| McDonaldsGuy said: Well we already did it in the 1950s, Eisenhower did it. It took very little resources. Reagan said he would give amnesty to 1 million illegal immigrants living here, and then he would secure the border and the USA Government would never do it again. He clearly lied. It ended up being 3 million and he did not secure the border and now the USA Gov. wants to do it again. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. The only candidate I think is absolutely perfect is Ron Paul. He wants to abolish the Fed, end these costly wars, tackle illegal immigration, end the Patriot Act, etc. etc. |
@badgenome: Thank you.
You would be referring then, to this act; the Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986. From Wikipedia, this act did the following;
In brief the act:[1]
- required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status.
- made it illegal to knowingly hire or recruit unauthorized immigrants.
- granted amnesty to certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants.
- granted amnesty to illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982 and had resided there continuously.
This is not what Gary Johnson is arguing for. He is arguing for a 2 year grace period to illegals here currently, after which they will need to have obtained a permenant visa or gone for citizenship. He is arguing for it to become easier to become a US citizen. He is also arguing for fighting the underlying causes of illegal immigration. This act failed to address the causes of what made people come to the US illegally in the first place.
By ending the War on Drugs, he eliminates the funding of the Mexican drug lords. They will be left with a significantly reduced market. That should allow the Mexican government to deal with them much more easily, and it should reduce the crimes in Mexico drastically. That would then allow stability to return to the region, which should be good for businesses. If businesses come to Mexico, then Mexicans have less of a reason to try and come to the US illegally. I do believe that this will help contribute to getting rid of the problem of illegal immigration.
He would also make it easier to come here legally. If it's easy enough to do something legally, people tend to do it; at least in my experience. I would imagine that many people who do come here illegally would love to come through legal means, but they can't manage it. So this too should help get rid of the problem of illegal immigration.
As for your first point, that we have deported illegals in the past. It looks to have worked. I don't really know much about the situation though, and I'm not sure what was causing the problem of illegal immigration back then. However, Gary Johnson would continue to deport illegals. The only difference is that for those here now, he would give them the option of being here legally.
