Undocumented Workers 11,200,000

2009 population from 1 to 10

New York, N.Y. ………………8,363,710
Los Angeles, Calif………….. 3,833,995
Chicago, Ill…………………… 2,853,114
Houston, Tex………………… 2,242,193
Philadelphia, Pa. ……………1,567,924
Phoenix, Ariz……………….. 1,447,395
San Antonio, Tex…………… 1,351,305
Dallas, Tex…………………….1,279,910
San Diego, Calif………………1,279,329
San Jose, Calif. ………………948,279

That means that is the same quantity of people that New York and Chicago has.
Just imagine our country with out people in New York and Chicago…
How expensive is going to be that?

Let’s use our heads We are the # 1 country in the world! Let’s fix this problem as We are.

The problem is based on the way that our broken immigration system is, if the visa gap could be larger for family members and if we could have a real temporary workers program like in Europe, We can solve the problem. Let’s rebuild our database to use the E-Verify

We don’t need more fences, we don’t need more expenses on that. We just have to fix what is broken and unfortunately in this case is our law that was designed for the situation that we had 30 years ago, don’t patch it, fix it!. and fix it for ever, do it right.

Fixing our immigration system is not just the right thing to do for immigrant workers; it’s the right thing to do for all workers and for our economy.

I don’t think E-Verify is the answer, especially given the bugs that it has. Interestingly enough the E-Verify budget request was lower than last year but more workers were added. It should be interesting to see how that plays out.

I think the point Connie is that people can’t wait 3-4 years and I would argue and expand on your comment by saying that this is a human rights issue.

And yes Beast, I deleted your comment.

Hmmm, interesting points all. I agree, Maegan, that it is a Human Rights Issue. I fear, however, that reform cannot be obtained if approached from a Human Rights Lens.

Don’t get me wrong: the principal way in which I became a proponent of CIR was through the “Human” circumstances, because over the past decade or so I have befriended several Undocumented individuals and saw that they are no less deserving of the rights and privileges that we as citizens enjoy. In fact, many are MORE deserving.

But, as we all know, there is a disturbing lack of compassion amongst too many Americans, be it through apathy or active hate, for the undocumented people. Fortunately, the majority of the evidence points towards the fact that CIR(legalizing current undocumented) would BENEFIT the U.S.A. Despite what the detractors say about the latter conclusion, there is NO other alternative if we want to end the status quo.

So, while the human rights aspect is more compelling to many of us individually, I believe that the logical benefits of CIR should be shoved down the throat of those that oppose or are indifferent to its passing.

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