Trump-in-a-box

[Yuptag]

Originally Posted by banjomike

I fully agree about the issue's seriousness. It has been serious for decades, and the last major immigration law revisions happened so long ago a lot of them no longer apply.

For at least 30 years, one administration and its congress has kicked it down the road for the next president and his congress to tackle the job.

I agree with Trump's stance that it's now past time to deal with immigration reform now, and not later.

But building a wall on our border is not a solution that will work. It's such an expensive idea and one that would take such a long time that it won't only never work, it will burn up all the funds and mentality that's needed to fund and conceive workable solutions. That's the worst of it to me.

We need reform, not a wall. Reform won't be cheap, and it won't be easy to achieve, but if our President really wants a huge monument to his term in office, his name on a major overhaul of our immigration policies would be it. It would make him one of the greatest Presidents of the 21st century.

A wall will only be a permanent testimony to his failure as a President.

NYC's annual budget is $90 billion. The wall funding currently at issue is $5 billion. In govt terms the wall is a drop in the bucket.

[Oldglory]

Originally Posted by Fleet

Doesn't matter if they spend money in stores and have a strong work ethic.

They are here illegally. You do know what "illegal" means?

Exactly, and what a lying, hateful remark to state that illegal aliens are superior to Americans in any way. In fact it's downright racist! They don't even have a moral compass. They may pay $19 billion in taxes but they cost us over $100 billion a year. Where's the advantage to that? They also send billions back to their homelands not spent in our economy. They steal jobs from Americans by working for less including stealing SS numbers to do so and that's a felony! Many work for cash evading taxes. All they do is make the greedy employers richer while the rest of us get the shaft not only in loss of jobs, reduced wages and higher taxes but they overcrowd our schools, jails, hospitals, roads and neighborhoods.


I guess with some people the rule of law means nothing to them nor the rightful citizens of our country. Their personal agenda trumps all of that. Disgusting Americans! So ashamed of them.