Comments on: Napolitano Offers Obama Pragmatic Take on Immigration

By: Kids Games

Kids Games — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:45:24 +0000

She's really going to take some flack for the recent hoopla concerning illegal immigrants and nationalized healthcare.

By: ClubPenguinCheats

ClubPenguinCheats — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:52:10 +0000

I'm a longtime Numbers USA member, and I agree with Roy Beck: Obama could have done a lot worse in picking Napolatino. I'd rather have someone in charge of the illegal immigration problem that has first-hand knowledge, like Napolatino, of the effect it has on state budgets than someone who has no experience and ends up listening to lobbyists.

By: 英文家教

英文家教 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:58:38 +0000

Probably one of the hardest things anyone can do is try and learn something new. Congrats to anyone who tries.

By: 英文家教

英文家教 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:58:38 +0000

Probably one of the hardest things anyone can do is try and learn something new. Congrats to anyone who tries.

By: immigration in the new administration « no postage required

immigration in the new administration « no postage required — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:21:56 +0000

[...] of talk about Obama’s pick for Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, and what her history as governor of Arizona can spell out for immigration and border policy in the [...]

By: Jodie

Jodie — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:43:53 +0000

"Maybe you need to read up on the Treaty of Hidalgo de Guadalupe and the
Gadsden purchase. Not only did the United States win the territory in war,
we paid for it too--about 30 million dollars, and 340 dollars a square mile
as I recall --that would have to be multiplied by 24 or 25 times to equal
modern dollars (assuming that inflation has not eaten up the dollars) that
amounts to about 750 million dollars--for the land that is alleged to have
been "stolen" from the Mexicans. This was considerably more than was paid
for the Louisiana Purchase and for Fulton's Folly (the purchase of Alaska.)

The money was designated to be paid to the sparse numbers of actual settlers
as compensation for the relocation of those who lived there, but really the
Mexican negotiators really meant the ones who had land grants from the King
of Spain. There were others who lived on the lands too, Indians, half breed
Mexican and Indians, and lower class Mexicans, who were considered "peons"
who worked the land; they were considered as not eligible for citizenship or
for recognition of their status by the ones in power in Mexico, and they
were not compensated, and--that was consistent with the feudal caste system
that existed in that country. Apparently, few people ever saw the
money--but if there is any claim to be made it should probably be made to
General Santa Ana and the others who were the recipients of it. Texas was
a
republic of Mexico but had seceded and was successful in its independence
bid. So, no matter what your position is on illegal immigrants, it should
not include the Mexican distortion of the history of the region. That
distortion is being spread by La Raza whose stated intention is to take back
the US for Mexico.

If anyone has a claim for lands being stolen, maybe the Indians who
originally occupied the lands in question--and there were about a half
million of them--have the best claim, since Mexico's original claim for
California was based on the "discovery" of the Pacific Ocean; the Spanish
king laid claim to all the land washed by the Pacific. This led them to
claims in the Philippines that were successful, but I rather imagine that
the people of Hawaii, Japan, Korea and China, Australia and Micronesia,
etc., might have some other ideas about claims to the land washed by the
Pacific or by the bodies of water that are actually contiguous and wash the
shores of the entire world. In their ignorance they made many claims of
regency that are not sustainable, the one to all of the Pacific shores
being, perhaps, the most egregious. And just a half thought will reveal
that other countries laid claim to the same lands based on equally dubious
and debatable bases. No one in the US stole the houses or land from
Mexicans."
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BTW--I'd be glad to be sent back to the country from which my grandparents
came--they were native americans. It was clean, quiet, uncrowded and more or
less peaceful then. Not a lot of technology, but we got along rather nicely
nonetheless.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:47:39 +0000

i agree 100%–with every point–how can we get it done?

I have written to my repesentatives and senators again and again and they are still very soft on illegals and they take no position to protect our economy, protect our California state budget (we are bankrupt) to protect our social security anf medicare systems, nor to protect legal workers or the unemployed. How can we open the eyes and hearts of the public who so indifferently re elect them again and again?

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:58:21 +0000

I'm against giving illegal immigrants carte blanc.
My mother came to America legally in 1951. She carried a green card as well as a work visa.
She loved America and what it stands for, Freedom and Democracy.
The illegal immigrants who are here with good intentions should go through the same process that other immigrants do now, as that of our four fathers.
Securing our Borders with more Border Patrols and patroling our water ways with our Coast Guards would show a clear message to those who may want to cause us harm.
I'am hoping and praying that our two Border Patrol Agents, Ramos and Compean who are currently
serving a eleven and twelve year prison term be released.
While they were protecting our Borders, what clearly looks, in self-defense fired a shot at a Drug Cartell Member by the name of Osvaldo Aldrete Davila in the buttocks. His van had over 700 lbs of drugs that he had smuggled across our Borders. Our appointed U.S. Attorney, Mr. Johnny Sutton, offered and gave amnesty to Mr. Davila, in return for his testimony, by helping convict Agents Ramos and Compean.
Ramos and Compean have already served two years, too many.
They were clearly innocent by self-defense, and should not have been convicted, and be released.
We need to Protect our Borders and our Border Guards who are Patroling them.
Since Ramos and Compeans' Freedom and Democracy was so easily lost.
What does that say for our Freedom and Democracy and our future?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:04:59 +0000

Bottom line: Napolitano supports amnesty which the American people reject. We will not be foooled again by talk of giving illegals a “pathway” to citizenship (AKA amnesty) as long as they supposedly “pay a fine” and have a “history of paying taxes” etc. This IS amnesty and we have heard this tune before. Furthermore, we do not have to “round up” 12 million illegals. No major anti-illegal immigraton group is talking about that. Rather if our existing laws are enforced and benefits cut off, many if not most illegal aliens will return to their home countries over time. This is the humane and cost -effective way to solve this crisis.

With 10 million Americans out of work, now is NOT the time to be talking about ANY form of amnesty for those who have broken our laws. Do your job and enforce our laws!!

By: fred

fred — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:35:09 +0000

Real enforcement is the only way to deal with this out of control anti U.S. worker mess! All we need to do is,get a real Government leadership to do their damn jobs for a change!