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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]- Deport criminal aliens upon completion of their sentences.

- Deport any illegal alien known to be involved in criminal organizations (AKA gang activity).

- Strongly enforce laws against hiring undocumented workers, including potential jail time for repeat offenders.

- Make it easier/cheaper to get visas for temporary workers in industries that have trouble filling their openings with U.S. citizens.

- Assuming nativists aren't just lying when they claim their concern is solely with illegal aliens, m[b]ake it easier/cheaper to legally immigrate to the U.S.
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- Invest in better border security, not necessarily "more" or "bigger."  Trump's Wall is about the dumbest thing ever, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement.

- Expand DACA to cover anyone remaining, subject to renewal based on demonstrated continuous employment, education, and/or status as head of family/primary caregiver of U.S. citizens.   
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Why? Do you think the U.S. needs more immigrants? Explain. [/quote]
1)  Nativists like to claim they're fine with [i]legal[/i] immigration.  OK then, if the problem is simply about people sneaking in, then one solution is to make it easier to immigrate legally.

2)  Until and unless you can find a source of labor for all the jobs that U.S. citizens refuse to do (a firmly established pattern, BTW), then it would appear we need to keep allowing people in.

3) We are a country of immigrants - that is our history, that is our culture, that is our way of life.  I would advise extreme caution before moving our society away from that cornerstone ethos.[/quote]

That's like saying, we have a problem with theft, so let's just put the stuff people steal on the town square.  We'll still be out of something, but at least it won't be stealing.  There ARE other solutions - like stronger locks. Or stricter punishments for stealing.  Just because someone is fine with legal immigration doesn't mean they will be fine with unlimited numbers of legal immigrants.  Countries have the right to decide who they do and do not let in, and how many.

You can solve the jobs issue with automation or increased wages. Otherwise it sounds like you're saying dirty and cheap jobs are ok for immigrants but not for Americans.

On the country of immigrants fairy tale, every time I hear it, I can't stop laughing.  This is like a Cinderella legend that wouldn't die.  This "ethos" of yours has zero reflection in your laws. Zero.  America may have been a country of immigrants once but it is no longer that, and repeating it ad nauseam does not make it true. Your laws do not welcome "the poor and the downtrodden" at all. I challenge you to point me to a section of the Immigration Act that makes someone eligible for immigration just by virtue of them being poor. You have limited admission for asylees and refugees, and these require that your life - not your livelihood - must be in danger.  Economic hardship is NOT considered sufficient grounds for immigration.  You have very limited merit-based immigration, defined narrowly as an employer willing to sponsor someone, or someone with "extraordinary ability', which, by definition, is not common.   The fact of the matter is that outside of family connection, there are very few legal grounds for immigrating.  Please understand that I don't say this by way of criticism, I say this by way of accurately describing facts and laws.

What grounds are there for saying "America is a country of immigrants?"  It hasn't been for quite some time, and its laws reflect this.   Only in movies and stories.  Your culture may not have moved from that "cornerstone ethos" but your laws have left it in the dust a long time ago.[/quote]

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