tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post9110144514908199755..comments2024-03-29T16:58:01.576+13:00Comments on AmeriNZ Blog: Immigration fairnessArthur Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-54209819562337190642012-12-01T16:26:10.844+13:002012-12-01T16:26:10.844+13:00He didn't say it should a top priority, just t...He didn't say it should a top priority, just that there is now an opportunity for reform. However, Congress <i>ought</i> to be able to do more than one thing at a time - they're allegedly adults, after all.<br /><br />The point of the reforms is to bring everyone back under the law: They will need to have a clean record, for one thing, obey all laws, etc. It's the only way to sort out this mess.<br /><br />Some want all illegal immigrants deported. If that was even possible, and it isn't, it would cause the US economy (and with it, the world's) to collapse. This is why legalising the status of illegal immigrants is so important to the US economy.<br /><br />Beyond all that, we're talking about human beings. Legalising their status will have enormous positive flow-on effects for them, their children and society generally.<br /><br />I believe that a society should be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable. Sorting out the immigration mess is the right thing to do, and to do now, for all the reasons I said, but especially the last one.Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-38246854750042828492012-11-30T18:56:10.083+13:002012-11-30T18:56:10.083+13:00Yes, we do need immigration reform. However, I st...Yes, we do need immigration reform. However, I strongly disagree with Rep. Gutierrez that this should be top priority. It is a huge problem, but the economy is bigger than that. Our country's economic disaster reaches farther and is much more complex than matters concerning one ethnic group.<br /><br />I remember when immigration laws were enforced. People applied while in their homeland. Before being granted permission to come here, applicants were given complete head to toe, inside and out physical examinations.<br /><br />Investigations were made,checking to see if there were any crimes committed by the individual. There were quotas enforced for the number of people allowed to come to the States each year. And, after they arrived, both potential employers and landlords ran their own investigations to be sure the person had the proper legal papers to live and work here.<br /><br />Ahhhh...the good ol' days. The days when laws were respected and followed by all. etc., etc. amerinz's sisnoreply@blogger.com