a question for all regardless of party affiliation?

Question

Has our government sold us out? especially on the immigration issue?

Answer 1

Yes. I say we storm congress and lynch them all!

Answer 2

They have thrown us under the bus for the sake of votes!

They know if they don't do something against illegal immigration, they will lose a lot of the citizens' votes. And they also know if they completely come down upon the side of enforcing the immigration laws and the hiring of/leasing to, the agricultural industry (the largest in the US) will pull back. They are the ones that profit the most from illegal immigrants working illegally here in the US. It will hurt them right in the wallet, and in an industry that takes a beating due to drought and flooding, that will soften how much money and support they give to campaigns.

So yes - they have sold us out. All for the almighty dollar and the fear of losing power.

Answer 3

Depends on what you mean by selling us out. The only real benefit to strict border control would be preventing terrorists from getting in. All other results from expelling illegal aliens would be bad. The price of produce would triple, construction costs would go way up, also hotel and restaurant prices. If you claim that they are actually taking jobs away from Americans, then you need to look at what would happen if Americans took all those jobs.They would not work for the wages that are paid to illegals, so the increased cost would be passed on up the line. Also, a lot of aliens pay income tax and social security, which they can never get back because they are illegal, so our government would lose a lot of money. I think that's why the $5000 provision was put into the new immigration bill - the government doesn't want to lose that money without replacing it some way and some legislators realize that very few if any of the illegal immigrants would be able to afford it, so they would stay illegal.

Answer 4

Well, the immigration problem has been around for quite awhile now...but all of sudden it's this huge problem??? I KNOW it's a problem, but I think we are being manipulated a certain way so that we look at one particular piece of an issue instead of the whole thing, or another issue entirely. Do I think our gov't has sold us out? I certainly do. In more ways than the immigration issue.

Answer 5

I think that illegal immigration has simply gotten out of hand. We've got millions of people living in the shadows of America who are here illegally and don't pay taxes. Without them, our economy would take a major hit so the problem has gotten so out of hand that we are at a loss as to what to do.

I think that the government needs to seriously start protecting our borders. This is getting a little ridiculous.

Answer 6

Without a doubt. Both parties benefit from illegal immigration, and there's no reason why either of them would want to "fix" a system that is working exactly as it was designed.

Answer 7

Yes. We need to close the borders for a lot of reasons. People can mow their own damn lawns and farmers can buy a machine to pick cotton or whatever. Take citizens on the dole and put them to work like they did in the '30s with the WPA. Liberal apologists will kill us all.

Answer 8

Our government hasn't had immigration reform in over a decade. And the system is profoundly flawed in many ways. It takes a legal immigrant, even a highly skilled (Master's degree, engineer, etc.), on average, over 10 years to become a permanent resident. And if they have a sick parent that they want to care for, to bring to the U.S., it takes multiple decades. People who are forced at gun point to aid terrorist groups can be denied admission to the U.S. because of that aid. This year, hi-tech businesses will be able to hire less than 50% of the international employees they to fulfill positions for which they cannot find U.S. workers; this will force them to shift jobs overseas (if you can find half of an engineering team in the U.S., or the whole team in India, guess what you HAVE to do).

So, yes, by being blinded by buzz words (amnesty, illegals, deportation, etc.) Congress has repeatedly ignored the need to overhaul a broken system.

Answer 9

In my opinion, there is no way that the government could round up all the illegal aliens in this country and deport them. The cost would bankrupt us.
Most of them have made a niche for themselves in this country and are paying taxes and contributing to society.

So what we need to do is register them and get them into the process of becoming citizens. At the same time, we need to find a way to stop more illegals from getting in.

So basically, we need to stop the flow and deal with what we have.

Answer 10

Since people starting moving from country to country it has been out of hand.

Answer 11

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