Immigration Reform

The right always shifts the focus from business/institution to the individual. Voting rights is not about diebold hijacking an election by controlling the vote count it's about individuals trying to affect elections by voting more than once. With immigration, it's not about companies hiring the undocumented it is about stopping them at the border and deporting those that are here.

We don't need to builds fences, hi-tech or otherwise, to halt illegal immigration. If you want to stop the flow of illegal immigrants coming across the border just focus on the top 3 reasons they come here: jobs, jobs, and jobs. We have the capability to check whether an individuals credit card is good in seconds. We can certainly check whether the social security number supplied on an application matches the name. There are many other ways that we can determine if an individual applying for a job is here legally, instantly through the businesses Visa/MC terminal. Most businesses have these already. Those that don't can use an automated system through their phones. This type of system is also easy to set up. Take away the ability to work if you are here illegally and people will stop coming and many of those that are here will leave.

Step 2 is to increase the number of immigrants that can come here legally and streamline the process for receiving a work visa. Again, in this age of instant access through the internet and phones there is no reason that this process should take more than a week. We used to allow work visas for those that had sponsors in the states and a job waiting. As long as they don't have a criminal record, can earn their keep, pay taxes and have a place to live, a green card (work visa).

The hardest question is what to do with those that are here now. I would suggest we allow them to apply for a work visa under the same rules for new immigrants except they can do it locally. Once issued, they have to make the decision on whether they want to become a citizen or leave the country when their visa expires.

jiminnewhaven,

The Jacksonville caller struck me as a Republican "plant."

We have answers for our many problems, such as prosecute employers for hiring illegal immigrants. Please pay careful attention to how our young people are reacting! They are starting to emulate racist adults at a younger age. Hate begets hate. Some school districts in goose-stepping Michigan have an epidemic on students bullying other students. When I was in school and even though I played sports, I was considered an outsider and the runt of classmates. Frankly, they were jealous of my prowess as an athlete. That is one reason for me in joining the KMA club. KMA is the acronym for Kiss My Ass. I truly become glorified whenever I can piss people off.

I sure hope somebody fact checks this "marine". I've run into way more "veterans" who have bought their uniform and their military career down at the Army/Navy Store. I'm RA but have a lot of USMC friends-Semper Fi, not hoo-ah,-and none of them would disgrace their Flag or their Uniform in such a manner.

Retribution for Sins

Let me share with you that I have some anger issues. These anger issues are keeping me from feeling that I am on the path to eternal salvation. A key anger issue I have is that goose-stepping Americans are unwilling to practice the Golden Rule. People, our problems can be resolved by doing away with hatred, corruption, and lies that are so rampant in our hell-hole we call the United States of Hell.

There is retribution for our sins. If we die, refusing to accept and return God’s love, we are damned to spend eternity in hell. Make no mistake hell is real! It may not be a place but it is real. It may be more of a state of mind. A feeling of emptiness and hopelessness is forever constant in our mind that we have chosen to turn our back on God and His love for us.

In hell we will be reminded of our refusal to return God’s love. He has given us numerous chances to be saved but we chose to abandon Him. Our God is a patient God who is willing to forgive us seventy times seven.

We often hear that if God loves us, why would He place people in hell? People who ask this question ignore the wild card of human freedom or our free will to choose between heaven and hell.

In the Catholic Catechism hell is a “state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed.” Hell points to a human zone of loneliness and rejected love. If we barricade ourselves from God’s love, upon death hell is the result.

We are choosing hell over God’s love. As a result God is not a vengeful God, but a God who is giving us the freedom to choose our destiny upon death.

Here is a direct and simple way to return God’s love. Let us practice the Golden Rule for as long as we live. If practicing the Golden Rule is too difficult to practice, then hell will be the person’s destiny.