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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser
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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We haven't had huge penalties in the past. It's a little late to start it now. Especially when people have been here for ages. I mean, some people are here and don't know of any other place that is home. Kids that come here when they're small, grow up here and are illegal. What are you supposed to do, kick out someone to Mexico when all they know about life is in Southern California? That doesn't seem fair either.
Saying that you want this to happen because of accountability is different from saying you want this to happen because one of these people might be a terrorist.
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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.
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But why is there a focus on it? Fear.
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"nobody is willing to do this work at the wage being offerred to illegal immigrants."
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I see your point on this.