2014-08-07, 01:22 PM
I'm really starting to hope that xparasite9's posts aren't serious.
I think Khaini has made some excellent points. As long as conditions in the US are significantly better than these children's home countries and they feel there is a reasonable chance to get in, they will keep coming. Now we could just kick them right back out or sew the border up tight, but that does nothing to address the fundamental problem that these are children living in horrible conditions with basically no where else to go. I think the majority of Americans would consider punting them back grossly irresponsible.
Let's also keep in mind that while the number of child immigrants crossing the border has increased, the overall number of immigrants has decreased. Since these children likely don't represent the criminals and terrorists we definitely want to keep out, I'd call this a win instead of a national crisis. Then again, I'm not a Republican congressman up for reelection.
This whole issue boils down to the same old story. Our current immigration laws are hopelessly outdated and the infrastructure pretending to enforce the current laws is woefully inadequate. It sure would be nice to see some bipartisan immigration reform, but there's a snowball's chance in hell of that happening before the 2016 elections with "compromise" becoming a dirty word.
It's times like these that make me wish we had more than two parties. A little enforced compromise might reduce the grandstanding. Long term, the Republican position is untenable. There's no way that they can continue while basically ignoring huge minority portions of the electorate. Their strategy of firing up the base achieves short term gains at the expense of long term recruitment and issues. That's assuming there are even still enough ultraconservative while male voters left to make a difference.
Yes, yes I'm exaggerating, but I think the trend is definitely there.
I think Khaini has made some excellent points. As long as conditions in the US are significantly better than these children's home countries and they feel there is a reasonable chance to get in, they will keep coming. Now we could just kick them right back out or sew the border up tight, but that does nothing to address the fundamental problem that these are children living in horrible conditions with basically no where else to go. I think the majority of Americans would consider punting them back grossly irresponsible.
Let's also keep in mind that while the number of child immigrants crossing the border has increased, the overall number of immigrants has decreased. Since these children likely don't represent the criminals and terrorists we definitely want to keep out, I'd call this a win instead of a national crisis. Then again, I'm not a Republican congressman up for reelection.
This whole issue boils down to the same old story. Our current immigration laws are hopelessly outdated and the infrastructure pretending to enforce the current laws is woefully inadequate. It sure would be nice to see some bipartisan immigration reform, but there's a snowball's chance in hell of that happening before the 2016 elections with "compromise" becoming a dirty word.
It's times like these that make me wish we had more than two parties. A little enforced compromise might reduce the grandstanding. Long term, the Republican position is untenable. There's no way that they can continue while basically ignoring huge minority portions of the electorate. Their strategy of firing up the base achieves short term gains at the expense of long term recruitment and issues. That's assuming there are even still enough ultraconservative while male voters left to make a difference.
Yes, yes I'm exaggerating, but I think the trend is definitely there.