[Click2Houston] "Ike" Students Skip School To Protest Immigration Plan (w/video)

Aren't those all consequences of breaking the law? Am I honestly supposed to feel sorry for someone subjecting themselves to bad conditions because they don't want to be caught, as they are breaking the law?

 

Ahead of all the law abiding, wanna be legal immigrants trying to get into the country? How can you say you are law abiding when you aren't here legally? Hi...I'm a law abiding illegal immigrant. Hi, I'm an honest liar.

 

Good post. My main issue (at least about giving illegals citizen type rights) is giving the middle finger to everyone trying to do it the "right way". That's just not fair....

 

There are few black/white issues in the world. As soon as you realize that context and grey areas exist with virtually every known subject except binary math, then we can continue to have honest conversations.

Here is an exercise:
Give me a "rule" and I'm sure we can find an exception to it.


I hate how the Republicans have framed every issue to be right or wrong ...either you are with us or against us. Life just doesn't work like that.

 

cause that equals $12 billion.

 

I'm not saying this is a black/white issue in whole. But folks here illegaly are clearly here illegaly. That aspect (as far as breaking the law to be here) is as black and white as it gets.

 

i think if you knowingly employ them then yes, but if you just know them, and don't turn them in... i'm not sure.

 

It is simple, you reward illegal immigrants with opportunities for permanent residence, you are actually encouraging more people to come here illegally and it doesn't solve any problems.

And it is extremely unfair for those legal immigrants.

 

Not sure why people keep pushing this angle - the types of low-wage jobs that illegal immigrants do is a world apart from the type of job that the person with the means to go through the legal immigration process, who tend to be more educated than the average american, would seek. Legal immigrants benefit from paying lower prices jsut like everybody else.

 

We keep pushing that angle because it's a valid point. Just because someone coming here illegaly is willing to take a cheap job still doesn't mean that the person isn't here illegaly. It still doesn't make it fair to the person trying to abide by the law in place and get here legally. Taking a low paying job is not a requirement to become a citizen.

 

Except for the many who drive around with no license... insurance etc..

 

some areas might be different but i thought you couldn't get a license etc ...

may be wrong on that.. but ive heard stories of them getting in trouble for not having a license.. i assume because you can't get one.. not quite positive

 

after looking. it appears maybe some states might honor foreign drivers license...

but i dont know about the whole insurance deal etc..

 

Any who break the law should be held accountable. But the issue you bring is another reason to issue driver's license reagardless of citizenship status. That way they could have license and insurance. They could legally drive family to school, hospitals etc.

 

But it might be a reason to change the process of being able to work here legally. That is a huge part of what the demonstrations have been about in the first place.

 

Let's see . . .get on a list for years maybe a decade waiting
or
go and be a gardener for a year and then get legal . .then get your hire
paying job with no hassles about a visa?

hhhmmmm

Rocket River

 

franchise..

true, I dunno... I'm not fully decided on how to handle this topic.

I want illegal immigration stopped badly.. just not sure how to handle the ones that are already here, I don't like the idea of them ended up getting to be legal when they broke the law to come here and so many others didn't break the law and are trying to get here legally...

at the same time though there are 11 million of them so I don't know what you'd do with them all.

 

you simply can't send them back. and you can't jail them. so if they're going to stay here you have to incorporate them into the society. otherwise your creating massive resentment as well as hurting future generations who will easily become as american as any of us.