Trump, like all dictators, is living in a state of paranoia. He is seeing increasing resistance to his iron-fist immigration policy. He is a control freak, losing control.
I'm really disappointed in the reactions to this article. I think it's a well thought out argument for a good immigration process. It's got to be very stressful living illegally in a country. Being employed as an illegal immigrant also puts you at a great disadvantage. Your employer can threaten to turn you in to the authorities. Making a good immigration process for people who want to live and work here would be very liberating for all involved.
I agree to your comments. Some of the people being taken were in the final stages and got wisked away. I apologize to you personally for presuming you were not a hard working individual. Thank you for your response.
I am no MAGA creep. I caucused for Bernie when he ran. This is the first reference I have read to date that the author says they don't support illegal immigration but do recognize how integral these people have become in our economy. I'm of the same mindset. Our country has allowed people to stay here under illegal status for far too long. I also think if you know you are here illegally then you need to be working toward becoming a legal citizen and be able to prove you are doing it. People should never be treated inhumanely but if you are here illegally you accept the risks that entails. I have read employers who say Americans don't want to do these jobs. I wonder if those same employers could actually make those jobs desirable instead of making it miserable for employees. A decent wage, work schedule, some paid time off, earned vacation, good working environment....
I think that the majority of people coming here really want to get legal status, but the system is broken and very difficult to navigate! It requires a lawyer, and many court dates, meetings, etc. while most are working many times two jobs! Our congress lacks a will to create a workable system, keeping this situation for decades now!
Yeah, I agree that too many are benefitting from a broken system that needs to be fixed. I wish employers would insist on fixing the immigration process so that they don't have to worry about hiring people here illegally.
Clearly you have never worked a day in a field or orchard. Enrich your life, go get a job for a day in a field or orchard in 90+ degree 90% humidity day. I worked in cotton fields and on a tobacco farm to help my neighboring farms get their crops in.
No, never worked an orchard. I do work on our acreage and know what it's like in 90+ degrees. I live in a fruit growing area and see how labor intensive it is. How hard people work is really irrelevant. People who want to live and work in the United States should be able to become legal citizens and want to do whatever process that entails. Hopefully, a good immigration process will come to be out of this madness.
I think the goons in Whitehouse are creating as much chaos and panic as they in order to cover for all the ways that they are losing and failing! Their economic policies are terrible losers, the DOGE antics were losers, the goofballs at DOD and HHS are inept losers! The only way he can win is with authoritarian tactics and armed forces! NO KINGS IN AMETICA EVER!!
I didn't get beyond the need for immigrants to register - what about our government can they trust now? Empty promises? May SOMEONE please enforce our constitution and stop this nonsense!!!
Immigration, as you say, is here to stay despite the wishes of the white nationalists. Your ideas seem sound. We need to elect people who will zero in on this issue with a rational, humane, economically feasible, and constitutionally grounded plan that will make it possible for immigrants to apply for and receive citizenship in a reasonable period of time. Two years of there are no issues and then go from there. But the legal/illegal issue is stupid. If we don’t provide a simple and legal way for folks to come, they will come anyway and take their chances. Until Trump, the contrast between our country and theirs was so profound that they have been willing to walk hundreds if not a thousand miles to get here only to live in the underground economy and the risks that entails because that, awful as it is, is better than what they left. If this were not the case, these folks would move on. We are still the best hope for them, flawed as we are. That tells me a lot about their desperation and my responsibility to “the stranger in our midst”.
I quite agree- some interesting and practical ideas ( yes, they need fleshed out), and mixes empathy with clear-headed economic practicalities. Thanks!
The only two problems with this proposal are white supremacists, i.e., the South shall rise again, and current elected politicians who need their votes to maintain their jobs, health-care, and bloated retirement benefits will never allow it to happen. Unless they are eliminated one way or another. The only question is: Has that "other" been reached? I vote yes ... lock, load, and start rocking and rolling.
I'm really disappointed in the reactions to this article. I think it's a well thought out argument for a good immigration process. It's got to be very stressful living illegally in a country. Being employed as an illegal immigrant also puts you at a great disadvantage. Your employer can threaten to turn you in to the authorities. Making a good immigration process for people who want to live and work here would be very liberating for all involved.
I agree to your comments. Some of the people being taken were in the final stages and got wisked away. I apologize to you personally for presuming you were not a hard working individual. Thank you for your response.
If Trump wants a real birthday parade, come to London on Saturday for Charles birthday parade.
I am no MAGA creep. I caucused for Bernie when he ran. This is the first reference I have read to date that the author says they don't support illegal immigration but do recognize how integral these people have become in our economy. I'm of the same mindset. Our country has allowed people to stay here under illegal status for far too long. I also think if you know you are here illegally then you need to be working toward becoming a legal citizen and be able to prove you are doing it. People should never be treated inhumanely but if you are here illegally you accept the risks that entails. I have read employers who say Americans don't want to do these jobs. I wonder if those same employers could actually make those jobs desirable instead of making it miserable for employees. A decent wage, work schedule, some paid time off, earned vacation, good working environment....
I think that the majority of people coming here really want to get legal status, but the system is broken and very difficult to navigate! It requires a lawyer, and many court dates, meetings, etc. while most are working many times two jobs! Our congress lacks a will to create a workable system, keeping this situation for decades now!
Yeah, I agree that too many are benefitting from a broken system that needs to be fixed. I wish employers would insist on fixing the immigration process so that they don't have to worry about hiring people here illegally.
Clearly you have never worked a day in a field or orchard. Enrich your life, go get a job for a day in a field or orchard in 90+ degree 90% humidity day. I worked in cotton fields and on a tobacco farm to help my neighboring farms get their crops in.
No, never worked an orchard. I do work on our acreage and know what it's like in 90+ degrees. I live in a fruit growing area and see how labor intensive it is. How hard people work is really irrelevant. People who want to live and work in the United States should be able to become legal citizens and want to do whatever process that entails. Hopefully, a good immigration process will come to be out of this madness.
I think the goons in Whitehouse are creating as much chaos and panic as they in order to cover for all the ways that they are losing and failing! Their economic policies are terrible losers, the DOGE antics were losers, the goofballs at DOD and HHS are inept losers! The only way he can win is with authoritarian tactics and armed forces! NO KINGS IN AMETICA EVER!!
I didn't get beyond the need for immigrants to register - what about our government can they trust now? Empty promises? May SOMEONE please enforce our constitution and stop this nonsense!!!
Immigration, as you say, is here to stay despite the wishes of the white nationalists. Your ideas seem sound. We need to elect people who will zero in on this issue with a rational, humane, economically feasible, and constitutionally grounded plan that will make it possible for immigrants to apply for and receive citizenship in a reasonable period of time. Two years of there are no issues and then go from there. But the legal/illegal issue is stupid. If we don’t provide a simple and legal way for folks to come, they will come anyway and take their chances. Until Trump, the contrast between our country and theirs was so profound that they have been willing to walk hundreds if not a thousand miles to get here only to live in the underground economy and the risks that entails because that, awful as it is, is better than what they left. If this were not the case, these folks would move on. We are still the best hope for them, flawed as we are. That tells me a lot about their desperation and my responsibility to “the stranger in our midst”.
An exceptionally researched and reasoned writing. I hope it prompts people of good faith and conscience to conversation…
I think you are making a lot of sense. Let’s hope immigration policy will someday be implemented.
Your a true American and with a talent for writing Thank You 🙏
I quite agree- some interesting and practical ideas ( yes, they need fleshed out), and mixes empathy with clear-headed economic practicalities. Thanks!
Good article had its content come months sooner. The goal for ICE is 3000 per day. Already many have been captured and excised.
You are an idiot. If you don't like America, leave! Stop the hate and division!
This makes no sense.
BANG!
This also makes no sense.
The only two problems with this proposal are white supremacists, i.e., the South shall rise again, and current elected politicians who need their votes to maintain their jobs, health-care, and bloated retirement benefits will never allow it to happen. Unless they are eliminated one way or another. The only question is: Has that "other" been reached? I vote yes ... lock, load, and start rocking and rolling.