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Post by christopher on Jan 14, 2010 10:30:59 GMT -8
This is one of the hairiest issues, imo. I think most ideas that I have heard would be better than what is currently happening. I think it would be really great if there were better incentives for those south of our border to come here with documentation. If work visas were easier to obtain, then people would be here legally, could work legitimate jobs, could get drivers licences and bank accounts, pay taxes, etc. Those who can come on a work visa have it so much better and become contributing members of society in many ways. Perhaps if we (in addition to many of the other ideas suggest, especially securing the border better) had some kind of effort towards educating others as to how to obtain work visas (and maybe making it easier to get them) then some of these issues would sort themselves out.
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Post by Hook on Jan 14, 2010 21:23:27 GMT -8
I don't want to depress people even more than what the circumstances merit, but if I were Obama, knowing Haiti is a region that capitalizes heavily on the slave trade (or "human trafficking"), I'd gather some of my resources for combating human rights abuse, like, right now, and use them, say, right there. What does this have to do with this thread, you say? Well, that gives me reason to wonder... how many illegal immigrants in the U.S. are actually slaves? Oygh, I shouldn't have asked: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_United_States10,000 people. Whatever the immigration reform, I think it should address them. edit: I messed up. The number is between 14,000 and 17,000 trafficked into the U.S. every year. And the number of people at risk of being trafficked within the U.S. (citizens of the U.S.) is incredibly high: 244,000 children and youth. Excuse me, I'll be in the corner, crying.
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