Majority of Americans want Border Security 1st. What is the U.S. Senate's problem?

Question

That includes both Democrats and Republicans. The U.S. House of Reps gets it, what is going on with the Senate and this President and this notion of Amnesty?

Answer 1

if anyone thinks a massive fence going across our entire border is a fiscally reponsible way to control things they are not looking at a big picture. all our policy has done so far has made it more difficult those coming in to go back because of the cost of getting a coyote to bring them back again. do you propose hunting down 13 million+ people? there are obviously jobs for them and they are supplying workforce for jobs our citizens will not take. do you wish to pay higher prices for food and labor because you feel threatened? i personally do not feel threatened and hope they do learn english and become citizens.

Answer 2

Tell your Congressmen. There are all sorts of people trying to cut back room deals and bring in separate legislation the public is not yet focusing on.

The Senate Bill has vast benefits for illegal immigrants slipped in late in the discussion far beyond legalization which would form a magnet for illegals to come in the future, as well.

Right now the House is planning to have hearings on the Senate Bill to shed light on some of the many horrible positions allowed into the Senate Bill without publicized discussion.

I had thought just blocking the Bill would be enough, but I now agree with the hearings. I think common Americans, not just those who follow this issue, should be aware of how their children's future is being sold down river by our elected officials.

They just don't 'get it' that they work for us.

Answer 3

fmrsenator, I am glad you asked this question. Part of my response involves another question. Let's "microscope" the issue. If I enter your home illegally, how much right do I have to remain? Under those same circumstances, how much right do I have to dictate or change the rules of your household? Regardless of any humanitarian or social issues, these people ARE here as a result of breaking the law! All the smoke-and-mirrors and misdirection are a mild attempt to obfuscate this fact. I feel that our government should round up every illegal alien and deport them. To invite them to stay, even under some surreptitious legislation, is tantamount to declaring that the law that was broken doesn't even exist. From a legal standpoint, every person in prison for breaking and entering, tresspassing, laws associated with squatting, etc., would have an EXCELLENT case to have their convictions overturned, or at the very least, have their cases retried. I understand the unconsciounable expense of such a widespread deportation plan. I also understand the burden that would be realized in the immediate and near future with added welfare, medicare, food stamps, social security, the prison population, and the like, should they be allowed to remain here. However, has anyone bothered to look, not at the next fiscal quarter, but at the next quarter-century?
Much has been said about the fact that illegals perform work that other U.S. residents do not want to do. They tend lawns, pick fruit, clean houses, help raise children, etc., and they do it all at cut-rate prices. This, as a bald fact, is quite true. However, the obvious positives of the fact refuse the bigger picture. The burden that illegals place on the aforementioned social programs far outweighs what few benefits they bring. Has anyone checked the nationwide percentage of illegals in our drug courts, on welfare, on other recuperative sources that are supposed to help legal residents?
I understand that America is supposed to be the land of opportunity. The glorious history of immigrants that helped to build this country during it's early years is historical fact as well as a legacy to be proud of. However, in those times, there was more of an open-arms policy based on necessity and availability. America, in it's infancy, needed the influx of european immigrants, and our meager social programs were capable of serving citizens as well as immigrants. Those that came then, learned the language and customs, and flourished. In these times, due in part to those that have immigrated here illegally, our programs cannot support the legal citizens.
I have all the sympathy in the world for those that view America as a land of opportunity, but it was not completed as such, and handed to us. It was built that way by wars and fighting from without and within. Perhaps the intended immigrants should fight to make their parent countries into what they wish them to be, rather than coming here.
I'm sorry. In the interest of the future of children that are already citizens of the United States, I say there is no alternative other than the complete deportation of all illegals.

Answer 4

The probelm lies in the fact that the US is going through a diversity shift right now. Where 50 years ago white people made upwards of 85-90% of the voting pop now they only make up 75% of it and by 2025 it will down towards 45-50%. This means that no racial group will have a majority so the polticans being politicans are trying to garnish as many votes as they can w/o pissing that many people.

Answer 5

I don't understand why the Pres is allowing all this and ignoring the actual problem. Maybe to take the heat off Iraq. I am thoroughly disgusted with our gov/t and pres. They say our border is more secure. I don't think so. My 13 yr old granddaughter was kidnapped(we did get her back safely through the grace of God) and when she was returned, she said she had no problem coming and going into Mexico from Texas, no one ever stopped her or the Mexican kidnappers or asked her questions and this was after we sent pictures and all kinds of information about her to the U. S. Border Patrol. This border patrol is a joke.

Answer 6

Yes, it is very possible to round up or at least have in place the legal enforcement vehicle of deportation.

Pay 500 billion now or 500 trillion later.

But that's not why, the Senate is passing fantasy legislation from Kennedy and McCain. They don't give a damn about you - they want to start another war for independance. You are just pawns on a friendly game of chess between them and congress.

ok, if im so full of hot air, why are these issues in plain view on their official website, congress.org?

Get a clue, AND GET THEM OUT.

And Cher, if you read this, Thank You.

Answer 7

They want all those illegal immigrants to stay here so they can get cheap labor, get rich and put the American citizens out of work. They suck up to the big corporations and could not care less about the American people. Here is what the Senate bill would do for ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS:

Senate Bill-- the rights illegals will get:

Current Bill:

1. grants amnesty to the MILLIONS of illegals already here!
2.grants amnesty to illegals FAMILYS,who live OUTSIDE the country
3.admits HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of unskilled "guest workers",through a new "guest worker" program,with a direct path to permanent resident and citizenship!
4.admits 1.5 MILLION
agricultural "guest workers" with a direct path to citizenship!
5.increases the number of employment based, immigrants admitted to the U.S. each year,by 400%!!
6.gives the Dept.of Homeland Insecurity,the discretion to waive fines for employers who knowingly hire illegals!!
7.allows states to give ILLEGALS,in-state tuition benefits that they can DENY to citizens who live in other states!
8.requires consultation with the MEXICAN government,before we begin construction of a fence along OUR border!
9.creates new student visa programs,with direct path to citizenship!
10.allows ILLEGALS to claim Social Security benefits,for work performed ILLEGALLY!!!!
11. Adds a 10 year 'statute of limitations' to give amnesty to illegals coming in in the future if they provide documentation saying they were here for 10 years at any future point. (This to people who have been using false documents all along.)
12. Each of the guest workers in each of the 1.5 million person PER YEAR and 200,000 unskilled person PER YEAR program would, upon obtaining residency or citizenship be able to bring their families as well. This includes indigent parents at a time when we already don't know how we will fund old age requirements for the baby boomers.

The Wall Street Journal just touted a poll saying Americans are beginning to prefer Bush and the Senate's view to immigration reform. However, I've read the questions they asked. Had I not actually read the Senate Bill and had I been asked those questions, I'd have ended up being counted as supporting Bush and the Senate in this. People only approve of the Senate Bill if they don't know what it says.

They are not looking out for legal American Citizens. They don't listen to us. They are listening to freeloading illegal immigrants. If enough of the voting legal population will get their heads out of their butts and let their senators and representatives know how they feel about this atrocity to the American people they just might start to listen to us.
The laws on illegal immigration are already on the books, they just need to ENFORCE THEM

Answer 8

They are only concerned with making the United States and the rest of the Americas the same country. They want to install a one unit money system for all of the Americas. The one currency for the E.U. and our new unit of money will be the same exchange. They are taking our Freedoms and giving them to the corporations. The corporations operate worldwide with no thought of life, law, boarders, just profit, and our lawmakers are all rented.

Answer 9

There is no simple answer. It is not possible to round up all the illegals and deport them, and the economic impact of doing so would cripple the US Economy. Build a wall some say...hmmm...didnt the Communists do that (remember the Berlin Wall). i say that if they pax taxes, make an effort to speak the language, and don't have criminal records, let them stay.

Answer 10

It's a good question. I believe we should beef up border security now, sort out the rest of this mess later. It seems like the congess is just in this for it's reputation.