Immigration is about the migration of human beings towards hope and prosperity

Immigration is much much more than a big word to describe people who travel from their home country into another. In the scope of what it means to the future of the American electorate, it is much more important than healthcare. Immigration could become the conversation that quiets the ObamaCare scare.

For several months now it has been confirmed that if given a chance, the current immigration bill that has passed the Senate would also pass in the House of Representatives.  Majority leaders have the power to filibuster a bill and deny it a day in the sun.  For weeks now, president Obama has talked about moving legislation through executive order if congress refuses to act. When the president threatens to pull out his pen and phone, he is talking about immigration for sure.

 On CBS's Face the Nation, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said,

"There's not been a determined sense that we are going to secure the borders and make sure that the laws on the books are being implemented now. I would say that is a precursor and has to happen first."


Why are republicans drawing new red lines on immigration when there is already immigration legislation with headcount to pass?   This is not about immigration at all anymore, (another post for another day) but republicans are forcing the immigration debate once again.

Can we ever stop humans from migrating across the earth?

Republicans and democrats who are ready to pass an immigration bill understand the utter hypocrisy of this debate.  The cost of deportation (which is a federal responsibility) might be twice the cost of stopping human beings from moving across land and sea and settling in fertile soil.  Why?  Because it will never end.  Where there is a will.....and a job......there will always be a way. The search for hope and prosperity is irrepressible.

Remove the magnet, remove the problem.

The only criminal is the corporations that happily create the low wage worker magnets that ultimately draw the immigrant; especially the post NAFTA immigrant.  Companies find ways to look the other way because America government looks the other way. As is the case with marijuana, the cost of enforcement is no longer worth the fight.

Yet, this problem is much more complex because the impact and the ramifications of the Mexican immigrant, to Mexico and to America, demands a holistic perspective.

Consider these things.

• Since we can never secure our border, we must have a sensible plan for future illegals.
• Comprehensive recovery of Mexico should also be the spear head of our economic war with China 

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