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"The day after an earthquake plunged Haiti into ruin and despair, the Obama administration suspended the deportation of Haitian illegal immigrants. This was sensible as well as compassionate, as Haiti obviously is in no position to repatriate 100,000 returning migrants. But halting deportations is not enough, so we applaud the administration's decision Friday to grant temporary protected status to Haitians. Doing so will permit them to stay and work in the U.S. for a limited period of 12 to 18 months..."
I agree they shouldn't be deported until the country stabilizes somewhat but staying and working in the U.S. temporarily? What does that mean? If they are going to be allowed to roam freely around our country and take American jobs then I am opposed to that. They should be put on some kind of jail work program where they are monitored and returned to detention at night. As soon as Haiti has life sustaining facilities re-established then they should be deported.
I agree they shouldn't be deported until the country stabilizes somewhat but staying and working in the U.S. temporarily? What does that mean? If they are going to be allowed to roam freely around our country and take American jobs then I am opposed to that. They should be put on some kind of jail work program where they are monitored and returned to detention at night. As soon as Haiti has life sustaining facilities re-established then they should be deported.
How are they going to identify these 100,000 Haitian illegal immigrants in the first place? I am sure they are not going to voluntarily sign up for an unrealistic program( most of the solutions from the anti-immigrant crowd are unrealistic anyway) like that.
Second of all, are you willing to pay and support all the 100,000 illegal immigrants being housed, food provided for and everything in this detention program you are proposing? How much is it going to cost?
How are they going to identify these 100,000 Haitian illegal immigrants in the first place? I am sure they are not going to voluntarily sign up for an unrealistic program( most of the solutions from the anti-immigrant crowd are unrealistic anyway) like that.
Second of all, are you willing to pay and support all the 100,000 illegal immigrants being housed, food provided for and everything in this detention program you are proposing? How much is it going to cost?
How does our government know that the number of Haitians here illegally is 100,000 unless they are already in detention? There would be no support involved if they are in the work program that I proposed. They would be paying for their own upkeep. Besides paying for the incarceration of law breakers is a necessary evil as in our own home grown criminals.
Who is anti-immigrant by the way? Does the spin from the pro-illegal crowd ever stop?
The Haitians already here Illegally, were not affected to the extent of making them Citizens.
How do you know who's here illegally?? Are you checking cards? Nope. When Clinton was prez who told the Haitians they couldn't come here. But, the border was open for everyone else. If we are gonna close the border, then close to EVERYONE!! I don't know what should happen. But, something should. Everyone, there are several races of people here illegally!! BTW, it's not only brown people.
How does our government know that the number of Haitians here illegally is 100,000 unless they are already in detention? There would be no support involved if they are in the work program that I proposed. They would be paying for their own upkeep. Besides paying for the incarceration of law breakers is a necessary evil as in our own home grown criminals.
Who is anti-immigrant by the way? Does the spin from the pro-illegal crowd ever stop?
So the 12 million illegal immigrants here are in detention too right? Because according to you, that is the only way the government can determine the number of illegal immigrants here.
So the 12 million illegal immigrants here are in detention too right? Because according to you, that is the only way the government can determine the number of illegal immigrants here.
I would just like to know how they arrived at that figure for Haitians. One of the reasons we know approximately how many are here from south of our border is because of the observations of the Border Patrol on our southern border. How did they gauge the number of Haitians here illegally? I will be williing to bet that most of them are already in detention and that is how they know the number.
Keep in mind some were here legally on work or studen visas. It makes no sense to send people back into a disaster. Although it says temporary, realistically, this is forever. It's going to take several generations to rebuild Haiti.
Someone above also mentioned that many of these workers send money back to relatives so at least some would have resources.
<<Doing so will permit them to stay and work in the U.S. >>
Just where are they supposed to get all these jobs, or are they going to be eligible for unemployment? Just what we need. More people vying for jobds.
I relize they can't be sent back to Haiti now, but they should remain illegal. Just don't deport them at this time. I can almost guarantee you that at the end of the 12-18 months we'll be told "They've put down roots, and have families here, so we can't deport them now." I guess we'd better pray Mexico doen't have an earthquake.
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