Immigration reform

Yeah, absolutely.

I, I, I think we desperately need immigration reform, and I am a big fan of the Immigration Reform Act of 1986 that President Reagan signed.

And again, let's remember that historically guys like Reagan and Bush, historically Republicans have been very pro-immigration.

So just for the young people, they should understand that for context.

I'm not talking about a wall, and neither was he, but that we need to make sure that we're doing everything we can to make sure people do not enter the United States illegally.

And, and, uh, I will give the current administration credit that at the border, not ICE, not in the interior, but at the border, I do think that the current administration has done a better job than the previous administration.

That's, that's point number one that I think needs to be part of immigration reform.

Point number two is under Reagan's bill, look, he said, "If you came to this country illegally and you've committed a serious crime, then we are gonna deport you.

The Cato Institute, which is, uh, a libertarian organization, says that $3 trillion over 30 years has been paid by illegal immigrants into the system.

Now, you couple that with FAIR, that's the Federation for American Immigration Reform, they come up with, uh, one in seven.

One, they...

The, the immigrants put in $1, they take out $7.

Elsayed is who they are.

Uh, but w- we...

J- just to say we need i- immigration reform to keep the Islamist out? [scoffs]

Well, that's what I meant really.

with your latest

news.

Deputy Leader of the Opposition, the Honorable Kenneth Bryan, says the government's immigration reforms are aimed at the wrong target.

On Radio Cayman's For the Record, Mr. Bryan said the bigger public concern is who gets to become Caymanian.

He wants the point system for those applications tightened, and he says that change is overdue.

Yeah, absolutely.

I think we desperately need immigration reform.

And I am a big fan of the Immigration Reform Act of 1986 that President Reagan signed.

And again, let's remember that historically, guys like Reagan and Bush, historically, Republicans have been very pro-immigration.

So just for the young people, they should understand that for context.

I'm not talking about a wall, and neither was he, but that we need to make sure that we're doing everything we can to make sure people do not enter the United States illegally.

And I will give the current administration credit that at the border, not ICE, not in the interior, but at the border, I do think that the current administration has done a better job than the previous administration.

That's point number one that I think needs to be part of immigration reform.

Moving on to Washington, there's a lot of discussion happening around potential legislative changes that could impact our communities.

Specifically, there are ongoing debates about immigration reform and how to address the complexities of our nation's borders.

The conversations involve various stakeholders, from policymakers to community advocates, all trying to find common ground on solutions that are both humane and practical.

These discussions are vital because any decisions made in the Capitol have a direct ripple effect on families, workers, and the very fabric of our neighborhoods.

The question that you have to ask now is what is it that the Democrats want to do?

And what we have got to do is move this country as soon as possible to comprehensive immigration reform and a path toward citizenship.

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So fight- Mr.

went along with it.

He signed, it's called the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

It did a lot of things like establish the 287G program, which allowed local police officers to deputize them basically to become immigration officials.

And it also took away a lot of social benefits, economic benefits to refugees.

This was a kind of watershed moment, I think, for the Republican Party.

He, first of all, as the governor of Texas and as a presidential candidate, vowed

to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

And therefore, that was good because it was seen at the time as kind of pulling the Republican Party back from the brink of anti-immigrant fervor.

So we were getting an influx of calls from employers saying, look, is it extended? Is it not extended? And we were waiting literally to the very last day.

If it doesn't get extended, then no, you have to terminate them, right? Because since 1986, when the, we call it IRA, IRA, the Immigration Reform, gosh, I can't even, Responsibility Act passed, requires every employer in the United States to verify, right, someone's employment authorizations.

And so every employer is required.

That's why we have the Form I-9.

Right.

So until we get Congress to actually pass laws, just to be clear, it has been ongoing.

Now, 40 years since we've had any major immigration reform, if you think about how the world has changed in 40 years, it no longer serves businesses, families, our communities.

It is so out of touch with how people move, what businesses need.

fucked up.

What needs to be happening is these people that are complaining about that shit, they just need to push government to initiate some immigration reform.

Yeah.

And make this more accessible.