Comments on: Amnesty inconsistency http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/13/amnesty-inconsistency/ Stories, thoughts & insights on Jesus, college students, and the Bible; Los Angeles, immigration, politics, ethnicity and culture, and also about my daughter Isabel - from a spanglish gringo father living in, learning from, leading & loving life in East L.A. Tue, 22 May 2012 05:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Spanglish Gringo http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/13/amnesty-inconsistency/#comment-5360 Spanglish Gringo Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:10:45 +0000 http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/13/amnesty-inconsistency/#comment-5360 And that may be (thought I've heard as much rhetoric justifying Congress' involvement in the baseball steroids issue because of how steriods are dangerously impacting high school & amateur athletics, as well as others in physical active lifestyles.) And I'm not advocating maintaining an allowance for a broken immigration policy/system that doesn't just encourage, but benefits from illegal immigration. But on the question of amnesty ie. how to address those who've already broken the law and are here, the "make everyone leave because they broke the law" argument seems inconsistent with the "let's move on and not punish anyone for the good of the game" argument in baseball. And that may be (thought I’ve heard as much rhetoric justifying Congress’ involvement in the baseball steroids issue because of how steriods are dangerously impacting high school & amateur athletics, as well as others in physical active lifestyles.)

And I’m not advocating maintaining an allowance for a broken immigration policy/system that doesn’t just encourage, but benefits from illegal immigration.

But on the question of amnesty ie. how to address those who’ve already broken the law and are here, the “make everyone leave because they broke the law” argument seems inconsistent with the “let’s move on and not punish anyone for the good of the game” argument in baseball.

]]> By: Eddy E http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/13/amnesty-inconsistency/#comment-5359 Eddy E Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:29:48 +0000 http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/13/amnesty-inconsistency/#comment-5359 It seems that one reason (out of many) for the inconsistency is the threat factor. Illegal immigration is spoken in terms of the ways it threatens our way of life. Politicians (and for some reason, immigration issues seem to be primarily left to politicians to address) see immigration through the lens of fear--it threatens our culture, our language, our security, our jobs, etc... It seems that one reason (out of many) for the inconsistency is the threat factor. Illegal immigration is spoken in terms of the ways it threatens our way of life. Politicians (and for some reason, immigration issues seem to be primarily left to politicians to address) see immigration through the lens of fear–it threatens our culture, our language, our security, our jobs, etc…

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