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Originally Posted by Guest
Painting everyone with the same brush is stupidity. One illegal nut case doesn't represent all illegal aliens. If the House had passed the bipartisan immigration bill, this deportation issue would be cut in half. Why didn't Boehner put the bill on the floor? It is the Hassett (sp) at its worst. He was afraid it would pass.
If this guy was a convicted felon, why wasn't he put in jail here or in Mexico? That is a real question not rhetorical. The cost to imprison him?
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At first I was not sure what immigration bill you referred to; the Bush proposal, or the most recent and glad you clarified it..
My understanding is that it would have given credence to Obama's declaration, and if that was taken out of the bill it would die in the senate because it would get no democratic votes. This is typical, OF BOTH PARTIES,by the way..he wanted to be able to make his little edict acceptable, and it was either accept that or you get nothing.
BUT I do agree that painting everyone with a broad brush is wrong. You know, like all Republicans are bigots; all members of the Tea Party are racist; all Republicans want war, etc. etc., etc
THAT is the problem so often. This immigration bill had background and detail, and simply painting it as you did...Boehner did not bring it up, is wrong. I suggest you look at the history of proposed immigration reform. You will find that there was a bill in place in 2001, and even agreed to by the President of Mexico and George Bush. Then came Sept 11...it was put on hold and when revisited died in committee. An entire series of films were made called "how Democracy Works" which began with the Bush proposing and followed people through the halls of congress.
Point is, this is complicated and reducing it to what you said about Boehner is mis informed and misleading.
Immigration system is broken, as President Obama said many times that he can't just proclaim it, but he did...so it requires talking among informed adults, and not trying to blame someone.
Read, watch and then let's discuss.
Trump is offering no answers, but he is raising questions.