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Family migration has been at THE CORE of immigration to the United States for 400 years. There is no good reason to stop that, and the only reason it is in the bill is as a sop to bigots and xenophobes.
Also, your point on the fundamental importance of a path to citizenship is a good one. Without access to citizenship you are creating a de facto servant and powerless class. Citizenship needs to be easier to obtain for immigrants, not harder.
I'm not part of a redneck agenda - Green Day Neither is California High Speed Rail
by eugene on Tue Jun 26, 2007 at 01:05:42 PM PDT
I think that if a Democrat is elected in 2008 and with Dems still in charge of congress, I think we can get a mcuh better bill that hews to those fundamental principles.
I think we should enlarge legal immigration which should make illegal less necessary. and maybe look at the country quyoptas which I don't have data on, but this could be something that could be periodically revisited as immgration patterns change.
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by debcoop on Tue Jun 26, 2007 at 01:18:25 PM PDT
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No, you will not get better bill then the current one because you will not get 60 votes to pass it.....Do you know the meaning of a "Lou Dobbs democrats"....Do you understand that there are many democrats that hates immigrants as much as Tom Tancredo and conservative extremist??...Have you ever heard of Jon Tester??..Claire Mcaskill??..Jim Webb...Those democrats are using the same rhetorics of Tom Tancredo and many xenophobes on immigration....Please,do your studies...The Lou Dobbs Democrats are fighting like hell and liberals like you that wants to kill this bill, only do their jobs...Those Dobbs democrats understands clearly that this is i, and if they can kill this bill, mass deportation could start since i see see the next president touching such a devisive issue.
by BlueStateLiberal on Tue Jun 26, 2007 at 02:33:14 PM PDT
I meant to say "i don't see a democratic president touching this issue since it is so hot to handle".
Why would you even touch it if the votes arent there to pass this more progressive immigration bill?...It's either you take the current bill or nothing.
Im 100% confident that if this current immigration bill falters,the democrats will be forced to pass a defacto mass deportation bill to convince the Public they are doing something about illegal immigration.
by BlueStateLiberal on Tue Jun 26, 2007 at 02:39:31 PM PDT
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