Comments on: Does Illegal Immigration = Violence? A look at the facts

By: RobCafaro

RobCafaro — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:16:54 +0000

Those are some great points, putting some new ideas out there, and some points I don’t think we’ve considered!

By: manolo

manolo — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:24:44 +0000

I think we need to resolve the immigration problem, not the Mexican whatever. Immigration is big problem that every president has just put a bandaid.
Schools are over crowded, hospitals are being stuck with bills of illegals.
In fairness not everyone jumps the fence at the mexican/us border rather many come here legally on tourist visas and stay and become illegal. Then they hunt for a job and get hired illegally and the tax base also gets a stab. So the problem trickles into many parts of our society that has to STOP and be FIXED.

1-95% of illegal immigrants are good people trying to make it. I don’t believe in sending 14 million illegals back, but to make steps in making them LEGAL.

2-Jumping the fence at the border is ILLEGAL, but that shit happens all day long and the US needs to protect its borders PERIOD. For drugs, mexicans, criminals, better life whatever the reason US needs to protect its borders and citizens. PERIOD. We’re not doing that now.

3-Both republicans and democrats play this political card to get elected so they just don’t do anything.

4-I’m for Latino’s being in this country, contribute to society, and live a better life, but follow the laws in the books or change them, if not it’s illegal.

5-In Mexico, if you enter their country illegally: you get sent back first time, second you get a fine and sent back, 3rd you’re put in jail.

6- Fixing the Problem:
a. If you have water coming into your house, you look where its coming from and you stop the leak. Do the same with immigration. Do a wall, surveillance, more patrols, change laws whatever…stop the leak.

b. Immigration reform should be making those here illegal, legal and to contribute to society. I don’t mean labor efforts, but taxes, giving them right to vote, join military, jury duty. Another good step if those immigrants that just want to work and not stay for a while, give them a work pass for limited time.

c. go after businesses that hire illegals. They’re breaking the law as well. TRust me its not to help a poor mexican. They get cheap labor.

I will continue my rant later, but this should be enough for now.

By: Pete Goode

Pete Goode — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:10:20 +0000

“It’s creating an issue out of thin air…”

Maybe not thin air… but definitely low on the substance meter. The simple fact that there are issues / problems that seep in through the borders is valid. But not enough to justify some of the vagueness.

I agree, we need to make it possible for those peaceable, hard-working, predominantly family-oriented hispanics to come in easily and do the work they want to do. I can promise, there aren’t vast populations of US citizens which are competing for their work. I’ve seen the quality of some of the work of my hispanic friends… it’s outstanding! I also can’t fault them for working diligently to earn MONEY and use THEIR MONEY to pay for THEIR FAMILY to eat. At least they’re working.

Well.. yeah… I agree to some degree. I believe we will see the reverberations of this legislation in our economy in the next 2-4 years.

There’s only one immigrant that needs to be sent back to mexico… Right, rob? =^)