How come US Immigration Law can’t be enforced even though the laws are current and up to date?

MSG Louis Alexander — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:11:34 -0400

Congress established the current immigration law which is still in effect today.

Response by LTC David Brown made Apr 4 at 2018 11:42 AM

LTC David Brown — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:42:20 -0400

Some businessss favor open immigration for reduced labor costs.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Apr 4 at 2018 1:48 PM

CPT Jack Durish — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:48:39 -0400

That is one helluva great question. It's something that I've been working on a long time and couldn't hope to summarize my response adequately. Thus far I've found three principle reasons that I can state in broad terms. They will, of course, inspire argument. (1) The government can't impose laws on a sovereign people who don't feel that those laws are representative of their wishes. (2) There is a segment of the population who cling to the attitude that their opinions are better than ours and thus refuse to submit to the will of the majority. (3) A large portion of the population is ignorant of the fundamental concepts of self-governance and are thus susceptible to the will of ideologues who seem sure of the rightness of their opinions. These problems have been exacerbated in recent times by the fact that a certain group of ideologues have been eroding our educational institutions to "dumb down" the populace while, at the same time, alien populations, used to authoritarian governance, have swelled in numbers without being assimilated into the traditional American culture, thus further diluting the ability of the populace to govern themselves wisely.

Response by SGT Joseph Gunderson made Apr 4 at 2018 4:00 PM

SGT Joseph Gunderson — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:00:04 -0400

Because people are morons and don't understand how the world works.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 4 at 2018 5:54 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 17:54:08 -0400

Laws never "can't" be enforced as long as they're Constitutional. It's simply a lack of willingness to enforce them for one reason or another.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Apr 5 at 2018 1:07 AM

SGM Bill Frazer — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 01:07:09 -0400

It can be- big problem is folks overstaying their visa or entering illegally. Then you have the sanctuary idiots in towns and states, plus the greedy- paying under the table at less than minimum wage. And all the folks that hire them and don't obey the law by checking/reporting them.

Response by SSG William Bowen made Apr 5 at 2018 6:58 AM

SSG William Bowen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 06:58:16 -0400

Immigration law is being enforced. Everyday there are people taken into custody, being held on ICE detainers, being removed from the US, being detained at staging centers and scheduled for removal. Unfortunately, there are a lot of obstacles for ICE such as sanctuary cities, sympathetic weak judges, media attention that seems to make the poor illegal person the victim, lack of border security, etc. People also need to be receptive to knowing their tax dollars may be used for the incarceration of many of these people. I support tax dollars being used to incarcerate certain persons for extended periods of time, whereas others want to see people deported immediately and cost as little as possible, but in reality that doesn't work. If an illegal (or even a legal immigrant) rapes someone and get sentenced to 20 years, sometimes they do less than a year and are turned over to ICE for removal, and we feel good because we got the person out of the US, and the specific state "saves" 19 years of feeding and housing this guy. Now the guy thinks he can rape someone and get a few months in jail, be deported, and he is back in 6 months. There is no deterrent to crime when judges give light sentences or commute a large portion of the sentence. Some people literally get sentenced to 18 months for illegal re-entry after being deported and they come back and are deported 5, 6, or 7 times over the next 18 months. If the guy was in jail for that 18 months, he would not have been caught over and over illegally in the US. This over taxes the Border Patrol, ICE, the courts, etc. We definitely do not have effective immigration enforcement.

Response by 1SG Dave Carello made Apr 5 at 2018 8:19 AM

1SG Dave Carello — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 08:19:13 -0400

Great question. I am only offering what I "THINK" is going on. Liberal socialist States like California Connecticut, and others that have Sanctuary City Status have Liberal Socialist Congressmen and Senators who want to continue to be re elected. These Traitors play upon the naïve and gullible young and old "snowflakes" in America. So, we have Socialists from Liberal Colleges who create cute posters showing sniveling kiddies that make people go AWW! For "some" reason, they don't show the strain on US taxpayers for Socialist programs, medical care, VIOLENT CRIME ect. Not to mention OVERPOPULATION urban decay inability to even employ or care for the American elderly and VETERANS! All you have to think about is this ONE thing. How well are YOUR Children and Grand Children going to do in a future that they will have to exist and compete with a culture that should NOT be here at all. Think about it.