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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket
Am I really going to trust border security to properly screen someone when they can't even keep people out?
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Part of what needs to be fixed is more funding and more agents. The system is obviously completely overwhelmed at the moment and has been for some time. But that isn't really the issue here. The issue is, should we just allow anyone into this country with no safeguards whatsoever? Why even have a legal process if there is no penalty whatsoever for sidestepping that process?
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The sudden emphasis on this now is fear. Common sense should have been used for decades now and wasn't.
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The only "sudden" part of this is that politicians are now seeing that people are pissed off about this and the media sees a story that people are interested in. But this didn't become important to me because CNN started covering it. It has been one of my many gripes with this and former administrations for a long time. You are absolutely right, things should have never come to this point. We should have been taking this seriously for a long time and we didn't and we are paying a price now.
If there are fear tactics being used, they are the "nobody would ever do these jobs but illegal immigrants." There is no truth to that statement. An accurate statement would be "nobody is willing to do this work at the wage being offerred to illegal immigrants." Offer someone 10 bucks an hour to do this work and you would see that pile of applications materialize in a heartbeat.
Years ago, when I lived on Long Island, we had two family friends that were both landscapers. They supported their family by doing this and they did the work themselves. I'm sure that they were paid more than $4 an hour but they had plenty of work and didn't go out of business. People were willing to pay whatever they charged or they didn't use their services. I'm having a hard time understanding why it worked then but could never possibly work now.