Immigration & the Small Southern Town
Here’s an interesting profile in the NYTimes of the small town of Pearson, Georgia.
August 4, 2006
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The majority of US citizens have no problem with legal immigration. The problem is caused by three major issues which the government is not addressing sufficiently.
1.) Secure the borders - put more emphasis of the areas where the problem is most severe: The Mexican Border
2.) Enforce the laws (a.) end the current tactic of “catch and release”
3.) Enforce the laws (b.) make the employers prove they have legal workers.
If these steps are not taken, the 12 million illegal aliens will be a drop in the bucket in 10 years.
Comment by JBenson2 — August 4, 2006 @ 10:21 am
JBenson,
How would you feel about changing the laws so that their enforcement would be more tractable?
Here’s what I’m thinking: streamlining the naturalization process, increasing the number of work visas.
Comment by Ryan — August 4, 2006 @ 10:56 pm
Actually, in the spirit of NAFTA, why don’t we close down the borders but allow all Mexicans without criminal records to receive work visas without restriction…that will immediately end illegal (and undocumented) immigration from Mexico, no if ands or buts.
Well, JBenson? If we change that law, you shouldn’t have any problem left. After all, “The majority of Americans have no problem with legal immigrants.”
So you can’t possibly have a problem with this proposal, right?
Comment by Auguste — August 5, 2006 @ 3:35 am
Ryan, I think there should be more visas issued. The US economy is enjoying a remarkable unemployment rate of less than 5% (virtually complete employment). The Europeans are suffering with mult-digit unemployment. The socialists in France really have it bad. But of course, their border controls suck.
The Visa process should not take 3 to 5+ years to process a request. We certainly need to do a background check, but I don’t see any reason it can’t be done substantially faster, unless the delay is due to the bureaucrats in the immigrant’s native country.
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Comment by JBenson2 — August 5, 2006 @ 8:56 am
There seem to be some hiccups with the Blogsome comment software. Some of the posts from yesterday have dissappeared.
I just entered a comment and it was also swallowed up. I’ll give it another try.
Ryan - I am in favor of increasing the number of visas. The US economy has been smokin’ with an unemployment rate of under 5%. We can accept the increase as long as the process is controlled by the USA and not the illegal aliens sneaking across the border. The Europeans, especially the French, are suffering under double digit unemployment thanks to the combination of their socialistic governments and abysmal lack of border control.
The time to process a work visa (or regular visa) should be dramatically reduced. Sure, there needs to be a background check, but 3 to 5+ years is unreasonable. Unless it is caused by beauracrats in the immigrant’s native country.
But we also have to crack down on the US employers who hire the illegal aliens. If that is not done, then the attractive “honey pot” will continue to lure people to enter the USA illegally.
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Comment by JBenson2 — August 5, 2006 @ 9:25 am
Hey, hey…hey,hey…….hey,
Jbenson - It’s as obvious as the nose on your face that the current immigration laws as they stand do not work. Catch, deport and release has never really been an adequate solution. When you consider that a small number make up those deported after a catch, the number coming in without being caught is vast. Re-writing the laws while the repugnicans are in charge of things is not going to happen. The house run by democrats on the other hand would signal some hope that something akin to Ryan’s idea or Auguste’s plan would, fit the bill so to speak.
As long as the sloppy crooks and cronies are running things it will not happen.
Comment by jimmy — August 5, 2006 @ 2:17 pm