I've been saying for some time that we need to fix this. The right is slowly coming around now that they have a clearer understanding of the fact that most of the people who immigrate here from the Southern border are very, very Catholic and thus very, very conservative. They live up to American values with their work ethic and respect for the law better than most Americans do. If we could find a way to vet out the criminals with any efficiency and get the ball rolling on citizenship for people who can help our country, it would fix a lot. Unfortunately, our government is the very definition of inefficiency, corruption and incompetence. We should farm this out to the private sector.
“The right is slowly coming around…”? Really? Turtles move slowly - I see no movement from the right to SPEND the amount of money that’s needed for MORE PEOPLE to process MORE PEOPLE and house in MORE SHELTERS. You know anyone who’s going to provide all of the above for free? You think Chip Roy and his looney cohorts are going to raise the deficit to pay for this?
And you need to study the current process for vetting the immigrants; it’s very effective (but slow) in weeding out the undesirables but is overwhelmed by the volume of immigrants, requiring everything I posted in the previous paragraph.
The right is unwilling to abandon its racist base, and that is exactly what doing any of the above will require. What happened in 2013 wasn’t the latest effort torpedoed by Repukes; Senate had a bill (I never learned the details but it was something) that they would pass but McConnell wouldn’t bring to the floor because it didn’t have 20 billion for Trump’s wall and he said he’d veto it.
Abbott is a perfect example: listen to his exact words.
“(He) should have been here day one to see the mess he created…” So Biden somehow spent decades creating this problem that he should have seen in person his first day in office - that is precisely what he said.
No one should ever question why my hatred for anyone who votes Republican is white-hot; ignorant rhetoric like this, only intended to divide and misinform, is the MO of the party; accompanied by their willingness to project their failures onto everyone else.
The President cannot fix the border; this needs to be the headline of every story in all media in regards to our border problem because too many people (like a well meaning resident of El Paso stated plainly, in news clip last night) think he has the sole authority to fix it. Ignorance fed and deepened by misinformation and inflammatory rhetoric. And I make no claim to the innocence of Dems, but their transgressions in this regard are minuscule compared to the undeniable vomit spewed by the Repukes.
No, the private sector will only bleed the government for billions and won’t do anything but make the situation worse. When Repukes love for their country becomes stronger than their hatred for Democrats, we might see progress. I’m not holding my breath. They still scream about the infrastructure bill being a budget buster, when rolling back Trumps tax cuts would have paid for a lot of it. They do not care about any citizens unless they are rich; the Dems, in this case, are only slightly better. Words ultimately mean less than actions.