I don't agree with #5 and #8.
That's very sad.
Most people I know support legal immigration.
What makes you oppose legal immigration.
Or is it that you support open borders?
What do you propose we do with the illegals in the country now, CARL? If not amnesty, what? Do you think we have the rescources to toss them all out?
First, I want to thank you for admitting the issue is amnesty and not trying some double-talk.
Second, let me further suggest that you argument consists of what logicians call the fallacy of the excluded middle. To give you an example: simply because we do not catch all those who commit violent mala in se felonies does not mean we should stop seeking to apprehend, try and convict as many of such felons as is feasible.
Third, a gradualist approach is working at this time. The number of illegal aliens in the United States id down from 2006 (when the Bush-McCain amnesty was proposed) for a number of reasons, including enforcement of laws which have been on the books for decades! Unfortunately, such enforcement is NOT robust at this time, but can be largely implemented at relatively low cost (which is my solution). If you want, I can go on to considerable length and detail describing this approach.
Fourth, there are still several hundred miles of the sourthern land border which the Obama administration admits is NOT under control. Unfortunately, the budget for the current fiscal year does NOT provide for any additional security on the southern border (believe it or not, the expenditures are being sent to the Canadian land border). To keep the situation from getting worse (which it will if amnesty is granted), lets really work to secure the border.
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