As a conservative, average Joe, looking at the situation this country faces with immigration, it's obvious that a permanent fix needs to be done. According to the constitution, the President of the United States primary job is to keep American citizens safe and give them opportunities to prosper. That is exactly what our current president is attempting to do, unfortunately the Liberal left cannot allow him to succeed or the balance of political power will be heavily Republican for many years to come in all 3 branches of government putting many of them out of the picture and out of work.
Many years ago this country received a gift from France. The Statue of Liberty was given to us to commemorate our alliance during the American Revolution. The Plaque on the base of the statue reads : “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore,” she wrote. “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” The United States has been taking in the poor and the needy from all over the globe ever since. For over a century this country has been taking care of the rest of the world to help all who needed it. As this country was initially formed on Christian values this was and still is the right thing to do. Immigrants poured in by the shiploads into Castle Garden Depot and later Ellis Island in New York. New York is called the melting pot as it accepted immigrants from all nations. Well now this countries Melting pot is full.
More than 45 million people, or 14.5 percent of all Americans are living at or below the poverty level. For this reason, President Trump wants to change immigration policies to stop chain migration and limit migration to immigrants that speak enough english to get by, have some funds in hand and have an education or a skill so they can thrive and prosper when they arrive and are an asset to the country, not an immediate liability. Right now the United States needs to help the millions of people already here to get out of poverty, give them food, housing and jobs so they may prosper. Remember, even if Immigration laws are passed now, if in 5- 10 or 15 years down the road our poverty level in the U.S. decreases enough, we can take another look at the policies and make changes if need be. This move is absolutely not a racist move, it's a common sense approach to solving America's problems first.
Now looking at DACA. It is true that these young people were brought here by their parents and most know the U.S. as their only home. Although technically they are here illegally it is no fault of theirs. But here is the issue and let me put this in simple terms. Think of the DACA problem as a leaky pipe. Would you just mop up the water that's on the floor and walk away? Of course not, you would just be right back there in 10 minutes to do it again. So our previous President in his divine wisdom decided to put a bucket under the leak, (he didn't even mop the floor) kicking the can down the road with this executive order instead of trying to fix the problem permanently. Well now the bucket is full and President Trump does not want to just empty the bucket and put it back. He wants to get members of congress and senate to get together on a bypartisan basis and permanently fix the pipe. This can be done by the elimination of chain migration, stopping the Visa Lottery system, implementing E-verify to track Visas, building 700 miles of wall on our southern border and add additional surveillance equiptment, drones, boats and Border Patrol Agents to secure the southern border and stop the leak completely. They can do this along with giving the 900,000 DACA recipients who pass a background check a pathway to legalization after paying a $1000. fee giving you 900 million dollars toward the wall.
We all care about the water in the bucket but we have to fix the broken pipe allowing us to open the faucet when we want more water. Now this is just my humble opinion. Please let me know what you think and leave some comments on the issue. I value your thoughts and input.
Joe Fusco
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