The *war* against illegal immigration can't be won without the the federal government. Do you agree?

Question

Whether you're for it or against it, one thing remains a fact. No matter how much you protest it, no matter how many "minutemen" organizations go to the boarders, no matter what you do, the fight against illegal immigration can't be won without the help of the federal government. IT JUST CANT! And when I say federal government, it's not a shot at Bush, it's against any US administration for the past 30 years. Whether the president was a liberal, or a neo-conservative, or a socialist, IT DOES NOT MATTER. Reagan didn't stop it, Bush Sr. didn't stop it, Clinton didn't stop it and Bush Jr. isn't doing anything realistic to stop it today. The feds are completely oblivious (or pretend to be) to illegal immigration. They haven't done done anything. If you know the US enough, you know the golden rule. And that is that nothing can happen if the federal gov't doesn't help. So, inorder for any action to be effective, the gov't needs to take part in it.

Do you agree with this statement?

"I don't see it as a war."

That's why I put it in between stars. Some people call it a war so I went on and did it as well. I don't see it as a war but the term "war" is definately being overused by the wrong people. First it's the War on poverty, then war on terror, then war on the middle class, and God knows what else. The word has become a played out cliche.

"Is that what you meant?"

What I meant was that the feds would have to want to stop immigration first and work from there. The reality is that since 30 years ago (maybe even earlier), the federal government has been in bed with the very corporations that hire illegals on a large scale. The corporations like illegal immigration because with it they have cheap labor and they know that its right hand (federal gov't) won't do anything to stop them.

What I'm trying to say is that the federal government either doesn't care about illegal immigration or it's encougaging it. Why? Because unfortunately, like exporting American jobs, illegal immigration is good for the economy (it brings in cheap labor). It doesn't favor American citizens but recently, the federal gov't hasn't been doing things because they favor Americans now has it? So when it all breaks down, the federal government likes the $ more than it likes the average American. That's where I was trying to get to with this.

I believe that if the feds tried, they could easily stop illegal immigration. But since they don't want to, it will continue no matter how much Americans try to stop it.

Building a fence on the boarder of Mexico and putting guards on the boarder doesn't cost more than what the Iraq war is costing yet we see hundereds of billions go to Iraq but not even a fraction of that amount is sent to stop illegal immigration. It's not a coincedence, it's intentional. The government favors illegal immigration, just like it favors outsourcing American jobs.

Answer 1

Ha, the government just knows something that most do not. The government secretly supports illegal immigration. They need immigrants, they feed off them. The secret is they run the US. The government will deny it, but they know better. Who else to do your dirty work? Who killed Kennedy? Who was responsible for the Roswell landing? Who makes America billions? Who's going to make a 7 trillion dollar deficit disappear? Who blew up the Hindenburg? Who is going to win the war on drugs? Is there really a war on drugs? Too many question to answer. Who has all the answers? The Immigrants!

Answer 2

You are right the Feds would have to stop it but wrong that they are oblivious to it. "If you know the US enough, you know the golden rule. And that is that nothing can happen if the federal gov't doesn't help. So, inorder for any action to be effective, the gov't needs to take part in it."

The US government and this administration are working, as we speak, on the NAFTA Superhighway. Quietly but systematically, the Bush Administration is advancing the plan to build a huge NAFTA Super Highway, four football-fields-wide, through the heart of the U.S. along Interstate 35, from the Mexican border at Laredo, Tex., to the Canadian border north of Duluth, Minn.
The details of the NAFTA Super Highway are hidden in plan view. Still, Bush has not given speeches to bring the NAFTA Super Highway plans to the full attention of the American public. Missing in the move toward creating a North American Union is the robust public debate that preceded the decision to form the European Union. All this may be for calculated political reasons on the part of the Bush Administration. You'll see talk of the new currency, the Amero.

The funny part here is that these articles were written by a highly right-wing guy(of swift boat anti-Kerry fame) who now realizes he was fooled too.

Answer 3

bush has a plan, he's trying to drive the wages in America down so far that Mexican won't want to come here and work..Whoever said the solution lies in the employer, is right, if it was a jail-able offense to hire illegals, the employers might come up with a more accurate screening process, and if it was illegal to supply non-citizens with mortgage loans or rental agreements, they could not afford to settle here

Answer 4

Remember the Alamo is a Texas thing the rest of the county just does not understand

Answer 5

It has to require the federal government. But not as soldiers to guard the boarders. they need to arrest those who hire them and it wlll soon stop.

Answer 6

it seems the federal gov is actually hurting the results of people like the minutemen. instead of giving immunity to illegals, they need to identify them, deport them, or make it so they DON'T want to come to America. I guarantee you if we illegally immigrated to Mexico, they would imprison us and treat us like dirt, or execute us.

Answer 7

It certainly requires enforcement.

The federal government certainly should be doing a lot more of that.

Is that what you meant?

Answer 8

Well.. I guess this is how the American Indians felt when we took over their land.

Answer 9

when was this war declared? they declared war at christmas time, how very unchristian of them.

Answer 10

I don't see it as a war.