What would you have him do? Lay it out for us. Tell us what you would like to take place regarding immigration reform.
1) Obama should____________________.
2) If he does, the GOP led house will ____________________.
3) The end result will be _______________________.
Thanks.
If I may:
1) Obama should_Stand for America just like all other leaders stand for THEIR country. Stop telling illegals that he is on THEIR side with implies he is not on the side of the American people. Stop the government's human trafficking. Quit giving the children the thought that if they just can make it through Mexico they have it made. PROTECT OUR BORDERS and help CONGRESS develop both a guess worker program and a road to citizenship that is applicable to ALL people not just CA or MA
2) If he does, the GOP led house will: Either get on board or look foolish.
3) The end result will be. No one can know for sure. But we know that the path we are on today is both inhumane and perhaps illegal. It is not that we want to discourage immigration but it must be done in a fair fashion and not just based on whether a person can pay enough to sneak them across the border or that they can swim the Rio Grande.
Your whole Premise is that undocumented workers are at cross purposes with average Americans. They aren't. IN fact, quite the contrary, the reason why there's a market for illegal labor is that there are some jobs an American just won't do, even for minimum wage.
The real adversary here is the 1%ers who want cheap illegal labor because they don't want to pay an American a fair wage for it.
Bullshit. If it were that simple, Dems would agree to fine companies who hire illegals. All employers would be required to use E-Verify. Instead, they are being fined for taking extra steps to ensure that potential employees are here legally.
While they allow illegals to come here and protect them, they seek to raise minimum wage. According to you, some Americans won't work for minimum wage. True, some would rather receive welfare and don't want to work at all. If the minimum wage is raised, then more Americans would work so they'll have to fight illegals for the jobs.
I think some don't want to work unless they get big money even though they don't qualify for more than a fast food job. People who have self-respect take jobs over welfare. That kind of discipline and responsibility are becoming things of the past. The entitlement mentality is more prevalent than ethics these days.
Illegals have paid taxes, even though way too many used other peoples' social security numbers and sometimes their identity. Many got huge refunds that were found to be fraudulent. Some collected benefits while working at jobs where they were paid under the table.
Where are the unions bitching about companies who pay peanuts to the illegal workers? Where are the Dems complaining about it or trying to do something? Instead, one of the arguments for allowing illegals to stay is that it keeps the cost of things down because employers don't have to pay them as much as citizens. One liberal said if it wasn't for the illegal workers, the price of vegetables and fruits would be too high. That was a reason given for not deporting them.
The 1%ers are on Wall Street. I don't believe that Goldman Sachs is hiring illegals. It's the farmers and factories who hire them. Many companies unknowingly hired them because they were using a stolen identity. And companies are being threatened with fines if they ask people to provide proof that they are in this country legally. Following laws, which were created for good reason, are now called racist by the left.
How will this work when Obama grants amnesty? I suspect that many illegals here have no intention of ever becoming a citizen and are here to take advantage of us, then go back home and enjoy a nice retirement. That means millions will continue to live under the radar or head to sanctuary cities. Nothing is being done to get a handle on the illegal immigration problem, in fact, a lot has been done to encourage it. Illegal aliens get treated better than our elderly and our veterans. Even criminals were released into our communities. These days, being here illegally gets you more favors from government than being a citizen.
The left's argument is that all Americans think they are too good for some jobs, so hiring illegals fills the void. I've heard liberals say it's the only way small farmers can survive since citizens are unwilling to do menial labor. There are so many uneducated people who have never had a job. There isn't a job in the world that they are over-qualified for, so where do some get the idea that any work is beneath them? Once Obama grants amnesty, I guess he plans on continuing to encourage more illegals to take those jobs since none of the people granted amnesty will want them anymore. Of course, the left knows that millions will continue to live here illegally and that between the welfare and minimum wage jobs they will still be able to build a nest egg to retire on in their home country and also continue to send remittances back to help other countries' economies. Many illegals have been getting tax refunds each year that average $10,000 each. The IRS doesn't bother to check if people have that many kids to qualify for the child tax credits. I don't think they care.
They get benefits, housing, healthcare and they are a protected group. Americans should have it so good.
