Originally Posted by Guest

These gangs are not a direct result of immigration. Their genisis is mostly economic, and we stopped addressing that.

That does not mean that our country does not need immigration reform...it does.

It, however, must be bi partisan and comprehensive, and not a series of bans, etc.

Problem is, bot the right and left are now being controlled by extremists, not statesman.

No one in the administration is reaching out to begin meaningful conversation, and it has to begin there. Obama did not strongly pursue either, but right up to the conventions, there was a bi partisan movement for the bi partisan approach. That was crumbled in the rhetoric of the campaign.