What a great disappointment...??

Question

"Everyone knows that our immigration laws are broken," Schumer, "And a country loses some of its greatness when it can't fix a problem that everyone knows is broken. And that's what happened today." (Schumer)

Enforce our current laws? Have they done that in 20 years- No they just let the problem keep growing

Thank you Brian F- although I don not agree with what you are saying, I have to thank you for being respectful about it instead of posting "take that you trashy wetbacks" how sad- people are so bitter....

Answer 1

It was a great disappointment when our country went to war because Saddam had "weapons of mass destruction", and then there were none found. It was a great disappointment when the government failed to respond quickly and effeciently to the displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina. It is an ongoing great disappointment when our government takes children from loving and caring families when those families just need a helping hand while leaving children in homes where they are abused and sometimes murdered. It is a great disappointment that our government will give welfare checks and foodstamps to families (not individuals unless disabled) for up to 5 years, but won't help the adults of those families get an education so they can get a job that pays enough to support their family without government assistance that is only short term. The government of the United States of America in general is a great disappointment. So why should it come as a surprise that like little children, they can't even come to an agreement on how to deal with the millions of people who are here or want to come here to try and make a better life for them and their families. In fact, most of the people that I have spoken to that are here with questionable status, or who came illegaly and changed their status, said they didn't realize how hard life is here. Yes, they were poor and uneducated, but they didn't have all the stress from rent, bills, taxes, etc. But now they are here, and trying to make a new life. These people have risked their lives, literally, to get here. Doesn't that show something? How many of us would risk our lives to go somewhere? Especially knowing that many people don't want us there? Give these hard-working people a break, or let them come work for you and for yourself. I have worked with many immigrants from different parts of the world, and I promise you, that they are much more devoted to their jobs than the typical American citizen. They work harder and miss less days. They also won't hesitate to help someone else in need. This country was created by "illegal immigrants" when the Europeans came and took the land away from the Native Americans, some bringing slaves from other countries. The United States of America is a country based in immigration, and should remain that way. No, I don't have the answer to how we can control or moniter who comes in and out, but I think we should be more welcoming of those who are coming for a better future. Some answers are saying that it's not the laws that are broken, it's the enforcement. But if the laws aren't enforcable, then something must be wrong with them. I say that all immigrants should leave, including descendants of immigrants, and give the land back to the people who were here first, the Native Americans!!!

Answer 2

Maybe the fix to broken laws isn't condoning the people that are breaking them? That seems to me a good reason that this immigration bill wasn't passed. Maybe when they put together some legislation that addresses the problem by removing the people who are breaking our laws, instead of giving them amnesty, then they won't be broken anymore.

I think it's great that the immigration legislation that was being debated was defeated. I want immigration reform, but, in my mind, that doesn't include amnesty for lawbreakers. There is a legal process for getting into America, and gaining American citizenship. Why can't people follow it? And why are we afraid to make them follow it?

Answer 3

Actually the inability to fix the problem manifested when the Amnesty Bill was introduced, not when it failed, since it would have made the problem worse, rather than fixed it.

Just look at the track record of the similar '86 Amnesty.

Amnesty doesn't work.

Answer 4

They wouldn't have enforced the new ones, either, and would have doubled legal immigration and encouraged further illegal immigration.

When will they look at addressing the IMPACTS on all of this on our schools and services?

Answer 5

Immigration laws aren't broken, the government is.

Answer 6

Not a disappointment for me. All we need is to start enforcing the laws that are on the books. Enforcement against the employers and the illegals.

Answer 7

Laws will not be enforced, 12 million immigrants will not be deported, and it will increase.

Answer 8

Tell me why something has not been done under existing law before then! Why have laws. Oh, I forgot those in Washington are above the law or ignore the law!

Answer 9

We know the situation is broken, but that bill was not the answer. They will have to come up with something better

Answer 10

I agree with the other posters too...ENFORCE THE LAWS WE HAVE NOW...and I think ICE is beginning to do that...so Illegals may need to start looking for other places to go to...I hear Canada wants them...

Edit: My wife is Full Blooded Colombian...I met her while "working" for the Army in Bogota and the surrounding area...Holbrook is actually an English name meaning "Dwells by the Brook...and it is my middle name not my first...ha ha ha