Comments about ‘Local leaders rally for federal immigration reform’

One of the crowning achievements of President Reagan's administration was passing the Immigration Reform Act of 1986 which was suppose to stop illegal immigration. What happened to that law and why isn't it being enforced?

Yes dan what did happen to that law. The goverment is to willing and ready to accommadate. If you are an illegal in the United States and you are found they send you back only for you to return again. We need to make english the official language. Increase our funding for INS and our border patrol. I am the child of immigrants and if they had to learn english and study to become citizens so should everybody else. The US makes it too easy for them by accommadating to their wants instead of the other way around.

Why is it that "immigration reform" means "lets find a way to let everyone illegally living in our country to become citizens for free". Let's try a new approach: If you come to this country you WILL register with our government so they can tax you like the rest of us. If you do not have proper ID to show you are registered you do not get into our hospitals for free, you and your kids don't go to our schools for free, if you have a baby here its not an American citizen just because you are here for a visit, you don't get free food stamps, power, or gas, and you certainly don't get a drivers license or the right to any say in how WE run OUR country. I'm all for allowing hard working people into the USA its how most of us got here. But it is time the taxpaying citizens of the United States are given the benefits of their hard work and honest living, not people that managed to sneak in for free.

Many people give up their lives to gain citizenship here. We should not allow it to be stolen from those who want to stand in line and come here according to the law.

We have the E-Verify system to assure that the 10% of Americans out of work will get available jobs.

During a time of hardship, giving citizenship freely to those who have stolen it, does not make sense.

Dan, you summed it up like a proffesional analyst. God bless you for your brevity.

The only reform we need with illegal foreign nationals forcing their way into this country is enforcement of the law.

What gives these illegals any right to address our elected government officials? None. If an illegal does not like our laws they must leave then file their dislikes with their country's embassy. Not with our government officials representing the american citizens. Illegal is criminal and there is no way around it. Breaking the laws then adjusting the law to suit them is criminal and an affront to me as an american. These illegals have no patriotism or even a desire to assimilate in america, they are a thriving criminal industry.

The only problem is that the majority of our legislators are criminal themselves in their private business who are employing illegal aliens to subvert and destroy the american working class. This is why they are denying americans their rights and a job in their businesses, for cheap tax free illegal labor.

I came here legally and am now a proud citizen. I waited in line for YEARS, worked multiple jobs to pay for processing/travel, learned english and studied American history while waiting. America has been very good to me. I paid and earned my way. I also wanted to escape from abject poverty. It infuriates me that illegals overstay their visitor visas or cross the border illegally. I don't care where they came from, they need to be deported and they can take their american born children with them or leave them with legal residents, its their choice and a consequence of their illegal behavior. It's an issue of fairness and justice.

I think we should hire Joe Arpaio, here in Utah and replace the Salt Lake Police Chief. Maybe then we can find and deport those who are here illegally. I want to be compassionate but let's start by enforcing the laws and then working to reform immigration to allow people to come here legally. I used to live in Rose Park/Glendale many years so and it was a lovely little area of lower income homes. Now it's nothing but a ghetto which is such a shame. I welcome legal immigrants but not illegal lawbreakers who are polluting our city and state and taking advantage of our generosity.

Even Obama promised while running and now at the President's website that anyone here illegally will have to go to the back of the line.

We must remove any incentive or reward to come and be in the US illegally.

It is not a CRIMINAL offense to enter the U.S. without papers, only a CIVIL offense. It is something akin to a traffic ticket. SO PLEASE STOP SCREAMING "CRIMINAL" WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE LAW!

For the criminally naive, "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" means another amnesty, nothing more.

Amnesty would be an extremely foolish move. We’ve been there and done that and it didn’t work. Look where it got us.

A new Zogby International poll of Mexican citizens living in Mexico found that the majority of them believe an amnesty will encourage more Mexicans to cross the border illegally. Further, 69 percent of those polled think their countrymen living in the US should show their primary loyalty to Mexico, not the US.

I don’t know about you but I see a problem here. Loyal-to-Mexico but now-legalized Mexicans would then vote in elections for policies that benefit Mexico or Mexicans in the US, rather than all US citizens.

I welcome good folks from anywhere and think that controlled and sensible legal immigration that requires assimilation and learning English can be a very good thing. However, legalizing people who are not loyal to this country but whose hearts belong to another nation is a recipe for disaster.

No more amnesty!

Amen to every single one of these comments. It takes a lot of nerve to stand up & demand ANYTHING for people who are here illegally.

The international community, the United Nations, and the United States all agree that Mexico has a few wrinkles and warts, but that it is a nice place to live. It also has the world 13th economy.

We also know the illegal aliens are drawing a huge amount of welfare when they get here. The Federal Government is afraid of racism so they won't tell us how much, which means it has to be far greater than we imagine. Very, very clearly, the illegal aliens and their wives can go home and live a decent life in Mexico and so, there is NO issue about keeping the family together, but the welfare is a terrible, terrible draw that may well be influencing everyone on where those families should live.

And it is odd.. no one has stepped forward and volunteered to pay that welfare. They want the American Taxpayer to pay it. Lets do as the laws suggest we do: lets deport them.

Typical subterfuge on the part of the DN to report “thousands” in D.C. but not mention that only a handful showed up in Utah. Obviously, the vast majority of U.S. Citizens do not support any form of amnesty–no matter how it is camouflaged.

The Chamber of Commerce doesn't want reform. Business uses the labor and loves the cheap wages. Start with them.

To enforcer @10:29 am

Actually it is a criminal offense. They have broken the law, even a trafice ticket is a criminal offense. that is why when you get
a ticket you have a record on file with the court and justice system.. Civil offenses are usualy between two or more litigants such as a lawsuite.

It's time for Jesus to come back and take care of our problems once and for all.

LaRaza means "THEE RACE" !!
What do you think they are pushing ?!
Think about it for a second !
How difficult is it to understand the word "ILLEGAL" ? It's not rocket science.
Granting legal status to the illegals would cause a flood that will ruin our society !

We should jail all illegal immigrants residing in the state of Utah. The American border should be guarded heavily like East and West Germany was. We should have military along with Border Patrol shooting anyone trying to cross over. Illegal immigrants have no business within the borders of the U.S.A.