GOP, look to Bush on immigration

GOP, look to Bush on immigration

Wow. Is what I said while reading this article.  When the 2004 elections was going on I remember I was 14 years old, but now being 23 and reading about it I had no idea that there was all this controversies going on. Immigration reform is something we are still struggling with today.  Some people don’t see as a big deal, but it is. While reading this article, I found out some things that I never knew before like in 2004 I didn’t know that Bush had won the Hispanics votes. This article had some interesting true points. I quoted some of the points I thought were important.

“That is the reaction of a lot of Republicans these days. I hear all the time from people who consider themselves conservative on social issues or economic policies. And yet they don't understand why lawmakers can't fix the immigration system in a way that reaffirms the rule of law, secures the border, provides a work force for industries that are shorthanded and creates a pathway where those who have been living in this country illegally can become legal as long as they're willing to admit they did wrong and make it right.”

This quote I found to be very honest and true. One of the problems is that immigration reform has so many little things and its hard to gather all the information at once. They need to sit down and come to a decision and nobody should be able to leave the room until they find the answer to the problem. If it was up to me that’s what I would have them do.  Another key point in this article was…

“The stakes couldn't be higher. If conservatives could learn to talk honestly about immigration, they might have a shot at winning the percentage of the Hispanic vote that they need to stay competitive in a presidential election: about 35%.”

Another point that was very true and honest.

“Bush gets it. He has a message for his party, and if Republicans are smart, they'll listen. The man who got 35% of the Hispanic vote in 2000 and what is, for Republicans, a record 44% in 2004 knows a little something about winning over voters who might not be inclined to support a Republican.”

"Not only do immigrants help build the economy," Bush said, "they invigorate our soul."

Here I agree with Bush, immigrants do help build the economy. They are part of what makes us a nation. Immigrants see America as the land of opportunities, that’s why they want to migrate over and there is nothing wrong with that. I just think that they need to come up with a fair decision on immigration reform. I know it’s hard for them, I remember sitting in class and trying to think of something that would help them. There's always little bits of information here and there that they have to consider. I recently read an article, that showed a jeep getting stuck while trying to cross the border. Now, the jeep was stuck because the border was guarded very thoroughly. Again, my point is that immigration reform is a hard topic to come to a decision, but I have faith that with time they will come up with something.