And before anyone stands on the “but they are illegal” dogma, well I would be more sympathetic to that argument if Boehner would let immigration reform come up for a vote. But by blocking reform, all goodwill I have for the “illegal” argument evaporates.
So you only respect laws that are up for change? Going all Hobby Lobby on us?
They are illegal. Being here without documents is breaking the law. A set of laws we’ve had for a long time, though sadly not well enforced.
The situation is Central America is as complex as here and the coyotes who sell passage are feeding off of a change in policy and the violence is driving more people to leave.
I’d be a lot more open to immigration “reform” ie letting in more people as long as the birth rates in all of our population donor countries were brought down to replacement rates.
We are a nation of former immigrants. However we’re over capacity and so is everyone else. How does admitting large groups of low skilled people because their countries are unstable make the world better? Why is it that because a century ago America was filled with immigrants this must always be so?
Josh
