US immigration system 'completely backwards': Bobby Jindal

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US immigration system 'completely backwards': Bobby Jindal

WASHINGTON: Describing the current US immigration system as "completely backwards", Indian-American Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal said the country needs a system of "high walls and a broad gate".

"When it comes to immigration, we've got a completely backwards system today. What I believe we need is a system of high walls and a broad gate. Right now, we've got the opposite. We've got low walls and a narrow gate," Jindal told CNN in an interview.

"What I mean by that is we make it very difficult for people to come here legally. We make it very easy for people to come here illegally. As the son of immigrants, I think that, certainly, a lot of people think we should let more people come in to our country because it's compassionate for them, and it certainly is," said the 42-year-old Republican leader whose parents were immigrants from Punjab.

"I think we should also let more people come into our country legally because it's good for us. When people want to come here, work hard, get an education, play by the rules, that's good for America. And so, I think that this is a problem we can address. I think our system right now is completely backwards," he said.

Jindal argued that Republicans need to act. "I do think its right to say we need to secure the border first. I think if the president had been serious about this the last five years; we'd be further along in this discussion. I think the American people are compassionate," he said.

"I don't think we're the kind of people that are going to kick people out of schools or hospitals or punish kids for what their parents have done. But I think it's also right the American people are sceptical," he said.

"There's broad agreement on letting people work here and contribute to our economy if they learn the language, they pay a fine, they go pass a criminal background check. I think there's broad consensus," he said.

"We have got to reform the ways that people come here legally. We need to increase dramatically the opportunities for people to come into our country legally. Again, it's good for them, but it's also good for our country," Jindal said.

Source: US immigration system 'completely backwards': Bobby Jindal - The Times of India

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Illegal immigrants in some pockets are a sizable chunk, and it might help people get elected if they were allowed to become citizens or shown a way to become citizens. This is electorate grooming, nothing else. Illegal immigration will always be the best way to get into the US. Playing by the rules - well, that's a long cut.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Republicans say Democrats want amnesty because it will increase voters for the latter. I would like to see some credible sociological evidence of that.

However, I do believe dead people vote Democratic by a large majority

 

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I want to say something about American society at large.
The US still remains a racist society. Interracial marriage is still not viewed in a positive light by most people, it is even taboo in certain states. There is a stigma attached to marrying or dating certain races and into certain cultures/religions. Most white Americans do not look favourably at mixed race couples, especially where the man is visibly non white. Compare this to countries in South America where interracial marriage is the norm and area of ancestry has become relevant in choosing partners. WHat you see in the US is that under the guise of "preferences", racial discrimination is widely practiced. Until thi form of endogamy disappears from the US, it can not be a post racial society. The American whites will claim to support legal immigrants but the truth is that they never got blend in or get assimilated into the American society, that is to say, that American culture is not monolithic and is differentiated along racial lines.