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Originally Posted by sunnyatlast
"Otherwise, send them home. And, yes, I still say I'm a liberal but common sense has to prevail."
When conservatives say "send them home" for the same reasons, we're called "haters" and "racists"……End of dialogue.
Widens the division in our nation.
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No, the difference is most conservatives say send them home regardless. I would love for America to be able to allow every immigrant to stay and to help them on their journey to become successful U.S. citizens. Unfortunately, that just isn't possible. So, let those stay who truly are seeking political asylum, those who have the skills to earn a reasonable living, those children others are willing to take into their homes and support, not get financial assistance from the government.
As to adopting children here, that is an entirely different issue. I'm not saying people should adopt these children, but if they are so inclined, take these children in but they get NO government aid for supporting these kids (kind of like foreign exchange students). Yes, we educate them, but, in the long run, this benefits us as much as it does the kids.
For many years, I was truly in favor of an open-door policy. I didn't consider those from Mexico to be any less than Americans. Many of them came to work the fields in the summer, went back to Mexico for the winter. They worked incredibly hard and were (and are) incredibly poorly treated. However, now they come from Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala and on and on. America simply doesn't have the resources to support all those coming here. So, painfully and reluctantly, I was forced to change my attitudes somewhat.
Let people immigrate to America, but not if they don't have means of support. No green card, no food stamps, no government handouts, no free medical. I'm not happy with this stance but, for now, I see no alternative. Sadly, economics prevail.