Thread: Now Is The Time For Immigration Reform

Now Is The Time For Immigration Reform
by Thomas W. Roach
2009 is the year for comprehensive immigration reform. The stage is set, the stars are aligned and the time is now.


So, why is now the time and not 2006 or 2007 when the measure twice failed to become law? What’s different in 2009?

Plenty.

First, the new Democratic President is in favor of immigration reform and both houses of Congress are not only democratic but strongly democratic. The Democrats hold 58 of the 100 Senate seats and 257 of the 435 House seats, a margin of 79. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said recently that the immigration issue has already been thoroughly debated. Senator John McCain, the presumptive leader of the Republican party, has pledged to help pass immigration reform and Reid says he “doesn’t expect much of a fight at all.â€

Should have known this would be written by an immigration lawyer. Had a little downturn in business lately?

Originally Posted by Captainron

Should have known this would be written by an immigration lawyer. Had a little downturn in business lately?

I'll bet all of this has really hurt immigration lawyers business.

Well, the border is under control. The Border Patrol has doubled in size from 9,000 in 2001 to 18,000 in 2008. The government has constructed more than 520 miles of the 670 miles of southern fence that it promised. Interior enforcement has skyrocketed with high profile raids of meat packing plants, food processing facilities and many other businesses.

He's joking, right? The drug cartel has spilled over into this country and people are being slaughtered every day by illegal aliens and gang members, and the border's under control? Who in the hell does he think he's kidding?