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An Immigration Solution that Puts Americans First
Conservative Review ^ | 7/23/15 | Daniel Horowitz

Posted on 07/26/2015 7:10:40 AM PDT by wildwoodla

Speaking before a crowd of newly-arrived immigrants on October 16, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge declared, “as a nation, our first duty must be those who are already our inhabitants, whether native or immigrants.” - See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/Commentary/2015/07/An-Immigration-Solution-that-Puts-Americans-First#sthash.GL2lLrYO.dpuf

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: immigration
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Mr. Horowitz lists in detail common sense immigration reform ideas and suggests any reforms should put *caution: trigger warning* Americans first.
1 posted on 07/26/2015 7:10:40 AM PDT by wildwoodla
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To: wildwoodla

...and provide a “Path to Citizenship” for those that are already here illegally.

Just kidding - but if you add the words above it would sound just like the Senate Amnesty Bill of 2013. LOL!

The plan is REALLY GOOD - and sounds quite a bit like Trump is calling for.


2 posted on 07/26/2015 7:15:53 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: wildwoodla; kabar

This looks like REAL comprehensive “immigration” reform. kabar, what do you think?


3 posted on 07/26/2015 7:19:14 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: BobL

There are some really good parts of his proposal for a solution.

My main contention is that we do not have a single ‘immigration’ problem that encompasses aspects of legal immigration, immigration policies for executive agency whim on refugees, or visas AND illegals.

There are at least two distinct problems. ILLEGALS and an immigration/visa system and birthright citizenship problem.

One of these problems is simple. There are laws and ‘supposed to have been executed programs’ to deal with it. Illegal is always illegal, always has been.

The other on is a matter of executive policy, implementation and a very badly needed complete reform of our legal immigration/visa system and a total reigning in of the abuse of the 14th amendment.


4 posted on 07/26/2015 7:21:08 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: wildwoodla

All “immigration reform” is always about amnesty. Without amnesty, the proponents of immigration reform have nothing to support.


5 posted on 07/26/2015 7:28:49 AM PDT by umgud
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To: Gaffer

Very Eloquenty put. I’m personally in the no amnesty camp. These folks broke our laws period. I’m almost to the point that we should even go so far as to suspend immigration until this mess is corrected. Yes, the sun is shining and birds are chirping where I am /sarc/


6 posted on 07/26/2015 7:41:00 AM PDT by wildwoodla
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To: Girlene
These are all good suggestions for curbing illegal immigration. I would add only a few others:

Streamline the processing and adjudication of immigration cases;

Increase coordination at the federal level by eliminating barriers to information sharing among agencies;

Leverage state and local enforcement resources by giving them a more expanded role in immigration enforcement;

Ensure that anyone who enters this nation illegally is not rewarded by being permitted to stay and work here; i.e., no amnesty. Attrition thru enforcement is the way forward;

In addition to enforcement we need to change our legal immigration policies by:

Formulating a merit based immigration system that brings in the skills and talents to keep us competitive in the global economy;

Reducing immigration levels based on need more closely approximating 300,000 a year, which is almost replacement level;

Eliminating extended chain migration, i.e., family reunification, limiting it to the nuclear family;

Promoting pro-immigrant measures that help newcomers assimilate and embrace the values and principles of our Founders and the Constitution

7 posted on 07/26/2015 7:44:37 AM PDT by kabar
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To: wildwoodla

My “amnesty” is to allow these invaders to go home without first having served a prison sentence, and that would just be for the ones who can prove they didn’t commit any additional crimes here. The prime directive? Never, never allowed to return again for any reason.


8 posted on 07/26/2015 7:45:19 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: BobL

What are you talking about? Trump would legalize those not otherwise dangerously criminal.

That’s a disaster for the country. Oh, and by the way, every other candidate in the race would at least do the same.

We’re cooked.


9 posted on 07/26/2015 7:53:22 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: wildwoodla

Yep.

Too bad the GOPe overlords have assured we have zero candidates with anywhere near this position in the race.


10 posted on 07/26/2015 7:55:13 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: kabar

Thank you. Excellent suggestions on the legal side as well. Yes, chain migration and allowing in unskilled immigrants need to go.


11 posted on 07/26/2015 7:58:02 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: 9YearLurker

I was about to respond to you, but you responded to yourself exactly the same. LOL!

I agree with you, of course, the REAL PROBLEM is not the crime as much, but the demographics which will determine whether we remain America or turn into a northern version of Argentina.

It may be that Trump simply understands that securing the border is a WINNING ISSUE, even with Hispanics, whereas deportations scare them...so he’s keeping quiet and not giving them ammo. Building the wall says a lot on its own...Trump just may come through on the rest, but first he has to get into the White House.


12 posted on 07/26/2015 8:03:16 AM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: kabar

We need to kill H-1B and have a moratorium on all immigration for at least a generation. The melting pot is now a salad and we need to assimilate what we got now. You are so wrong headed I don’t know where to begin.


13 posted on 07/26/2015 8:06:18 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
I am wrong headed? How? I don't have a problem with H-1B on a very limited basis and correctly. The current cap is 65,000 a year. Obama has doubled down by allowing the spouses of H-1B visa holders to work as well.

I see H-1B visas as a way to bring in highly skilled workers like the "Einstein" type person who can help this country. We wouldn't need H-1B visas if we had a merit based immigration system.

have a moratorium on all immigration for at least a generation. The melting pot is now a salad and we need to assimilate what we got now.

WTF are you talking about? First, we will never stop all immigration. Would you prevent Americans from marrying foreigners and bringing them to the US under a spousal visa? During the period 1925-65, we averaged 190,000 legal immigrants a year. We could revert back to that or some other level, which could be adjusted annually based on our needs. Right now Americans are losing jobs to immigrants and having their wages depressed.

Yes, we need to drastically reduce legal immigration from the current 1.1 million a year (1.24 million in 2015.) Since 1990 we have had 30 million LEGAL PERMANENT IMMIGRANTS enter this country along with 640,000 guest workers annually. Immigration to America is a privilege, not a right.

14 posted on 07/26/2015 8:24:03 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

Nobody controls the H-1B program. Many threads have been posted with direct testimony showing that the sole purpose is to displace US It workers. You have an agenda it is clear. There are maybe 3 “Einsteins” on the whole planet, my guess they are in the USA. You age part of the gloBULList cabal that I despise. And I despise your beloved Cruz too, he wants to quadruple down on traitorous destructive behavior..


15 posted on 07/26/2015 8:59:24 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Nobody controls the H-1B program. Many threads have been posted with direct testimony showing that the sole purpose is to displace US It workers.

It is not just IT workers. It is across the board. Employers are using it to fill all kinds of jobs including teachers. Primer for Reporters Looking Into the H-1B Program

You have an agenda it is clear. There are maybe 3 “Einsteins” on the whole planet, my guess they are in the USA. You age part of the gloBULList cabal that I despise. And I despise your beloved Cruz too, he wants to quadruple down on traitorous destructive behavior..

You must have me confused with someone else. I am not a Cruz supporter. Cruz supports amnesty and quadrupling the number of guest workers, something I have lobbied against on the Hill. I have been working for a grassroots immigration group that lobbies on the Hill. I work with NumbersUSA and CIS and others. Save your vitriol for those who deserve it.

16 posted on 07/26/2015 9:15:07 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar
I see H-1B visas as a way to bring in highly skilled workers like the "Einstein" type person who can help this country.

How many "Einsteins" are there in the world?

17 posted on 07/26/2015 9:17:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
There are plenty of scientists and other highly skilled people who could contribute to the success of this country. We have to be selective about who we bring in similar to how Australia and Canada use their immigration policies. As I indicated, we would not need an H-1B program if we had a merit based immigration system. Hell, 20% of the 1.1 million legal immigrants who enter annually lack even a high school degree. We are importing high school dropouts and poverty.

Our immigration policies should serve our national interests, not the corporate paymasters. I worked with the Dave Brat campaign to get rid of Cantor including funding over 40,000 robocalls. Brat has been one of the few politicians willing to address legal immigration and connect it to American jobs. Groups like Middle Resolution should be emulated around the country.

Every GOP candidate should be forced to read Jeff Sessions' Becoming the Party of Work: How the GOP can help struggling Americans, and itself. Both parties have abandoned the American worker.

18 posted on 07/26/2015 9:28:35 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar
There are plenty of scientists and other highly skilled people who could contribute to the success of this country.

How many is "plenty"?

19 posted on 07/26/2015 9:30:07 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Today, immigrants make up a sizeable proportion of the U.S. health care workforce. In 2010, the foreign born accounted for 16 percent of all civilians employed in health care occupations in the United States. In some health care professions, this share was larger. More than one-quarter of physicians and surgeons (27 percent) were foreign born, as were more than one out of every five (22 percent) persons working in health care support jobs as nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.

Our major hospitals could not operate without foreign doctors. The AMA has a lot to do with that by limiting the numbers of those graduating from US medical schools.

20 posted on 07/26/2015 9:37:16 AM PDT by kabar
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