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Immigration's hostage crisis
Posted by crazyTsu • 8/19/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: immigration
Currently there is a war running in the under-currents of US politics. In fact, it has been so for last 3-4 years. There are pools of people who are for immigration reform, others opposing it. For a great many, immigration is synonymous with an amnesty program for the so-called "illegals"
However in the melee, the legal aliens are the ones worst hit by collateral damage. Because of the internal politics, they are unable to get a long overdue relief from decades of waiting in line.
If the law and the system cannot protect the interests of the people that respect it and abide by it, then IMO it is failing in its duties
Reform should primarily be for the "legals", yet it is "illegals" centered. They have it all wrong. Once they fix the problems with the legal migration there is a good chance the system will cope with the influx of 10 million more people, should they be provided a chance and are willing
Better yet, remove the need for immigration. Allow free flow of labor and offer protection to all. This way employers will have no reason or pretext to exploit anyone by offering low wages or employ non-citizens to save their money. If everyone costs the same, naturally the balance will tilt in favor of the locals
What's your take on it?
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You have to deal with all angles, not just the legals.
But the waiting period for legals is abysmal. I've heard stories of a decade-long wait for family members to get visas. I don't know if it even got worse when the Department of Homeland Security got involved, but clearly there would seem to be woefully inadequate resources.
Interesting that you bring it up. It gets almost zero play in our media. Have you got links to good articles you could share?-
I usually have to dig out the articles by searching "immigration" on google news
I am trying to write a set of blog articles on that topic too.. -
NPR covered the issue back when immigration reform was being debated under the Bush administration. You might search www.npr.org, or include site:npr.org in a Google search.
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