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No, I want to discuss what conditions one qualifies for immigration. That is part and parcel of a discussion on immigration. Now I have asked you what conditions do you see missing from our policy now?
If it were official policy there would be proof. The fact that there's no proof means it was not policy.
Well my grandparents just walked across the border and were in the country whose border they walked across at will. they weren't "caught", though. They were allowed to stay, even though that country had a border. That country was hospitable and helped people who needed help. Why doesn't America do that when we're way, way more wealthy than the country my grandparents walked into?
No, it was my grandparents, and they did not get turned away - read what I said again.
Who is calling this country "bad'? it's not "bad" although it is not a Christian country and it does do some bad things (sometimes very bad things).
And why all the concern for people of other countries when you can see awful ,poverty, desperation, and violence in our once beautiful cities?[/quote]
I don't know - why don't you ask someone who is advocating such a thing? I'm not advocating such a thing.
It was my grandparents, not me. But they were taken in by a poor nation with its own problems, much poorer than the USA and with many more problems and starving people and children than the USA, but they let my grandparents as children and teens walk right in across their border and they helped them get on their feet and fed and clothed and housed them. This is a poor nation that did this for them, a nation nowhere near as wealthy as America.
I work in the middle of Manhatan, New York City, 5 days a week, and I walk those streets each day to and from the office. I see it all and I do my part to help those who need help. As bad as it is, the kids coming to our borders actually have a much worse and much more desperate situation. I believe that my country, America, is wealthy and great enough to help all these children (as well as adults) who need help. It is a point of shame to us that we don't, especialy because we can, easily.
I personally have experienced this. The wages I used to make back in the 80's had only been raised to about 4.00 more after all those years. I went back to work when my kids were raised. Back in the 80's I would have made more working for a union shop, Than I was able to make in 2015 because of this. About a 6.00 dollar difference. And no I was not in the field of work you have mentioned. One illegal I seen on T.V. was a mail carrier for the postal service. Again the Marxist loves this. All they have to do now to ruin corporations is to force them to pay these immigrants a higher wage. When the wages got so low Americans did not take those
I don't need to ask myself. As a victim of this myself let me give you my take. Allowing illegals in to work, ruined wages for Americans. For years Americans have no knowledge or experience to do those jobs readily. Now all the Marxist has to do is force wage raises for those jobs illegals have flourished in. Illegals will be the first choice because Americans have not done them for several decades now.
This is an easy one to answer - here's why:
I didn't see you ask that before, so my apologies. So I really think we need comprehensive reform because hundreds of thousands of people going through our immigration system every year is not sustainable. One of the biggest things I would do is get rid of the quota for H-1 visas, but also make it harder for a business to qualify for one. I would also mandate e-verify or something like it. I would increase the funding and personal at the department of labor and have them both enforce the e-verify requirement plus existing wage and labor and osha rules. The largest reason that employers hire undocumented folk is that they can get away with violating US labor law by threatening to get the workers deported if they complain. This takes away a lot of the economic incentive for people to come here seeking jobs. As part of that same reform, I would make the current F-1 visas dual-status visas since a lot of F-1 students overstay their visa, and I much rather they be able to legally find work without having to get a H-2B visa.
Calling a problem caused by illegal activity "capitolism". It wasn't capitalism which took down my wages. Capitalism gave me 17 dollars to start in 1980 to 11 dollars in 2015. What changed it? Illegals being allowed in with a wink.
No, it actually was capitalism that took down your wages. You know why? Because business owners are going to try and save as much money as they can, including by hiring undocumented workers at lower wages. Yet I don't see you denouncing them.
That is very much capitalism. Lowest wage for the highest profit.
You really need to grab a dictionary and figure out what capitalism, Marxism, communism, and socialism mean.
