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maskedbandit · 61-69, M
@Tetsuya Sounds good but it will not happen because our federal government is split. They had a border policy at work, I don't know how it read, but the republicans dropped it because they were not satisfied with it, and I was under the impression that it was the republican that drew it up. What changes were made for them to refuse it; I don't know. What I see, that is about to happen, is that both sides want a civil war at the expense of the American people.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Tetsuya [quote]the easiest solution would be the federal government actually enforcing its own laws like it's supposed to[/quote]
The problem is that the US signed a number of treaties that encourage illegal immigration, such as merely claiming that people fear for their lives in their own countries. So, to actually correct the problem all of those treaties would have to be revoked.
"The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol are the key legal documents that form the basis of UNHCR’s work. With 149 State parties to either or both, they define the term ‘refugee’ and outline refugees’ rights and States’ legal obligations to protect them.
The core principle is non-refoulement, which asserts that refugees should not be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom. This is considered customary international law."
https://www.unhcr.org/il/en/1951-refugee-convention-and-international-conventions#:~:text=The%201951%20Refugee%20Convention%20and%20its%201967%20Protocol%20are%20the,legal%20obligations%20to%20protect%20them.
[b]Did the US sign the 1951 Refugee Convention?[/b]
"Harry Truman did not sign the 1951 Convention because he felt it infringed on U.S. sovereignty, but in 1968 Lyndon Johnson reversed course and signed the Protocol, and the Senate ratified it, binding the U.S. to its terms. The treaty's provisions were formally incorporated into U.S. law by the Refugee Act of 1980."
"[b]Refugee Act of 1980 [/b]- =Title I: Purpose= - Declares the purposes of this Act to be to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission of refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States and to provide comprehensive and uniform provisions for the effective resettlement and absorption of those refugees who are admitted.
Provides for up to 50,000 annual refugee admissions for fiscal years 1980 through 1982. Authorizes the President to exceed such 50,000 admissions level if, at the beginning of a fiscal year and after appropriate consultation, he determines it to be for humanitarian purposes. Provides that these admissions shall be allocated to groups of special concern to the United States."
https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/643#:~:text=Refugee%20Act%20of%201980%20-%20%3DTitle,resettlement%20and%20absorption%20of%20those
The problem is that the US signed a number of treaties that encourage illegal immigration, such as merely claiming that people fear for their lives in their own countries. So, to actually correct the problem all of those treaties would have to be revoked.
"The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol are the key legal documents that form the basis of UNHCR’s work. With 149 State parties to either or both, they define the term ‘refugee’ and outline refugees’ rights and States’ legal obligations to protect them.
The core principle is non-refoulement, which asserts that refugees should not be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom. This is considered customary international law."
https://www.unhcr.org/il/en/1951-refugee-convention-and-international-conventions#:~:text=The%201951%20Refugee%20Convention%20and%20its%201967%20Protocol%20are%20the,legal%20obligations%20to%20protect%20them.
[b]Did the US sign the 1951 Refugee Convention?[/b]
"Harry Truman did not sign the 1951 Convention because he felt it infringed on U.S. sovereignty, but in 1968 Lyndon Johnson reversed course and signed the Protocol, and the Senate ratified it, binding the U.S. to its terms. The treaty's provisions were formally incorporated into U.S. law by the Refugee Act of 1980."
"[b]Refugee Act of 1980 [/b]- =Title I: Purpose= - Declares the purposes of this Act to be to provide a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission of refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States and to provide comprehensive and uniform provisions for the effective resettlement and absorption of those refugees who are admitted.
Provides for up to 50,000 annual refugee admissions for fiscal years 1980 through 1982. Authorizes the President to exceed such 50,000 admissions level if, at the beginning of a fiscal year and after appropriate consultation, he determines it to be for humanitarian purposes. Provides that these admissions shall be allocated to groups of special concern to the United States."
https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/senate-bill/643#:~:text=Refugee%20Act%20of%201980%20-%20%3DTitle,resettlement%20and%20absorption%20of%20those