verslibre wrote:1) The comment about "decent parents," etc. Yes, there are many decent parents, decent people, merely trying to make/find a better lives for their families. They're the pilgrims of the modern age. It's not like a mass exodus of cartel castoffs are driving over the border unsurveilled in a yuge caravan of motorhomes. That's just racist bullshit.
First off it wouldn't be racist but rather bigotry. Because illegal immigration\migration is NOT exclusive to one particular race. Also it doesn't just pertain to those that cross our borders illegally. It also includes those that have violated the terms of their visas. It's not that Americans don't want people from other areas of the world to immigrate here. What Americans want is for those persons to respect our immigration laws and enter the country legally. That is simple common sense. Which is a term that a lot of liberals and progressives like to throw around. When it comes to entering this country illegally, it doesn't matter whether it is one, ten, hundreds, thousands or millions of people. It's a violation of our laws and those that do so are subject to the letter of the law. The reason(s) behind there CHOICE to enter the U.S. illegally doesn't matter. They committed a crime and deserve the consequences of THEIR actions.
We are in this situation because our government has failed to do their job. A bill to resolve the illegal immigration on our southern border was passed in 1986. It gave a free pass to millions of illegals and was to provide resources and funding to secure our southern border. The problem is that the illegals got their "free pass" but the government never PROPERLY secured the border as outlined in the LAW. Then we had a POTUS that created an EO that went DIRECTLY against our immigration law. The President is charged to ensure that ALL of our laws are enforced. Not create orders that circumvent the law and basically neuter government agencies from enforcing laws PASSED by Congress. A country cannot maintain it's sovereignty without having properly secured borders. If you adopt a "open border policy" you essentially don't have a country.
verslibre wrote:2) The gov't using the BIBLE to justify their stance is the biggest load I've ever seen, and no surprise it comes from this administration. If you're going to start using Bible verses and the Commandments to justify your doctrines and laws, then you'd better start following them. Until I see otherwise, the only god — lower-case g — that the President serves is mammon. "You cannot serve both God and mammon."
Give the lecturing a rest. Many politicians have used references to "God" or a "religion" to support their actions, positions and policies. It wasn't solely created by this administration. If anything it's "pot meet kettle".
To clarify this is not to say that I personally am endorsing it.
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." George Washington