It is really quite simple to find out who the illegals are. Make a ID card mandatory, with your social security number tied in. Anyone caught hiring someone without proper ID is fined heavily, anyone caught with a fake ID is imprisoned and deported. We need a national ID card anyway, to clean up the mess during the elections and cut down on the possibility of terrorists moving freely amongst us. If Bush were serious about fighting terrorists at home, and making us safer, that would be step one.
So where do I have to carry my papers? Every day, everywhere I go? Who gets to ask to see if my papers are in order? Just anybody?
Although I was originally against a national ID, I have since come to the position that it would do more good that harm. My reasoning is that a social security card is essentially a national id card already. Between driver's licenses, credit cards, etc, we have already lost a lot of privacy. However, without proper documention, terrorists and illegals are getting away with murder, literally.
1. Driving without insurance;
2. Voting;
3. Welfare benefits,
4. Access to airplanes and cruise ships;
5. Ability to obtain jobs in sensetive areas;
6. Ability to penetrate national secrets.
I am dumbfounded how GWB could even for one minute believe that national security is not tied to border security and illegal aliens living here unhindred by our laws.
If the illegal aliens can function with impugnity, than so can any terrorist.