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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
It is not necessarily the system its self that is screwed up but does need some reform. It is the government not following the laws as they are written that is the big problem.
1. Sanctuary states are illegal should not happen
2. voter fraud- again should not happen but politics give a wink and a nod when it benefits the party in power. Enforce the laws and put the people in prison that commit it. Not hard if you make sure people have an ID.
3. It is illegal to hire illegals. Start hitting the employers that hire them with prison time. The laws are there we do not enforce them.
If people think the Republican party wants to stop illegal immigration they could but neither party really wants to. Why? Because it provides cheap labor for the big wigs and second order of effects it drives down wages for the legal workers.
The root cause is all the same not enforcing laws already on the books. New laws will not change that.
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Brush,
You're right about the notion of enforcing existing law will improve things.
But, think "inertia" and "buy in" - no doubt we need change. Telling a bunch of ego-maniacs to just start enforcing what someone else wrote ain't got it done, yet.
Human nature such as it is...these folks like to think they have all the answers...someone's got to nudge them to just have the discussions. They start focusing on addressing undeniable problems...well you might get some traction and movement against the natural inertia built up in D.C. Also, getting them talking provides an opportunity for buy-in. There's a greater likelihood of something getting done if these ego-maniacs think they had the "case cracker" in those discussions.
Anyway, threw that article out there as food for thought.
Interesting times !