we?”
Part of the “fix” is future—don’t import people (i.e., by legal process) we don’t need here. We don’t need millions more welfare recipients and Dim voters even if they come here legally.
As to those already here legally, if they have not yet received citizenship, legislation should be passed to prevent automatic citizenship to them. Will leftists fight this in court? Of course. What will the SC do? It depends on who has the upper hand when the case comes before them.
In addition, citizenship should be more difficult to obtain, including proof that the person contains skills needed here (and not just so Bill Gates can hire them cheaper than a citizen), a much longer waiting period, and continued proof they the candidate is self-sufficient. Any crimes committed during that period should result in immediate deportation.
Yes, legal immigration is almost as big a problem as illegal immigration.
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