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Would someone please explain to me how the word "restrictionist" applies to those who honor and respect our immigration laws and quotas that were implemented by our government but not they themselves?

Ever heard of the term "there is no more room at the inn"?  Lines form to enter many places but once all the seats/places are taken there is no line to get into anymore but that does that mean make your own line and crash the inn anyway?

#1, close the damn borders already... idk who opened them (Reagan?)... and do w.e can be done to stop the exploitation of people in other countries... then people are gonna stop coming as much. Economic instability is why many legal and illegal people come here. Everything else is family unity and prosecution.

If everyone was stable in their own country, then they wouldnt take the troubled route to come here.

and im tired of hearing legal residents brag about how good they were back in their home country, how good of jobs they had; high positions in the government etc. and telling me how difficult the U.S is, how its soo much stress. im like "go home if you wanna brag about the country you came from"...

secure the borders first, halt ceratin deportations for people who may be deemed qualified by some kind of immigration law in the future... so we dont have this problem every 10 years.

and stop with the "we're full" argument... this country has been saying its full for years... when we're outside the door we say "its not full"... but once we get our foot inside the door; oops "its full"...

give people the confidence that the borders are secure and that any feuture CIR law would be implemented... otherwise we can all do this for years.

i've herd your arguments Mark, I've herd everyone else's too.. i know were every stands on the issue by now... God if we can just see some articles without comment section; its getting anoying, same talk over and over again. no wonder many people who used to comment; have left. 

Despite all these drawbacks enumerated (and there were a while bunch) the US still has by far the mosre liberal immigration system on the planet.  his is ruly amazing.

there are two sets of rules: one set for people from wealthy countries--predominantly white, predominantly European--and one set for everybody else.

not true.  One set for wealthy people; another for the poor, regardless of country of allegiance.  The Mexican elite jetset into Aspen just as easily as Russian mobsters, Saudi sheiks, and British Royalty.  Foreigners aren't discriminated so much by the color of their skins, as by the color of their money.

Michelina, as I already told you I will not discuss any issues with you and two other femles in this blog anymore since you all resorted to personal attacks over and over.

ICE goes after all illegal immigrants not just certain ones. That is their job!  Just like law enforcement has to go after all citizen law violaters not just those without families.  Having a family does not exclude anyone from the long arm of the law nor should it. 

It was Liquid Reign who posted the complete story about the 21 year old who got deported.    His/her post got deleted in here though.  I was able to read it though because I subscribed to that topic and it came to me through my e-mail.   I have since deleted it so if you want to know the story ask him/her.   I don't recall all the details but it sure cleared up what the article left out.

I appreciate your attempt at civility in this last post but I don't trust that you will continue to be that way so perhaps it would be better if you didn't address me anymore because I don't plan on responding to you after this,  just clearing some things up.     I don't want fights breaking out in here.   I only want to discuss issues with civility and without personal attacks just because I have a different view of things.  

I was expecting this response.  Thank you.

(so perhaps it would be better if you didn't address me anymore because I don't plan on responding to you after this,  just clearing some things up)

Michelina, He wrote the same exact thing to me. His continous rhetoric is extremely predictiable and very cold when it comes to the splitting up of familys.

I just saw a film on how the ACLU fought a private detention prison in Texas that had detained little children and their mom's that came to our country because they ran from husbands that beat them. One of the woman had scares on her face and told a story about her husband who asked her to drink poison and told her he would be-head her with a machite.

She fled to our country and found herself and her children in the strick Texas detention system.

Here are a few of the retrictions.

*If the child (Some 3 year olds) cried because they felt anxiety's from not seeing daylight or stress from the retriction they would separate the child from the mother in different quarters.

*Mealtimes were retricted to 15 minutes in length. Mothers usually left without eating because they could not feed their children in that length of time.

*Children rarely saw daylight.

*Lights were out at a certain time and the detained were not allowed to move about freely on the premises.

There were many more retrictions but these detainees were treated like as if they committed hard felonys.

Retrictionists have cold comments that come out of their mouths like one woman in a hearing said: "Sometimes little children must suffer for the crimes of their parent".

I keep on thinking what kind of a normal human being would make a comment like that! Children suffer! Crimes of what!...the women came from situations were they were being beaten and their lives were at risk. Sometimes I think we are being too polite to these people because they have absolutely no values.

Any woman who would deny these woman have no respect for woman or themselves and any man that would deny these woman the right to freedom is certainly not a gentleman or quality man.

This is what happens when our detention system becomes a private industry profit organization. They said that the government paid up to 200 dollars a day to keep some of these kids detained. The food the feed them looked so gross and the one poor little girl they interviewed looked so depressed. It was so sad that people were crying in the church where the film was viewed. When one of the little girls was finally released she talked about the thinks she loved most in this country. She said she liked going to Mcdonalds with her mom. Also, they had some of the children draw pictures and people were crying when they showed some of the pictures they drew with broken hearts and pictures of children with bars over them. It is so sad...and I can not understand how anyone who is a part of it can sleep at night after what they have done.

*This is what happens when a system is left in our country without checks and balances.

I know, I remember the comment.  And I know a frog feigning chivalry when I hear it croak.  Finally, you would think, a topic that both parties would agree on - the sacredness of family as the foundation of society.  We are damaging future American generations by allowing children to be denied basic necessities to grow in a healthy environment.  Not just the undocumented children but the American children as well.  Children are sponges - they absorb sights, sounds, emotions.  They imitate their parents' actions and look to them as role models.  By proliferating a double standard of which child receives basic rights, we are teaching our American children that they are superior over others because of birth right.  Regardless of whether we are parents or not, we are responsible for promoting a strong support system for children.  People cast off responsibility of parenting to the "biological" parents or adopted parents.  Why, because it is the biggest sacrifice a person can make.  We are wrong to do this if we truly believe it takes a village to raise a child.  Politicians, celebrities, public figures push and push and push family, family, family.  Are they listening to these little voices?  And one doesn't have to show their support for children by actually letting them into their home or giving donations.  I'm not saying you have to live the life of Mother Teresa.  One can show support by how one thinks.  And by even posting comments like "no room in the inn" shows a complete block to human compassion.  Want to create some positive change - think and speak positively. 

(We are damaging future American generations by allowing children to be denied basic necessities to grow in a healthy environment.  Not just the undocumented children but the American children as well.  Children are sponges.)

You are right on with that Michelina! and I think so much damage has already been done but it is never too late to change. There is a movement out there and it is growing. When I go to my group the people that are mobilized are from all different backgrounds and that includes that the majority of them happen to be US citizens that have compassion on the issue.

I have an immigration prayer I found in the reformed church on a flyer made when I meet with another group called IRATE and First Friends before the film was child detention film was shown to share with everyone tonight before I go to sleep. The members of this church and their prayer are so kind in nature. They are listed as firstfriends2@juno.com 

*A Prayer for Immigration Justice*

Blessed are You, Lord God, King of all creation.

Through Your goodness, we live in this land that You have so richly blessed.

Help us always to recognize our Blessings come from You

And remind us to share them with others, especially those who come to us today from other lands.

Help us to be generous, just, And welcoming, as You have been and are generous to us.

Ooops! this is the website that works. go to www.irateweb.org this is a fairly new group that has formed.