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posted by martyb on Saturday June 28 2014, @02:56PM   Printer-friendly

In a speech Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) declared immigration reform dead. He chastised and baited Republicans in Congress for blocking reform, and declared that winning the White House without the support of a growing Hispanic population will become mathematically impossible. "The Republican Presidential nominee, whoever he or she may be, will enter the race with an electoral college deficit they cannot make up," said Gutierrez. Gutierrez didn't mention the H-1B visa in the speech, but if he's right, and comprehensive immigration reform is indeed dead, then so too is a provision in the bill that would have raised the cap on H-1B visas. Immigration reform advocates have successfully blocked any effort to take up the immigration issue piecemeal. They don't want support for broader reform to peel away.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 28 2014, @10:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 28 2014, @10:06PM (#61418)

    I agree. As for immigration reform stalling? Good. I'm tired of qualified Americans being denied a job because companies know that they can hire an H-1B for cheaper (despite all the rules that supposedly prohibit this). All that immigration reform will do is screw over our existing, legal citizens, taxpayers, and voters. It is lovely how our congresscritters and senators are fairly and impartially protecting the future of our people and the long term viability of our economy, rather than focusing on short-term stuff, or sound bites about social issues that distract everyone from the real problems we're facing, right? Yay for rationality among our representatives and the voting public! More seriously, though, our politicians are acting rationally. The problem is that the incentives are skewed in such a way that acting in their own self-interest doesn't result in them acting in the interests of the voters or to maintain long-term stability of our socioeconomic system.

    Specifically discussing Mexico, if they want to come into the country, there's a legal process already in place for that. If they sneak across illegally and get found out, well, ship them back to Mexico and let their government deal with them. That includes all the kids. Yes, they're kids. That doesn't mean that they deserve a free pass into our country or that they deserve our tax dollars in the form of food and shelter. After being told that what they did is illegal and that they will not be allowed back in, they should be dropped off in front of the Mexican president's residence with a note saying "Here's your country's citizens back, safe and sound. They're your responsibility, not ours. If they want to move here legally, contact us and we'll be glad to help them through the process the right way. If they insist on doing this the wrong, illegal way... well. We have an awful lot of guns. Don't give us any more reasons to use them to stop illegal border crossings, okay? Lots of love, US Immigration and Naturalization Services."

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by lonestar on Saturday June 28 2014, @10:30PM

    by lonestar (4437) on Saturday June 28 2014, @10:30PM (#61420)

    "Specifically discussing Mexico, if they want to come into the country, there's a legal process already in place for that. If they sneak across illegally and get found out, well, ship them back to Mexico and let their government deal with them. That includes all the kids. Yes, they're kids. That doesn't mean that they deserve a free pass into our country or that they deserve our tax dollars in the form of food and shelter. After being told that what they did is illegal and that they will not be allowed back in, they should be dropped off in front of the Mexican president's residence with a note saying "Here's your country's citizens back, safe and sound. They're your responsibility, not ours. If they want to move here legally, contact us and we'll be glad to help them through the process the right way. If they insist on doing this the wrong, illegal way... well. We have an awful lot of guns. Don't give us any more reasons to use them to stop illegal border crossings, okay? Lots of love, US Immigration and Naturalization Services.""

    Yeah but that would require a president and a congress who actually give a shit about our country's best interests.

  • (Score: 2) by tathra on Saturday June 28 2014, @11:26PM

    by tathra (3367) on Saturday June 28 2014, @11:26PM (#61435)

    Specifically discussing Mexico, if they want to come into the country, there's a legal process already in place for that.

    bahahahaha, i suggest you watch this [youtube.com]. so long as the legal immigration process remains completely broken, few will actually deal with the bullshit involved. the continued blocking immigration reform will only continue to make things worse, which means more illegals, and more "dey took err jeerrbs!", and of course, the ones who benefits the most, corporations, will continue hiring people for dirt-cheap and getting away with it. nobody's "taking" jobs from natural citizens, its seriously nothing more than the free market doing its thing.