Same here. I do think that we need to reduce the high levels of legal immigration from over a million to something more reasonable like 200,000. I think the visa lottery is an abomination that should be repealed and the high levels of refugees admitted into the US is insane and should be reduced. I will never find fault with anyone who's here legally as long as they obey the laws of the land and contribute positively to society, if they come here to cause trouble or overstay their visas then treat them like the illegals and get rid of them. I would also like to see a repeal of the anchor baby law that allows children born on US soil regardless of their parents legal status to be automatic citizens.Quote:
I don't have any problems with someone following the rules and coming into the USA legally, but when you break laws and think the American people owe you a living, then I am highly offended. I say "stand in line and wait your turn, or don't bother coming". Illegal immigration is costing us all by their crimes, gangs, social benefits, court costs, etc. Illegal is just that - illegal!
Bottomline is we need to stop importing poverty. Immigration is suppose to be a way where both the immigrant and this country mutually benefit, not some one sided welfare program where the immigrant (both legal and illegal) benefit and the taxpayers gets ripped off. Yes we feel sorry for the poor third world immigrants and alot of them do come for a better way of life, but as I see it we have about 6 billion people in 193 countries, we are already stretched thin at a population of 300 million, we can't move every human being into America and sympathy doesn't require us to committ cultural and fiscal suicide. Walter Moore (mayoral candidate from LA) said something along these lines and I firmly believe in it. Ronald Reagen also said that a nation without borders is not a nation. So true.
So while yes illegal immigration is out of control, but so too is legal immigration. Again if an immigrant came here the right way I will not fault him for that or demand his ouster as long as he is obeying the laws of the land and is contributing to society the right way, but at the same time the government needs to regulate exactly who comes in and how many. Not this let them all in garbage regardless of the background of the immigrants, how much it will cost the taxpayers and how bad the congestion is in the area your moving the immigrant into. Assimulation is another thing which takes time and we can't do that with the out of control mass migration both legal and illegal. The process needs to be controlled alot better. Just my two cents, but mass migration on both ends is a major problem that's killing this country IMO.