Immigration Issue Heating Up - HomeLand Security Buses Blocked in Murrieta California

  Last Tuesday, Homeland Security tried to transport undocumented immigrants from Texas to Southern California. What occurred in Murrieta, California turned out to resurrect the immigrant issue in the United States. Protesters in that city blocked buses containing the immigrants, so they had to be rerouted to another facility 80 miles away. At the barricade location in Murrieta, there were also supporters for the immigrants located on the other side of the street. There were barricades put up by local police to keep the two sides apart. On Friday, Homeland Security again tried to transport illegal immigrants through Murrietta, but people supporting the immigrants, along with other who did not support them, decided to fight. About a half a dozen people were arrested.
  Besides the serious human implications that the traffic blockades produced, it also produced serious political implications. Opponents of immigration blame President Obama for his implementation of the deferred action program, which allowed many undocumented children to remain in this country. The opponents of President Obama and immigration reform have decided to take a hard line stand, against any possibility of allowing immigration reform to occur.
  President Obama has decided, and has announced that if Congress cannot get their act together and address the immigration issue, the President decided that he will do so himself. The President plans to enact legislation on his own concerning immigration later this summer, after his advisers tell him exactly what he has the power to do concerning immigration.  He is taking Executive action only when there are serious problems to be addressed, but the Congress chooses to do nothing. President Obama states that the failure of House Republicans to pass an immigration bill is bad for U.S. security, bad for the U.S. economy and bad for the future of the United States. The President also says that he does not prefer to take Executive action, but if Congress fails to do their job, which they have done time and time again, then the President will act. President Obama who rather see permanent fixes to the problems that we have in this country, but he constantly sees a Republican party, namely the House of Representatives, that hardly act like they are representing anyone, except their own one-sided political agenda that they so obviously display day in and day out. The facts are clear. If there is a bill that President Obama would support, then the House Republicans will not support it, and will stop it in its tracks.
  The House Republicans have been very successful in doing just that. That is why they have now gained the name "DO NOTHING CONGRESS". They will not act on anything that the President supports, even if it affects their own constituents or harms the country.
  The President is very in favor of Bi-Partisan legislation to pass the House and Senate, but if Congress fails to act, then he will. Let's face it. The truth is, that President Obama is not a very popular person right now. He has always taken the difficult roads to challenge, but people fail to realize that no one is more capable to handle the issues of this country better than President Obama. But the Congress fails time and time again to do what is right. All that the Senate has to do is create a bill that can be sent to President Obama's desk, and he will sign it. President Obama knows that he must revise his liberal thinking to convince the conservative movement that he is willing to at least come half way on the issues, but in retrospect, President Obama does not see the Conservative moment doing the same thing. The Republicans, dominated in turmoil that is being spewed by the far left wing 'Tea party', are now destroying their own movement, and their own chances to put a Republican in the White House in 2016.

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Proposed Bi-Partisan Immigration Bill

The Senators in Washington haven't had much luck lately on getting bills passed. It seems so difficult for them to agree on anything, and then pass legislation that is truly supported on both sides of the isle. The bills usually just pass by a few votes if it passes at all. Never does it seem that both political parties agree on much of anything, especially the legislation that they are bidding to put into law.
The topic now floating around in Washington that seems to be of interest of both parties is the topic of immigration reform. Does anyone think that this Congress has any ability to do some real good as far as immigration. Yet, it deserves a mention here. This may be as far as it gets in Congress.
  Eight Senators devised and released a comprehensive immigration reform plan that they say will stop illegal immigration. It also address approximately 11 million immigrants who are now in the country illegally. Imagine, 11 million immigrants. Because it is not practical to have all of these illegal immigrants go back to where they came from at once, mostly from Mexico, there must be a way to systematically work with illegal immigrants. Some of them have illegal parents, but the offspring were born in America. Is it right to deport anyone who was born in this country, whether their parents were illegal or not? It wasn't their choice to be born here, but they may have already been here going into their adult lives. They haven't been able to legally contribute to society, because they haven't even had the ability to hold a Social Security Card so that they can work legally. They deserve a shot to become legal citizens if they are willing to go about what it takes to become legal. If not, and if they do not take advantage of doing what it takes to become a legal citizen by a certain period of time, then they truly need to be deported. Some illegal aliens that have been born here and lived in this country their whole lives and are the first to be considered for legal immigration and possible citizenship and should have to take easier steps to reach their goal.
My opinion here obviously is not the opinion of every citizen of this country, and I'm sure that there is a good portion of people that disagree with my reasoning, especially the mainstream conservative party.
Still the bi-partisan group of Senators now have devised a bill that the Congress must consider to more forward.
Still, I have no faith in the present Congress. If their desire is to shoot down every bill that is thought of by a Democratic senator, then not much will get passed in President Obama's second term in office.
One of the reasons why bills did not get passed in the past was because of the elections of 2010. The Democrats lost control of the Senate. Now just about every time the vote gets close in the Senate, and even in many cases where the majority of Senators agrees on a bill, a filibuster is introduced and the bill still does not pass. So truthfully now with the present Congress, I see no way that the Congress will ever pass ANY type of immigration legislation. If it passes, I will present an article with details from the bill as it will then stand.

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