Originally Posted by
Jaimecbr900
Let me ask you a question:
If you have the choice between taking your car to a shop that charges $500 for something and takes 1 wk to do it vs. taking it to another shop that charges $1500 and takes 2 mos. to do it......where would you go?
Now, think about this:
You have made the trip to the U.S., started a family, are gainfully employed, pay taxes, and your choice is; A: pay thousands of dollars to get your paperwork started which could very well lead to your deportation which in turn means you'd have to LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN BEHIND because THEY are citizens and you're not, or B: stay real quiet and pay your taxes under a fake SS# you bought off some shady guy off Buford Hwy somewhere. What do you think most people are going to HAVE TO do regardless of what they WANT to do?
My point is that even when "illegals" TRY to do the right thing and apply for their paperwork it sometimes takes YEARS to get thru the system and even then there are no guarantees that it will be approved. If it doesn't get approved, they get deported. Talk about sink or swim, no pun intended.
So if the U.S. Government and John Q. Public wants some true immigration reform and results.....they can't make the lawful way so damn difficult and painful as to make it easier to go the illegal route. If you really want people to be here legally and pay their taxes and be counted, then damn it don't make impossible to do. Don't make people wait in a line until they're too old to walk. Don't make people jump thru a ton of hoops, only to then turn them down with no explainations. That's not fair, plus that person is going to tell 10 people who are then gonna tell 10 more and so on. Before too long, it will be part of what everyone believes.
Like I said, this issue is not as clean and simple as "go home" or "do it right or go home" as the media and politicians would have 90% of the population believe. If you've created a $hit storm for yourself by being a spineless coward before, don't try and fix it now by being a bully. It doesn't make it any better. Yes, hard choices have to be made, but you can't make them blindly. We have no real politicians nor leaders willing to do that. They all TALK a big game when they're in front of the cameras, but when it comes time to fix the problem for real they fold like a cheap lawn chair. It's a never ending cycle.
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