Sorry but illegal immigration has been in decline since 2000. You can see this through Southern border apprehensions.
However, I'm glad you understand that illegal immigration cannot be stopped. The rational way to address the issue is through congress and through comprehensive immigration reform.
I never agreed to that or conceded that point. That was a fabrication of your own mind. We don't need compressive immigration reform at all. Totally unncessary if it is just to legalize 30 million illegals. The cost is just too much.
Now - I like Trumps' proposed reforms with the RAISE act it borrows a lot from Australian immigration law and a lot of recommendations from the Barbara Jordan Commission from 1992-1994. Although many of the lefties here will say Barbara Jordan was a fascist of some sort.
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996) was a Civil Rights leader and a pioneering public servant. She was the first African-American woman elected to the Texas Senate (1966), the first woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S Congress (1973-1979), and the first African-American to deliver the
keynote address at a Democratic National Convention (1976).
Due to her stature and reputation for integrity, she was appointed chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, and served in that role until her death in January 1996. Jordan testified several times before Congress regarding the work and findings of the Commission. Below are quotes from Jordan’s testimony before Congress which outline her grasp of the issues surrounding immigration and highlight Congress’ continuing failure to act on the Commission’s recommendations.
The work of Barbara Jordan and the other Commission members was part of the inspiration for
NumbersUSA’s founding. As you will see, Barbara Jordan’s words are still relevant today, and NumbersUSA still has
sensible solutionsthat will bring about the Commission's recommendations to stop illegal immigration and bring legal immigration down to a moderate level.
“The Americanization Ideal”
On September 11, 1995, Barbara Jordan wrote an opinion column in
The New York Times entitled “The Americanization Ideal.” In it, she clearly laid out what guided her work as the chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. Paying respect to the history of immigration to the United States, Jordan did not allow the concept that “America is a nation of immigrants” – a concept she embraced – to distract her from formulating a “well-regulated system of legal immigration [that] is in our national interest.”
Jordan promoted the process of Americanization for immigrants, in which the culture and heritage of other nations are accepted as part of the fabric of American society,
and immigrants accept that immigration imposes a mutual obligation for them to follow the law, learn English, and educate themselves on American history.
the committee’s recommendations here.
Below, in her own words taken from Congressional testimony, Jordan expands on how we can reach the goal of an immigration system that works for America.
An Immigration Policy in the American Interest
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“Immigration is far too important to who we are as a nation to become a wedge issue in Presidential politics. We have seen that kind of thing happen before, and it is not productive. I, for one, wish that we would do away with all the hyphenation and just be Americans, together.”
– February 24, 1995
– June 28, 1995
Limits on Immigration
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“As a nation of immigrants committed to the rule of law, this country must set limits on who can enter and back up these limits with effective enforcement of our immigration law.”
– August 3, 1994
– June 28, 1995
Solution: End Chain Migration
Protect Vulnerable Americans
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“Immigrants with relatively low education and skills may compete for jobs and public services with the most vulnerable of Americans, particularly those who are unemployed or underemployed. Jobs generated by immigrant businesses do not always address this problem.” – June 28, 1995
“Immigration policy must protect U.S. workers against unfair competition from foreign workers, with an appropriately higher level of protection to the most vulnerable in our society”– June 28, 1995
– August 3, 1994
Solution: Reduce Unnecessary Worker Visas
Turn Off the Jobs Magnet
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“Employment continues to be the principal magnet attracting illegal aliens to this country. As long as U.S. businesses benefit from the hiring of unauthorized workers, control of unlawful immigration will be impossible.” – August 3, 1994
“This is a nation governed by the rule of law. It applies to all. It is as illegal knowingly to hire someone who is breaking the law as it is illegal to work under false pretences.” –September 29, 1994
– September 29, 1994
Solution: Implement Mandatory E-Verify
Prevent Illegal Immigration
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“To make sense about the national interest in immigration, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law, and those who violate it. Therefore, we disagree, also, with those who label our efforts to control illegal immigration as somehow inherently anti-immigrant. Unlawful immigration is unacceptable.”– February 24, 1995
– August 9, 1994
Solution: Reduce Illegal Immigration Rewards
Increase Border Security
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“Far more can and should be done to meet the twin goals of border management: deterring illegal crossings while facilitating legal ones. But we have to recognize both goals.” – February 24, 1995
– March 29, 1995
Solution: Improve Border Enforcement
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What a disgusting man. Maybe these dreamers (first I’ve heard of this term) should do what his wife did and just marry a rich native.
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I share that users sentiment too that, unless they’re 100% Native American they too were immigrants. So it’s pretty funny to see (usually) bigots worried about immigration when go back a generation or 4 and there’s pappy from the homeland.
BS--- I was born in Queens NY, my family traces back to the Mayflower and immigrants from Germany (legal). My family has fought in every war this nation had. I am not the same as an immigrant and I am sure as hell different from an illegal Alien.
There is much flaw in your logic and reasoning
