Illegal immigration cases being dismissed by the hundreds

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The very first thing one does at the scene of the crime is secure the property so no farther crimes take place.

This would be akin to the Jeweler who has been burglarized, restocking his store while the windows are still broken and wide open.

No its not that simple nor even a relevant analogy.

Migration is akin to a natural force, like wind, rain and gravity. you can mitigate some of the damage caused by the elements but you cannot control or harness them completely. People migrate for a variety of reasons most often having to do with the need sustinance or in response to a natural or political disaster in the home country.

The "pressure" on our southern border is due in part to tinkering around with farm subsidies to US Farmers that decimated the economy in Mexico. The economy of the US is another pressure and labor supply demands when the economy was booming and the Mexican economy was failing sent waves of undocumented workers over the border to respond to the deficit of available workers. There is also family reunification issues at the southern border. Families have been cut in half by a fence, and while it might seem logical to you that someone cannot see a parent, child or grandparent .. they don't see it that way. Some of those families lived on both sides of the border before we were even a country.

And lastly even if you did "secure the border" which is not possible.. but the flow and pressure can be intelligently managed, only 60% of the illegal aliens come here initially undocumented. 40% come with a VISA and never leave. So without completely dismantling the airline industry, and the entire travel industry which represents a large percentage of our economy .. you will never completely stop this cycle .

And don't forget the more you harrass and destroy the economic engine of Mexico which is largely driven by remittances by workers here in the US, the more pressure you create at the border.. and on it goes.

So, why not pair up the worker visa number with the labor supply demands, that will reduce "undocumented" workers, identity theft, migrants who bring the whole family because its cheaper to keep them at home in Mexico. We now made it so risky to cross they don't go home like they used to in the past or leave wife and kids there like in the past and just work here on visa and go home in off season?

At present we are building an industry of incarceration that has no benefit to anyone, there is no "product" of the prison industrial complex and no net gain to the economy of the US, its just a drain on taxpayers. Migrants on the other hand helped the economy which some might argue against but they didn't hurt it the way current policy is doing.

Edited October 18, 2010 by brokenfamily