July 31, 201412 yr Likewise, I don't need to explain to you what I do to help these folks out. Bottomline: we can't afford it. You said that you have compassion. All I see is attacking these people and looking at them as dollar signs. The original post listed does not include what would happen to our economy if we remove these people from the workforce. Why do you think that is?
July 31, 201412 yr Author You said that you have compassion. All I see is attacking these people and looking at them as dollar signs. The original post listed does not include what would happen to our economy if we remove these people from the workforce. Why do you think that is? I don't know, call Tina Griego, journalist for the Denver Rocky Mountain News who wrote the article and ask her yourself. I'm not attacking anyone, they are ILLEGAL that's all I said. As far as money goes, what is spent each year is beyond ludicrous.
July 31, 201412 yr The ones I feel bad for these days are the ones that came here the right way, that went through the process. Really not fair to them at all. My question to many of you is, how long do you really think we can sustain this?
July 31, 201412 yr The ones I feel bad for these days are the ones that came here the right way, that went through the process. Really not fair to them at all. My question to many of you is, how long do you really think we can sustain this? The ones I feel bad for are the kids that had no choice to come here and have never really known any other home. It's not fair to them. As to sustainability, I am not sure. I think finally enacting some Dream Act legislation would be a good first step...perhaps also some "guest worker" legislation that President GW Bush was in favor of. However, neither is going to happen when people simply do not want these people here regardless.
July 31, 201412 yr Author The ones I feel bad for are the kids that had no choice to come here and have never really known any other home. It's not fair to them. As to sustainability, I am not sure. I think finally enacting some Dream Act legislation would be a good first step...perhaps also some "guest worker" legislation that President GW Bush was in favor of. However, neither is going to happen when people simply do not want these people here regardless. I can agree with this 100%. Not to fair to American-born parents and children who must pay full tuition at state universities and colleges. We have enough already that we have to deal with.
July 31, 201412 yr The ones I feel bad for are the kids that had no choice to come here and have never really known any other home. It's not fair to them. As to sustainability, I am not sure. I think finally enacting some Dream Act legislation would be a good first step...perhaps also some "guest worker" legislation that President GW Bush was in favor of. However, neither is going to happen when people simply do not want these people here regardless. To be clear, I was speaking of adults. These children are in a really tough spot and I certainly don't lay blame at their feet. Those might be a step in the right direction. I think at some point though, we have to rein in the numbers. We can't continue on the way we have for the last couple decades, we won't have the resources.
July 31, 201412 yr I think finally enacting some Dream Act legislation would be a good first step...perhaps also some "guest worker" legislation that President GW Bush was in favor of. However, neither is going to happen when people simply do not want these people here regardless. Not sure anything can be accomplished on the border-immigration front given the makeup of the House: From Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal 90 minutes ago: July 31, 2014 3:15 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—House GOP leaders pulled their bill dealing with the border crisis from the floor Thursday, as sharp divisions among Republicans left them short of support. The House had been scheduled to vote Thursday afternoon on a $659 million bill aimed at beefing up border security and speeding up deportations of the children migrating from Central America, but abruptly put off the vote when it became clear conservative opposition would derail its passage.
July 31, 201412 yr To be clear, I was speaking of adults. These children are in a really tough spot and I certainly don't lay blame at their feet. Those might be a step in the right direction. I think at some point though, we have to rein in the numbers. We can't continue on the way we have for the last couple decades, we won't have the resources. Hell has frozen over.
July 31, 201412 yr The ones I feel bad for are the kids that had no choice to come here and have never really known any other home. It's not fair to them. As to sustainability, I am not sure. I think finally enacting some Dream Act legislation would be a good first step...perhaps also some "guest worker" legislation that President GW Bush was in favor of. However, neither is going to happen when people simply do not want these people here regardless. That's just one of many aspects of this circus that are not fair. Lot's of people have and will be negatively affected, them not the least.
July 31, 201412 yr Not sure anything can be accomplished on the border-immigration front given the makeup of the House:From Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal 90 minutes ago: July 31, 2014 3:15 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—House GOP leaders pulled their bill dealing with the border crisis from the floor Thursday, as sharp divisions among Republicans left them short of support. The House had been scheduled to vote Thursday afternoon on a $659 million bill aimed at beefing up border security and speeding up deportations of the children migrating from Central America, but abruptly put off the vote when it became clear conservative opposition would derail its passage. You're right, we need to run another 100 democrats out of office.
July 31, 201412 yr Not sure anything can be accomplished on the border-immigration front given the makeup of the House: From Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal 90 minutes ago: July 31, 2014 3:15 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—House GOP leaders pulled their bill dealing with the border crisis from the floor Thursday, as sharp divisions among Republicans left them short of support. The House had been scheduled to vote Thursday afternoon on a $659 million bill aimed at beefing up border security and speeding up deportations of the children migrating from Central America, but abruptly put off the vote when it became clear conservative opposition would derail its passage. What was the opposition to? Not so much the players, but what specifically was objectionable?
July 31, 201412 yr Because there was nobody on welfare and taking advantage of the system before Obama's administration... He has made it worse than the last Presidents.
July 31, 201412 yr My guess is the additional spending was opposed by the conservatives. Not sure what the democrats were opposed to.
July 31, 201412 yr My guess is the additional spending was opposed by the conservatives. Not sure what the democrats were opposed to. Makes sense on the surface. But if the initial post was anywhere near correct in its assumptions, are legislators guilty of not seeing the forest for the trees (not that THAT"S ever happened before)?
July 31, 201412 yr I think that most people would be more concerned with the problem of illegal immigration if they really could see just how bad it is. Go live on the border for 3 or 4 months and I'd bet than most people would be way more concerned about the issue than they are now. We are lucky living this far north that the problems with illegal immigration don't really affect us direclty.
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