I don't feel at the present time we are looking at the gift of immigration correctly.
President Trump's current push to use ICE as a punishing arm of the government is wrong. We need the immigrant; Persian, Russian, Greek, South African, Mexican, and so on to keep our economy going. Not all Americans are stepping up and doing the manual labor and back breaking labor needed to get our fruits and vegetables among other things to market to sell.
And also some of our work force. Our scientists, our doctors, our lawyers, etc.
What is needed is for someone to step up and help those skilled immigrants and, yes, unskilled, to get green cards and then work to get citizenship as soon as possible.
True, we need a vet them. Both of us can gain from their presence. We shouldn't be dividing families in doing so. Show them all how to work within the system to become citizens.
It is also a misuse of our troops to spend time nitpicking.
The illegal immigrant came here for a reason. We are seen as the best chance they have to achieve independence from oppression,
Sure, we don't need criminals but we do need people who are willing to work for what they can achieve.
No, we don't need more on the governments' bankroll (Which is another subject for later).
We need immigration reform and we need to come into the twenty-first century and show more compassion for the world around us.
