No. of Recommendations: 3
BHMBTW, when you say, "No one supports non-citizen criminals remaining in the country without proper documentation to live here". I agree with you on that too. But you should note the BSP never says that.
Democratic response when the Bill to Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Police was on the floor of the House:
I AM PREPARED TO CLOSE. MR. CHAIRMAN, ASSAULTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS A SERIOUS OFFENSE THAT DESERVES BOTH CRIMINAL AND IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES. THAT IS WHY SERIOUS ASSAULTS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE ALREADY IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS THAT REQUIRE DETENTION AND DEPRECATION -- DEPORTATION. THE BILL BEFORE US TODAY WOULD DO NOTHING TO CHANGE THAT. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD DRAMATICALLY EXPAND THE TYPE OF CONDUCT THAT WOULD SUBJECT SOMEBODY TO MANDATORY DETENTION TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE EVEN COMMITTED A CRIME AT ALL. THAT IS NOT A GOOD USE OF OUR LIMITED LAW-ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES. INSTEAD OF WASTING OUR TIME ON THESE BILLS, THEY DO NOTHING TO ADVANCE OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. WE SHOULD BE WORKING TO CREATE A WORKABLE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS AMERICANS TO REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND ALLOWS AMERICAN BUSINESSES AND UNIVERSITIES TO ATTRACT THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, ESSENTIALLY CREATING A WORKABLE PROCESS SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE FORCED TO GO TO THE BORDER AS THE ONLY WAY TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES. WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY AND GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMY. ONE IN FOUR AMERICAN DOCTORS WERE BORN ABROAD AND ROUGHLY 45% TO FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES WERE FOUNDED BY IMMIGRANTS OR THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS. 70% OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ARE IMMIGRANTS. IMMIGRANTS FEED US, HEAL US AND HELP ENSURE THAT THIS COUNTRY REMAINS AND ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE. WE COULD BE EMBRACING THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF IMMIGRANTS RATHER THAN DEMONIZING THEM. THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT NEW IMMIGRANTS WILL ADD $1 TRILLION IN PREVIOUSLY UNEXPECTED REVENUE TO OUR COUNTRY'S GDP BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOUND THAT OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD ASSIGNED POLICE AND REFUGEES CONTRIBUTED NEARLY $124 BILLION MORE IN REVENUE THAN THEY RECEIVED IN SERVICES FROM THE GOVERNMENT. DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS PAID TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXES EACH YEAR BUT INSTEAD THE MAJORITY INSISTS ON SCAPEGOATING AND FEAR MONGERING ANGLICAN -- FEAR MONGERING IMMIGRANTS. IT IS TRUE THAT THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM HAS THE PROBLEMS BUT THEY CANNOT BE SOLVED THROUGH AN ENFORCEMENT ONLY APPROACH. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING THAT APPROACH FOR 30 YEARS AND IT HAS FELT. THE TRUTH IS THAT THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS ALL CONNECTED. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE BORDER BECAUSE THE LEGAL IMMIGRATION SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN OVER 30 YEARS AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANY OTHER PATHWAY TO COME IN. THE MAJORITY OFTEN TALKS ABOUT LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE WAIT TIME FOR SOME PERMANENT RESIDENCE TO BRING THEIR FAMILIES INTO THIS COUNTRY IS OVER A CENTURY LONG. ONE CENTURY FOR LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS TO BRING THEIR FAMILIES INTO THE COUNTRY. EMPLOYERS ARE BEGGING US TO MODERNIZE THE EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM BECAUSE THE LIMITS ON HIGH-TECH VISAS WERE SET WHEN FLOPPY DISKS WERE THE HEIGHT OF TECHNOLOGY AND THESE COMPANIES CANNOT HIRE THE PEOPLE THEY NEED. THE SMALL NUMBER OF IMMIGRATION JUDGES THAT WE HAVE ARE ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED UNDER A MASSIVE BACKLOG OF ASYLUM CASES SO EXTENSIVE THAT IT IS NOW TAKING PEOPLE OVER EIGHT YEARS TO GET EVEN A HEARING. WHY DOESN'T THE MAJORITY JUST HELP US PUT MORE MONEY INTO IMMIGRATION JUDGES SO THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THAT BACKLOG? WHY NOT OPEN LEGAL PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO COME HERE LEGALLY? I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I CAME HERE AND IT TOOK ME 17 YEARS WHY DOESN'T THE MAJORITY JUST HELP US PUT MORE MONEY INTO IMMIGRATION JUDGES? SO WE CAN RESOLVE THAT BACKLOG? WHY NOT OPEN LEGAL PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO COME HERE LEGALLY. I KNOW THIS, MR. CHAIRMAN. BECAUSE I CAME HERE. IT TOOK ME 17 YEARS TO NAVIGATE THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AND BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN. THAT WAS SEVERAL DECADES AGO. NOW YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THROUGH THE PROCESS.
The real answer is that it's political theater.
