tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16253353.post7201668875923070208..comments2024-03-28T16:35:42.962-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Travel Penguin: Immigration Travelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16253353.post-15708877368289446732014-11-23T15:57:03.771-05:002014-11-23T15:57:03.771-05:00A friend of mine who started paperwork in 1993 to ...A friend of mine who started paperwork in 1993 to immigrate from Canada, just received notice that she will become a citizen December 3rd, a very long wait. Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16253353.post-62398121907334707972014-11-23T13:12:11.264-05:002014-11-23T13:12:11.264-05:00Your last sentence says it all. There are no easy ...Your last sentence says it all. There are no easy answers. But I think that if we could just use GOOD JUDGEMENT and COMPASSION and do that across the board, we might be able to accomplish something in this arena. <br /><br />I can't believe that if make a path towards legality for these people, it wouldn't be boon for the country. Get them paying taxes, working legally, all that. It can't hurt. <br /><br />Criminals, etc. Deport 'em. First bus out. But breaking up families, having ridiculous waiting periods (why should it take 10 years to become a citizen if that is what you want to do?), deportations that costs $1000's if not millions a year...it's silly and unproductive, and there is no way to fix the reasons why they come here in the first place. That is pie in the sky dreaming. We can't annex Central America and instantly do away with the abject poverty, drug gangs, lack of education and jobs that bring people here. It's sad to think that seasonal, minimum wage, temporary employment is so much better than what they come from. <br /><br />Not an easy delimma we face. But face it we must. Now if the idiots we've elected over and over again to our House and Senate would do their jobs and act like statesmen instead of petulant children, we could make headway that everyone could live with (save the far left and right spittle-flecked wingnuts who will never be satisfied). <br /><br />Peace <3<br />JayJay M.http://jgmurphy.org/wpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16253353.post-57155506618816630922014-11-23T09:19:13.032-05:002014-11-23T09:19:13.032-05:00I personally know someone who's parents applie...I personally know someone who's parents applied and waited 20-30 years before getting the green light to migrate here. Heck my friend wasn't even born yet when her parents applied!<br />Why should people who follow the laws be penalized?<br /><br />I feel that setting this precedent will not bode well for our country. If those who wish to come here see that they will eventually get their wish(and not be deported), even more millions will make the trip.<br /><br />As a classical Libertarian I am conflicted too as I don't believe in protected borders. But how many more people can we absorb and stay a place that is "swell" to live in?<br /><br />We could do more outreach(aka meddling)in foreign governments(Central America)so that those citizens don't have to leave to survive but as a Libertarian I am against American Imperialism of any ilk.<br /><br />It is a conundrum for sure.slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.com