re: "Total BS: "These young people should not be punished for their parents’ mistakes." "

Fred Fry at Fred Fry International ("Citizen Journalist and Observer of Human Nature") had all kinds of criticism for amnesty.

Money quote(s):

"This week we had President Obama act to give illegal aliens amnesty and work permits. Their excuse is that they want to concentrate on deporting violent criminals. My first problem is that The Government is not following through in it's obligation to enforce the law. My second problem with this is that they even intend to permit criminals to stay, as long as they are not 'violent'. And given the way that these people lie, I am afraid to find out what their definition of 'violent' is. We already know that they like keeping illegal aliens who drive drunk around, at least until they kill someone. And where do they think these violent criminals come from? They are criminals first, and before they were criminals, they were merely an illegal alien." (Bold typeface added for emphasis. - CAA.)

In consular work, we implement the law as it's written, not the way we'd necessarily have written it ourselves. That is to say, we've sworn an oath of office and carry it out to the best of our abilities.

"(A) more accurate statement would be that 'these young people should not be punished for their parents’ crimes.' Their intention is to simply reward all of them, even the criminals, other than a couple token violent criminals which they will use as evidence of being tough on crime. That too is a joke, as we should be putting them in jail, instead of sending them back home to cause havoc there."

There are numerous opportunities for waivers that are already built into our immigration law. Congress wrote them. Various presidents signed them into law. If we need more, then amend the law. That's how America rolls.

CAA is not unsympathetic to people who want a better life by coming to America. But we have our own laws on the subject, just as the countries our immigrants want to leave have their own laws.

"It is reported that not only will many illegal aliens be permitted to stay, but they will also be given work permits to compete for jobs against millions of Americans already out of work. The NY times story mentions that there are about 300,000 currently facing deportation proceedings that will be effected, but I suspect that that list will grow once illegal aliens figure out the best way to get in line to see a judge, to be excused from deportation and handed a work permit for a gift. After all, when you reward something, you get more of it."

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