Replies to post #463343 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

I agree with each and every Bipartisan Senate vote for a tough on the border immigration reform bill, that is not even given a vote in a GOP House. Those bills represent lost opportunities to address both illegal and legal immigration.

The 'no compromise' radical right in the House reflects the nihilistic, election denying, my way or the highway, wannabe theocrat do nothing attitude that IS the real problem. I'm happy to see IVF added to the abortion debate, both of which the Dems will use to club the GOP senseless with up and down the ticket.

[sortagreen]

We do not have an illegal immigration issue. We have a backlog of asylum seekers. Anyone is allowed to request asylum here. That's the fucking law, and we are law abiding Americans.



Those laws were established in 1996 by USA’s 104th Congress which had a Republican majority in both houses. Why the fuck are you blaming Democrats? And why the fuck are Republicans blocking current bipartisan attempts to alleviate the situation?

Seriously, are you one of those poorly educated Americans I keep hearing about?

8 U.S. Code § 1158 - Asylum
(a) Authority to apply for asylum
(1) In general

Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1158

[sortagreen]

Hitler did that too...

Adolf Hitler also published a list of crimes committed by groups he didn’t like
Analysis by Amanda Erickson
Assignment editor
March 2, 2017 at 12:55 p.m. EST

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/02/adolf-hitler-also-published-a-list-of-crimes-committed-by-groups-he-didnt-like/

[newmedman]

this article needs to further comment from me.

Nobody said they agree with illegal immigration. Since you like to make vague comparisons then riddle me this??? How many children died last year and already this year due to your precious second amendment?