Immigration

[elSicomoro]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

I heard the tail end an interesting interview on NPR (yes, I listen to that too)

Liar.

He said that the point-of-view of the illegals was that once they made it across the border that they'd "won the game" and should be allowed to stay. ..a view very much at variance with how a lot of citizens think about it. This may be why we're seeing a lot of "demands" for rights that don't actually exist in law. The implied sense of entitlement isn't sitting really well with some of the folks that feel like they're paying the bills.

I agree with the "game-winning" scenario for the most part. After all, we let Cubans in if they make it here. And if our borders are that porous that 12 million people just slip in, we're to blame for it.

I don't think we should just accept anyone willy nilly, though. I think a test similar to what Canada uses could work for us. And I think that our systems (medical, legal, etc.) could handle more people, if we were careful. Of course, that's a big IF. But I think we can handle the extra folks that we currently have.