re: #422 Lidane

Still, there has to be some sort of rational answer to all of this. Overhauling the immigration process in general would be a good idea. Expedite the legal applications that have been in limbo for years. Give the illegals who live and work here and who otherwise follow the law a path to citizenship, since that would be cheaper and easier than trying to round up and deport millions of people, or separating families. Punish the businesses and industries that depend on illegal labor, even if it means higher prices for Americans. There are things that can be done that don’t involve racial profiling of Latinos or the draconian, vile laws like the one that AZ just passed.

I was urging similar things when the immigration issue flared up during the Bush administration.

(Although I’d secure the border before doing anything else. If Mexico doesn’t like it, tough. Thereafter I would recognize that, no matter what the text of the law says, the illegals here were in fact invited by powerful special interests that deliberately undercut the rule of law. I would be very reluctant to deport any illegals who are willing to become citizens and transfer their primary allegiance to the USA.)

Is it possible that the government is just too incompetent—too entangled in its own complexity—to fix the legal immigration process?