Whats the best REALISTIC way of solving the immigration problem?

Question

I mean realistic, because a fence along the border will never be approved, theres too much opposition for it, the UN would jump all over it like a dog on a piece of meat. I am against the wall personally, but the practical reason against it is that walls have never worked i.e. berlin wall, wall of china, etc. If it were up to me, i would give legalization to the people without anything on their criminal record ( no felonies committed) and send the gang members to their countries.

One last thing, whats with this talk of automated guns at the border?

To Reva P.: That is what i have been saying!! All this immigration talk is nothing but a distraction to get peoples minds off the real problems.

Answer 1

tear down the statue of liberty, might as well, it doesnt stand for anything anymore

Answer 2

Bush has already "solved" the immigration problem by signing the political component of the North American Union. Just an electronic "speedbump" will man what used to be our borders. The NAU is inevitable, and hopefully eventually good for all the people in the union. But, having sustained a poor, second-class segment of our society for so long has caused serious problems. But, they most certainly CAN be realistically addressed. First of all, we must stop repeating the mistakes that we made in the past. The BIGGEST of those mistakes was not to REALISTICALLY address the potential problems! Bigots beat down all efforts twenty years ago to implement bilingual educational programs designed to help the youngest children transition into English skills. We MUST stop being that stupid and mean-spirited. Every community should always assume the responsibility for insuring that EVERY child in that community gets a proper education. Poorly educated children do not grow up to be productive citizens, or, at least they do not reach their greatest potential and worth to a community. It's just plain DUMB not to educate children and do our best by them. Also, the middle class needs to get more involved in reality. Twenty years ago was when people should have addressed these problems. Apathy and laziness got us into this mess in the first place. People need to get SERIOUSLY involved in their PTA's, their city governments, their state governments. And they need to stop thinking we can go backwards. They need to stop FOILING sensible community planning simply because they want the "good old days" back or because they want everything to be for THEIR benefit only. We have to work together for the COMMON good. The old way of sabotaging all responsible long-term and sensible planning must become socially unacceptable behavior. And, we have to live by the law of this land, not the law of the jungle. There's so much to lose by tearing down what stability and order we have by fighting among ourselves. The forces that merrily led us all here like sheep do not have to have the last laugh. If every man and woman from whichever side of a stupid border they come from stood by each other and started building a coalition of common sense and decency, we'd have NO problems whatsoever in less than a year, if we got serious. . .AND, we'd have the clout to give those "powers-that-be" a few problems of their own.

Answer 3

Just end it!!!! No More!!!! No Vacancy!!!! The best way to put an end to (most of) the hispanic / latino immigration...., End welfare!!

And dont even try to argue how tough they have it.... They live exactly the way they want.... FREE!!!! their grandmothers were on it, mothers, generations of career welfare recipients, they know all the "tricks" of the trade
I have seen it all as I am a caucasion male single dad with two children, and I cant get 1/2 of what they get, as the entire system is set up specifivcally for ethnic females (specifically hispanic / latino) I even have a hispanic female friend (of many many years) agrreing fully with me that if I were a hispanic female I wouldnt have 1/2 the problems I do with the system!!!!!!!! She is on it as well!!!!!!!!
Just take a look, when I white person gets a letter from welfare it says "white (non-hispanic)"????!!!!
But when a hispanic get one it does not say "hispanic (not white)????!!!!
I cant go to school for free, unless I go for CNA (nursing) or secretarial???? Bias against whites and males!!!! most of the girls on welfare dont even have a drivers license, and they dont want one, as this would cause expectations!!!!!!!!
Our country is getting more and more messed up every single day...., and the worst thing we do is allow people from 3d world countries to immigrate here...., everything really went to crap with the late 80s / early 90s asian invasion....... the entire city I grew up in is now "little Asia" and the crime rate is 100 times fold from when I lived there..... due to gangs, the entire area (which was kinda nice when I was younger) now resembles a nasty scummy slum!!!!!!!!!!
by the way, being here illegally "IS" a feloney.... so I guess we should send em all back home!!!!!!!

Answer 4

Do you have any IDEA what kind of fence is being made? Ones that they use for military use! Yeah, you are going to REALLY cut across THAT kind of fence!

What opposition? The only one is Mexico, and they REALLY have a lot to stand on there with their refusal to close the border or even to AID in closing it. All the illegals NEED to be sent back to their countries and come into the US LEGALLY...that includes medical checks to make sure that they don't have any diseases and a criminal check to make sure they don't have anything in their past like drug dealers and theft. The safety of the US DEPENDS on the USA doing the above.

Treat the illegals like Mexico treats them! It ain't nice either!

Answer 5

Cut benefits to any illegal completely. No benefits of any kind.
Strictly and strongly enforce and prosecute businesses hiring illegals.

Create a better managed guest worker program that tracks the person and they pay taxes.

Set legal immigration standards and amounts to managable levels like the USA used to have and like many other countries do have.

To sum it up. cut back on the immigration thats done 'legally' to levels the USA can handle.
Let people work here as long as they behave and we can keep track of them.
Make it SO hard for an illegal to get anythin at all in the USA that they wont come anymore.

Oh and I forgot. remove the anchor baby law.

Answer 6

The UN has no say so what we do here in America to secure our borders. Realistically I would like the idea of the detention centers to process them for deportation. The ones to go first are the ones that do not work and need assistance. The ones that have stolen an identity should serve in Jail then be deported. We have tolerated this BS long enough. It will be hard at first, but it will get easier.

Answer 7

The fence has a lot of practicality issues too. Show me a 20 fyt fence, I'll show you a 21 ft ladder.

The best way to solve this, not politically viable for anyone in the south, but in reality the only true solution is to open it up. legalize it. However, everybody sends in paperwork and goes to a new Ellis island center where records are checked. if you have no criminal records, you're good. Let economics do the rest. It would be good for both countries.

If they were legal, there would be less. you would have to pay minimum wage, and if you didn't, we would prosecute.

And one more thing: punishment for breaking this on either side would be extremely harsh. Jail sentence then deportation tough. And the employer who breaks it has to go to the same naiton as the illegal.

would it work? yes. Will it ever happen? no.

Answer 8

The answer is simple: Illegals come here for work. Check workers to make sure they are here legally, if they are not, they can't work.
If they can't work, they will go home.
The problem is business wants them here so they sponsor legislation that APPEARS to be tough on immigration (fences, border guards), knowing that it is easy to cross over (with a tourist visa, etc). Once here they simply get a job and stay. It would be easy to verify a workers immigration status and hold employers accountable for illegal workers.

Answer 9

We need to remove the reason for illegals being here. If we simply enforce the rules on the books, we'd have no problem.

Don't provide any benefits for illegals and interpret the 14th amendment as intended. Fine people who hire/house illegals the maximum amount.

We also need to get rid of political correctness and realize the rallying cry of, "You're a racist" is just that - a rallying cry with very little truth behind it.

Bottom line: If they don't have a reason to be here...they won't be here.

Answer 10

Funny you say legalization of all who do not have a felony, but isn't knowingly using a fake or stolen ID, and SS card a felony. And who says a fence would not work. No a fence alone would not work, but a fence with enforcement of all immgration laws would work. Then deportation of all illegals in our country.

Answer 11

You kinda answerd your own question when you mentioned the Berlin Wall... When the Wall came down- the inequities between the two sides gradually melted away because there was no longer any reason for the East Germans to flee to the West. If we can help Mexico improve its economic situation- then fewer & fewer Mexicans will come cross the border looking for jobs here. In other words, invest in Mexican businesses- are we'll be helping ourselves. I think THAT's the way to go towards stemming the flow of mexican border crossers.