Our justice system was designed to ensure compliance with our laws, not to change them based on an individual judge’s interpretation of what’s “better” for society. The legislative branch, i.e. Local & state government and Congress, are the platforms designated to revise those laws. The two-party system we have in America that makes it a partisan impossibility to give the other party a win has degraded the Congress’ ability to legislate and causes damage to our country. The House has a duty to provide oversight of the Executive Branch, but it doesn’t have the right to re-write the rules to achieve a political goal. We’re a county of immigrants, but we can’t just abandon our laws (in sanctuary cities) because as a population we’re disgusted that our lawmakers can’t seem to fix our broken immigration system.
Illegal aliens who broke our laws to come to our great country should not be rewarded when many from other countries who would have loved to live here obeyed our laws and returned home to their countries. Children of all law breakers (both citizens and non-citizens) live the consequences of their adult guardians’ poor decision making; it’s unfortunate but unacceptable to reward the beneficiaries of those illegal actions. The immigration system needs to be revised and managed with clear parameters known to all and enforced, taking into account threats to our country and population assimilation into existing communities (for the good of America rather than establishing mini-countries within our borders). Mass shootings using illegally obtained weapons by citizens opting to act out against our society won’t be resolved by attempting to restrict law-abiding citizens’ rights to bear arms; we need to protect and defend our soft targets by other means.
Lawmaking is only successful when the House prepares and presents potential laws with bi-partisan support in both houses of Congress. Otherwise, it's an exercise in futility. Progress comes through compromise, which means meeting the needs of the many rather than pushing for the needs of the few to make a point rather than making a more productive place for us all to live and thrive.
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