http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/ To build consensus on issues Wed, 23 May 2012 19:21:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2543 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:58:58 +0000 http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2543 Yes, you can. Do you remember Simpson-Mazzoli? More than two decades ago Congress debated the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The situation today bears uncanny similarity. The U.S. gave amnesty to millions, but that reform ultimately hasn't worked, primarily because sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants have been very lax for twenty years. We're being offered the same deal again. Some employers and economists say low-cost, illegal immigrants are necessary for economic development. Illegal immigration and attendant social ills are a form of corruption, and corruption is an impediment, not a facilitator, to economic development. Yes, you can. Do you remember Simpson-Mazzoli? More than two decades ago Congress debated the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The situation today bears uncanny similarity. The U.S. gave amnesty to millions, but that reform ultimately hasn’t worked, primarily because sanctions against employers who hire illegal immigrants have been very lax for twenty years. We’re being offered the same deal again. Some employers and economists say low-cost, illegal immigrants are necessary for economic development. Illegal immigration and attendant social ills are a form of corruption, and corruption is an impediment, not a facilitator, to economic development.

]]> http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2525 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:08:14 +0000 http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2525 May we quote you? Do you have more? Would you like to help? May we quote you? Do you have more? Would you like to help?

]]> http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2523 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:44:44 +0000 http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2523 I was in Mexico City in 1986 adjudicating amnesty applicants at the U.S. Consulate General, so have followed the immigration laws for more than two decades. You are right on. We already have excellent bipartisan and comprehensive immigration laws. However, they've been unevenly applied. Example: 8 USC Sec 1324 dealing with sanctions against employers hiring illegal aliens has been conveniently ignored, while employers claim "they didn't know," "were unable to check," or "couldn't find Americans to do the job." No wonder there were as many lawyers from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, representing employers, as lawyers from the ACLU facing Mayor Luis Barletta of Hazleton, PA in court! I was in Mexico City in 1986 adjudicating amnesty applicants at the U.S. Consulate General, so have followed the immigration laws for more than two decades. You are right on. We already have excellent bipartisan and comprehensive immigration laws. However, they’ve been unevenly applied. Example: 8 USC Sec 1324 dealing with sanctions against employers hiring illegal aliens has been conveniently ignored, while employers claim “they didn’t know,” “were unable to check,” or “couldn’t find Americans to do the job.” No wonder there were as many lawyers from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, representing employers, as lawyers from the ACLU facing Mayor Luis Barletta of Hazleton, PA in court!

]]> http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2466 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:21:26 +0000 http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2466 Your comment provides no explanation for your three word sentence. That would render it meaningless. Your comment provides no explanation for your three word sentence. That would render it meaningless.

]]> http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2462 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:39:57 +0000 http://morewhat.com/wordpress/oppose-the-strive-act-and-its-sponsors/#comment-2462 Legalize them all! Legalize them all!

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