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Congress urged to yield on immigration

Immigration control should remain in the hands of Federal government. What the states need is the power to enforce the federal laws to deport ilegal foreign nationals. What the states are after is the ability to legalize illegal foreign nationals in each state. This would be cahotic at best and cause nothing but grief. The western states and any state that has Right to Work laws are the ones after this control. It futher allows the states and businesse in those states to practice slave labor and discriminate against the american workers, also wanting the american dream. It will be a wonderous day when we get people represention back in government and do away with CEO's in government and running the government. There is more to this country than turning our laws and government over to the corporate businesses in america. States should be asking for ways to help the federal government to enforce the illegal foreign nationsl invading us intead of looking for ways to subvert immigration laws. We americans are tired of our government doing its best to aid and abet the criminal lifestyles of the illegal foreign nationals and discriminating against its own americen people.

The prof says we are doing a pretty good job compared the rest of the world. Here's Dr. Barry Chiswick of Illinois: "Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have very successful skill-based immigration policies where the primary question for applicants is, What are your skill levels? How well will you integrate into the economy?

Our immigration policy is based on the question, To whom are you related? And can you successfully enter the county illegally? Those are the two primary determinants of who gets an immigration visa."

I DO hope the good doctor has some views on that topic. Personally, 30%+ legal immigration from one country and the vast majority from the Third World, plus the illegal alien problem would tell me that our immigration policy is less than OK.

As for local involvement, does Utah get to put up a fence?

Once the initial problem of enforcement is taken care of. The feds should set the numbers, and let the visa workers move back and forth in a fair market system. Allowing local control would bring sweetheart deals to some friends/supporters of lawmakers.

We do not need different laws in different states when it comes to a national issue. Instead, we need standardized immigration laws, just as we need standardized gun laws.

But if the federal government won't step up to the plate, states have no choice but to enact their own laws or continue to be taxed by a flood of illegal immigrants and the problems they create.

Arresting an illegal immigrant doesn't need to split up a family. The whole family can be sent packing. They knew the person was illegal when they began dating, so there's no excuse. Call it the penalty they get for their actions.

Any business that relies upon undocumented or falsely-documented workers to remain competitive doesn't deserve to be in business.

Legal Hispanics have only illegals to blame for being pulled over by the police all the time. Legal immigrants should also stand up to the plate and report illegal immigrants. Then the profiling would end and they could live in peace.

Imagine all the job openings, affordable housing, school and college classrooms and shorter lines at the emergency rooms there would be for legal immigrants if we deported all the illegal immigrants.

It's past time.