2006-09-23 09:23:59 · 8 answers · asked by hiii1 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
To be heard.
2006-09-23 09:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The whole business dates back to the may day protest thing, and long before that, actually. Our immigration system is a mess, and it's being abused, exploited, outright ignored, it's the Rodney Dangerfield of national policy at the moment, and it needs to be fixed.
The rallies are a vain attempt to try and get people to sign off on amnesty, it's being portrayed as a civil rights issue when it's mainly an enforcement negligence issue.
In 1986, the Reagan administration signed off on amnesty for 3 million illegal aliens, mainly from Mexico. Along with this, that administration directed also that there would be better enforcement. Well, the better enforcement never really quite materialized, and as has been evidenced in the news pretty recently, part of the border patrol system fell victim to corruption a long time ago, and the INS has always kind of been a big joke.
Weak policy breeds contempt, especially if there's no enforcement. There comes a time when you have to ask if there's even really any immigration laws, if they're not being enforced they may as well not exist. Into this legal vacuum, there has been a massive influx of people, some estimates are around 12 million, others claim as many as 20 million. At any rate, it's between 12 and 20 million too many illegal immigrants.
The rallies do have one positive effect, though, a lot more people now are tuning in to see the full size and scope of the problem,
and many more are interested in seeing something effective done to stop illegal immigration.
The only real thing that can be done about this entire mess is to
work to secure the borders, and as well to start working with other countries to ensure we have good treaties etc. Without good treaties, enforcement will only be one-sided.
Runaway growth in the US is not the answer to the world's problems. They have to dig in where they are, and improve their own countries, not an easy thing by any means. But, maybe if they got some help from other countries, not just the US but as many as 20-30 other countries, they wouldn't be in such dire shape. The UN tries, I think, but ultimately the solution to the issue lies with the people that are most afflicted by it.
I think there should be better foreign aid, and more of it. Schools can teach people how to do things differently, to help their own people, to improve their own communities, all the really positive stuff people should be working on, instead of scheming how to sell heroin etc. in the US.
Mainly, it's all theatre. Big song and dance, same tired soap opera, dysfunctional 3rd world country, trying to leech more money out of the USA. Question is, do we give the 'aw, you POOR dears' response, or the 'tough ****' response...personally I think that the first thing a lot of countries need to do is bury the hatchet. You can't have peace and prosperity in the face of guns and hooligans. Nor can you have peace and prosperity if people are fighting over the last loaf of bread, or the last gallon of water.
It's really sad what some countries have done to themselves,
wasted money, wasted potential, wasted years, wasted lives, it's a real lost-the-farm, dog-run-over, woman-left-me country song,
but truth be known, the responsibility lies with them for not having taken issue with their own problems many many years ago.
The world has changed, in both positive and negative ways,
and the sooner that people realize the scale and scope of such changes, and their impact, the sooner people will be able to do something useful, meaningful, and effective about them. I think america can help, but can't really do it FOR them.
Support the US Border Patrol!
2006-09-23 17:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by gokart121 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have no idea how to write, phone, or fax their congressmen. I am not a big fan of rallies, on any subject. To me, this is how uncivilized people do things, and the large crowd inevitably causes someone to get hurt. Even the pro-illegal marches were not without violence and mayhem. They jammed up traffic in all areas, and in my area things were thrown at passerby, things were stolen from stores, and there were injuries to both passerby and protesters. It is the human psychological instinct to get out of control sometimes in crowds.
2006-09-23 16:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because ILLEGAL and legal immigration hurts Americans an our country.
2006-09-24 19:54:00 · answer #4 · answered by osirassun6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a bill was generated that states that anyone aiding illegal immigration...including Red Cross or church organizations would get huge fines and prison time. Making being illegal a felony. We dont want that to happen...the best way to let the government know HOW MANY people dont want that to happen is to show them.
2006-09-23 16:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
We are rallying against ILLEGAL immigration.
2006-09-23 16:27:06 · answer #6 · answered by The Hell With This Constitution 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because bigots think that only their type of people should be allowed to immigrate, and others think that the immigration laws are too strict.
2006-09-23 16:32:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
ynot? birds rally about migration....chirp!
2006-09-23 16:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by enord 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋