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2 hours ago, samagon said:

 

while I agree that illegal immigrants need to be treated justly, I also believe that there's a bigger issue with immigration overall. the system currently sucks.

 

it takes too long. 

the cost is too damn high, even if you don't hire a lawyer to help.

there are too many reasons to list, but the point is, the system makes it nearly impossible for someone to become a citizen.

 

so of course people are going to come into the country illegally. all they really want to do is be here legally so they can survive. 

 

our immigration system is broken, rather than building walls to try and treat the symptom, we should be adjusting the system so it can work for people who want to come in and work hard and earn a living.

 

as it relates to trains, and I guess spaceships, well, it doesn't. I imagine some of these posts should be moved to the politics area, maybe the whole thread.

You are right there does need to be corrections made to the process. The price for becoming a citizen should be much lower. Also, the system needs to be streamlined to prevent backlog when the issues to the process are addressed, there still needs to be border protection.

A wall or fence on the border would still be helpful in preventing illegal immigration, and we still need to prevent people from coming in illegally. Also while making the visa process faster  there needs to be strict enforcement with those who violate the visa rules or try to illegally stay here when the visa ends. Border protection is still important and needs to be addressed.

Also if a family comes in with children they have to know that there are consequences. If I brake the law and go to prison I don't get to take my kids with me. Illegal immigrant adults need understand that minors can't be held after a certain number of days because they did not violate the law, the parents did. To prevent this all together there needs to be a streamlined deportation process, so the family is not split up after the set number of days based on current law. 

A country and its citizens have the right to choose who is allowed to immigrate here.  Immigration should be used to benefit the country as a whole, but also nobody had the right to immigrate here but a privilege. ,Also I firmly believe that when a person goes through the process to be a citizen they tend to have a better appreciation to be in the US, and also are more likely to be allegiant to this country and not the country they immigrated from.

On 11/12/2018 at 4:51 PM, Naviguessor said:

Slaters gonna hate.  Immigrants are currently the new boogieman for conservatives.  But, Homosexuals will be returned to the top of the list, sometime soon.  Not hard to predict.     

I am conservative, so let me explain. We are fully for legal immigration. We are just against illegal immigration. There are a number of reasons and factors why like increase strain on the welfare system and for higher wages in legal minority communities. It is not fair to the people who wait and come in the legal way to have others cheating. I don't like it when non-conservatives always come out with a blatantly false statement.  Also, I am Hispanic as well, so don't start on the accusation of racism that usually follows.

7 hours ago, august948 said:

 

I haven't seen anything from her that indicates a concrete plan of action on this or anything else,  particularly with regards to anything the county has actual jurisdiction over.  Just the typical vague language politicians put out when they don't have any real ideas moving forward.  I'd guess that she'll ride Emmett's coattails on the flood control projects he's already started and claim credit when the next election comes up.  In the meantime, I suspect the more experienced commissioners will try to steer her in whatever direction they want.

 

You can''t say she's brain empty, though.  She went to Stanford after all.  Clueless on actual governance though, maybe.

We will see what she does in the position. I admit I could have used better terms to describe her. Stanford has been slowly turning into one of those California colleges that are becoming more interested in forcing a political agenda on kids than teaching them beneficial things for the real world. I'm am in her generation and it seems like more and more kids are graduating our high schools and colleges with mush brains. It is getting to the point just because you went to Stanford doesn't mean you are prepared for the real world. There is a reason the US keeps dropping in the academic rankings of the world. I am working on getting my teaching certification. I want to teach history because it astonishes me how many kids don't know even the basic important facts of history. I love history and want to get kids more engaged with it.

I am a conservative and know I will probably adamantly oppose her views on big government and mass taxes. The only thing I would probably ever support her on is saving the Astrodome and redeveloping it.

The Astrodome is now marked as a historical landmark so it cannot be demolished.  The demolish crowd can no longer get their wish. Will see if this clueless and brain empty new judge can actually figure that out. There is going to have to be someone pulling the strings behind her because she just does not seem to have the real world experience to do this job well.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/amp/Astrodome-to-receive-Recorded-Texas-Historic-12759587.php

Looking at the maps they are completely taking access to Allen Parkway from I-45 up from Galveston. To get Allen parkway have to exit and go through downtown. They should of left at least two feeder ramps on pierce elevated for northbound traffic on I-45 to Allen Parkway or make pierce into a parkway itself through downtown. Even if you go other way around downtown I do not see any connection of I-45 to the Feeders they planned north of downtown.

I don't understand the comment of the jury needing a sperate area. If you go down to Galveston the court complex they built has the jury selection court room in the same building with the trial courts. It all one big complex.  I just got called for duty last week. I went into the jury court room which was on the first floor right down hall from one to the trial ones.

It been a while since I have heard anything on 800 Bell. There was a company planning to renovate it last I heard. Then there were the talks of turning it into a court complex. I thought was a innovative way reuse the tower. Figure you dont need all the floors for the court complex so the rest could be rented out law firms and such.