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https://thehill.com/latino/324607-reports-find-that-immigrants-commit-less-crime-than-us-born-citizens I don't know if the Cato study really looks only at Texas or not, but considering much of the border and illegal crossings happen in Texas, and that is where Trump went to talk up his...

Can't say I found them very useful. More propaganda than news, in my opinion. I certainly don't think we will every have a government shutdown that saves money in the end as one of the articles discussed. Far more realistically is one side will throw in some funding for the other side's pet...

Obviously gangs in one form or another are nothing new. My point in bringing them up is that to blame gang violence, or crime in general, on immigration is just plain asinine. And the gang shooting at Fashion Place does not have a immigration aspect from what I have read (i.e. nothing saying...

MS-13, the most talked about gang (at least by Trump) has its origins in LA in the 80s, made up mostly of immigrants and refugees from Central America (key to note the gang affiliation happened here) then spread back into Central America with the deportation of those same gang members for their...

The saddest part of people fleeing central America because of gang violence is the gangs have their origins in the US.

Exactly why immigration reform and border security need to be dealt with as a package. One (immigration reform) decreases demand, the other (border security) lessens oportunity.

Final clarification for today. On the lottery system, in most countries the chances of an individual being selected is very slim- numbers allowed are low and Trump is pushing to make them even lower. So in real, practical terms most people who want to immigrate have very limited legal options.

I honestly do not understand the argument that we can not deal with immigration reform until the border "is secure". Makes no sense to me at all. It is safe to say that a majority of those who cross illegaly would prefer to come legally. So improving that process helps 'secure the border'...

On chain migration, I don't know what your personal experience is, but when we looked into starting the process for my wife's siblings the wait time for them to be able to apply for a green card was 20 years. Keep in mind that is 20 years after we start the process, which requires her to...

There is no question the immigration system is a mess. But I stand by my point that we are barking up the wrong tree with the focus on the wall. Why do we have significant illegal immigration? It is not because people are wanting to steal anything as alluded to above in the locked-door analogy...

The wall is in reality a distraction from getting anything real accomplished. Most people know that appropriately utilized border barriers is needed and has been in use for decades. Unfortunately Trump made "build that wall" a rally point for his ever-so-important base, along with the false...

Most people agree something needs to be done about illegal immigration, but what that is varies greatly. But there does not seem to be overwhelming support for the wall.

Actually I think a lot of us agree very strongly with you and I suspect that you are more in line with the majority of Americans. Sadly it is the extremists on the far ends of the political spectrum (both right and left) that tend to be the most vocal and thus give the apprearance that their...

The stupid thing about the shutdown is it being over a policy that is widely opposed. They couldn't get it passed with full Republican control so pointless to think it will happen with Democrats controlling the House. Pass a budget and then debate the wall and other policy issues.

Easy to blame car/race/clothing, whatever you thinks describes yourself. Reality is many of us have been stopped for a trivial reason and probably have nothing to blame it on other than police officers doing their job.

And that was a bunny who ran across the highway on the drive home.

Took my usual January WY trip on New Year's. Total for the day was 499 miles driving, seen 1 rabbit, 7 eagles and approximately 300 elk, 600 pronghorn and 800 mule deer. The elk were very long distance (10 miles) and the pronghorn all on our way to meet up with my brother and friend so didn't...

Don't think you can go wrong on any SUV with BFG KOs.

Sorry for the Africa detour on the thread.... Ethiopia is a country on my bucket list. Hoping next year to travel to Uganda where I am helping develop a couple projects (demonstration farm and aquaculture) via Rotary International. Tying Rwanda and Ethiopia into the trip is the goal (have...