Posted by: Brampton July 17, 2019
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I see a lot of 'open borders' mentioned here, and wonder what that really means, and why it is a 'topic' now all of a sudden! I have never seen or heard of an open border here; there are people that cross the borders (legally, like most of us, and illegally like some others). Changing the runbooks of immigration will do nothing to stop the so called 'illegals' from coming in. Implementing proper security measures, technologies and controls will. Listen, both Republicans and Democrats have had their shares, and both parties have been in power over several decades in the past, be it as a president, majority in the house, senate, etc. If it's a conservative's thing to 'fix' immigration, they've had ample opportunities to do so. If the idea now is to celebrate conservatism under the current president, and to see a drug-proof and illegal-immigrants proof America, then my friends you are clearly not following the right savior. If you're a Catholic, you'll likely learn some words of wisdom to match your beliefs from a cardinal than from a Mullah. If conservative approach to dealing with immigration is your preference, and you truly mean it, then the first thing you'd want to do is take a step back and assess the level of faith you have on the leader that you're counting on. Trump, the liberal turned conservative (who has flipped 5 times as far as party affiliation, (see the wikipedia for more) can turn any direction he likes for his personal benefits) just can't be a role model to satisfy the conservative's agenda, esp around the immigration matters. How many of you watched a recent interview with about a dozen undocumented aliens that worked directly for Trump for years, from making his bed to serving his drinks. I am curious to know how many of them, or like them really brought in drugs, and/or murdered innocent citizens: and on the flip side why were they hired and paid for by the Messiah of immigration reform. Look, I am a citizen here, and also like to see properly secured borders. And to be honest, for most of us, the border has always been secure... we were all vetted well at various stages of entering and living in this country. For those who chose to come in illegally, or decided not to maintain their legal status and turn illegal, it's the risk they've chosen, perhaps because there was no better alternative to some of them at that moment, or they were possibly ill-informed or misguided by others and failed to realize until it was too late, or they felt it was safer to remain here until they feel secure to return to where they came from. I seriously doubt that anyone would plan to come here on purpose solely to murder the citizens or spread a drug endemic... that's absurd, and is nothing more than a propaganda to serve political motives and self interest of DJ Trump and his circle. We also need to realize that there's a whole big world outside of USA, and there are countries that are more livable, safer, and friendlier. The American dream that many have sought for is no longer limited to the boundaries of the US geography. Merit based, and other paths to vet immigrants is fine, but the escapers will always be there as long as there are opportunities for them. Once they understand there's not much here, they will look for favorable alternatives, and the numbers will subside. If you ask me, I would not want to see that kind of America. I'd want to continue to see it as a land of opportunity which outsiders would always see and consider as the ultimate destination. Sure, there may be a handful of sneakers, but they're everywhere, majority of us will always get to enjoy the privilege that not everyone else does. And if some of them happen to do despite being illegal, I wouldn't lose my sleep on that.
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