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Because we only have so much money each year to deport these immigrants, only 400k or so a year can be deported....(and it could be even less than that if they divert some of the INS budgeted money towards increasing our security along the border)
And waiting 27.5 years to deport all of these 11 million is just too long....
Who do you think should be deported first since it is so limited? To me, the sooner they get the gangsters, gang members, drug dealers, and the likes of such deported, would be better for all Americans safety. It costs money to deport these illegals, and the money is limited.
The parents of US Citizen children, due to our laws on the books, can not be easily deported and no one, except a handful, truly want to separate these children from their family unit, especially when the parents are law abiding parents outside of their initial misdemeanor of staying beyond their Visa or crossing the border illegally....
Basically, IF SOME of the 11 million ILLEGALS can't be deported immediately, who would be best to keep?
My problem with all of this, is not who Obama chose to delay deportation on, or him prioritizing....which is necessary under the circumstances...
but is with Congress's inaction on this immigration problem that we have.... if they don't fund more deportations and fund a more secure border, and don't penalize employers for hiring illegals to a degree that really hurts them, and don't change our guest working visa quantities and simplify the process, then 20 years from now, we will be in the same boat...
it'll be groundhog day.
I didn't support President Reagan when he made the effort to legalized illegal immigrants with the promise of stricter borders later, and I don't support the similar actions and promises now. The Federal Immigration Laws are still being ignored, and our borders are still not secured, those issues are the GREATER priority.
What no one has addressed is accountability. I know .. I know ... accountability and responsibility are words the left doesn't want to hear or even discuss, they often just act without ever taking in consideration the consequences such action would create. Obama has proven that himself with the multiple executive actions he has made on the issue of immigration alone, each an attempt to try solve the mess he created from the last one. NEWSFLASH - that's why we have a Congress and politicians on both sides who debate, insert, remove, reject, and rebuild a bill to send to the senate. It is a Constitutional process that has work rather well for over 200 years WITHOUT having an "oops" to turn around and then try to quickly fix, like we usually find with Obama's mess.
As for the issue of accountability, some states have been know to be very vocal in choosing their OWN way to handle the issue, outside of and ignoring Federal laws. Many of these added costs have resulted from the problems created by the state themselves, their actions have encouraged illegal immigrations not prevented them. You blame businesses who hire illegals, I say the states have set policies that are far worse.
The solution?
If states want their "sanctuary cities", if their governors want to give them free education and a driver's license that encourages more illegals to live there .... then I am in favor of cutting their Federal funding as a consequence of those policies ... until they comply. The funding saved will go towards paying for those costs concerns that you have addressed.
Is that cold to those that depend on Federal funding? Our Federal Government, and particularly this president, cuts defense spending that is linked to AMERICAN jobs and LEGAL citizens. Yet the liberals supports the funding of illegals through various programs OVER their own citizens who live here legally. That does not help our economy, that doesn't put our own American citizens first. THAT way of thinking has to change. If your state supports harboring illegals and paying for their programs, in an effort to take a symbolic stand against Federal Law, your Federal funding WILL be cut.
Remember ... Obama may think he is a dictator boss who thinks he will get what he wants, but Congress holds the purse strings. Good luck with your funding Mr President. I fully support that kind of legislative action.
1) Close our borders
2) Deal with those states who harbor illegals
3) strengthen our immigration laws
.... then Mr. Obama, we have something to discuss and build on. Nothing else should be even discussed... until such actions above are accomplished FIRST.
President Reagan gave us promises if we comply ... we will NOT be making the same mistake twice. The voters in the mid term election have spoken, and Obama has two Republican majorities who has to answer to those voters who elected them. The liberals may not like it, but that is our Constitutional process under the voting power of "We the people".
