Three Steps to Deal With Illegal Immigration in the U.S. and Citizenship isn't One of them

Townhall.com ^ | September 17, 2016 | Helen Raleigh

[Ann Archy]

NO WELFARE AT ALL!!!

[Reno89519]

NO! Enforce e-Verify on ALL EMPLOYERS for current and future workers, wither temporary, part-time, or full-time. No exceptions. Make it a felony for anyone, even a private citizen hiring a lawn care worker or maid, to hire an illegal alien. No jobs, no illegal aliens. Simplest, most direct solution that really costs the taxpayer nothing being making e-Verify work, simple, and be accessible to everyone.

And, again, step 1, NO AMNESTY, which means no legalization. None, never.

[Edgar3]

They have been saying “11 million” illegals for how long? It’s probably closer to 50 or 60 million by now.

[9YearLurker]

What utter and total BS.

[Paine in the Neck]

Any policy towards illegals must - MUST - address the incentives that are set up by that policy. Are you incentivizing more to try their hand at illegal entry or are you incentivizing them to stay home and apply through the legal process?

With 600 million people south of our porous non-existent southern border and untold millions outside the Americas who might also avail themselves of this easy access, there can be only one immigration policy - Stop giving prizes for illegal entry.

Any measure that permits those who entered illegally to benefit from that illegal act is amnesty. And any amnesty will bring millions more invaders.

This must be stopped.

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[V K Lee]

Struggling to understand provision in #2
Their family members, excluding children who were born here, will get temporary visitor visas.

Why exclude the children who are born here (anchor babies?)? These children have no bond to this country as they were born to non-AMERICAN citizens. Citizens from other countries should not be allowed to come to our nation, drop their children on our doorstep to raise and educatate and proceed on their merry way. The 'Anchor Baby issue' is one which needs to be clarified and put to rest once and for all if this nation has any chance of survival.

Agree NO WELFARE OF ANY TYPE should be dangled in front of their nose. This includes food stamps, housing, health, education, cell phones, broadband internet access, to name but a few.

[Tennessee Nana]

Step #1: Stop calling them immigrants. They didn’t immigrate...

[Tennessee Nana]

If any these illegal immigrants want to become legal permanent residents, they will have to go through the same application process as other legal immigrants.
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“other legal immigrants” I thought the author had already said the4se people are ILLEGAL so called “immigrants” ...

Meanwhile REAL immigrants apply at an American Embassy or consulate BACK IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY before they ever step foot in the US...they ask permission to enter and then WAIT till Uncle Sam opens his door in answer t6o their “knock”...

I don’t see any suggestion of this step in the article...

who was this written by ...Glenn Beck ???

[Tennessee Nana]

Any illegal immigrant who has a criminal record, including creating a false identity or using a fraudulent Social Security number, will be deported immediately
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The US government is going to be busy...

[Pearls Before Swine]

Some comments:

Step 1 has to be coupled with an understanding that “no benefits” includes minimal medical stabilization and transport to the home country. Better yet, the cost should be billed to the home country—which benefits from the laborers in the US via remittances home.

Step 2: The uniquely American misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship, MUST be repealed. While I agree with the idea of every illegal paying to atone for entry, we have to do something about anchor babies.

[tiki]

That should be #1.

I live near the border and when we had the Bracero program Mexicans worked here until they got a nest egg and then went home for good. They could travel freely back home to visit their families.

[central_va]

Send anchor babies home and when the turn 18 they get one chance to return to the USA under a special anchor baby visa.

[central_va]

I live near the border and when we had the Bracero program Mexicans worked here until they got a nest egg and then went home for good.

That needs to stop.

[central_va]

[central_va]

Step 2.

[central_va]

Step 3.

[Liz]

NO WELFARE OF ANY TYPE should be dangled in front of their noses. This includes food stamps, housing, health, education, cell phones, broadband internet access, utility payments, rehab costs, SSI, to name but a few.

According to the govt of Mexico, illegals on US soil are, in fact, Mexican citizens.

AFFIDAVIT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO
IN A SWORN AFFIDAVIT TO A US COURT, MEXICO SWORE
THAT MEXICANS ON US SOIL ARE MEXICAN CITIZENS.

A sworn affidavit by Mexico/s Consul General to a Texas court asserts that Mexico/s official govt policy is to encourage its poor people to migrate here illegally in order to access our generous welfare system

The Mexican consul's sworn testimony asserts that: "My responsibilities in this position include protecting the rights and promoting the interests of my fellow Mexican nationals, and, that the main responsibility of consulates is to provide services, assistance, and protection to Mexican nationals abroad."

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A footnote states that Mexican nationality is granted to children born abroad of a Mexican born parent. IOW, anchor babies born in the US retain parents Mexican nationality.

NOTE This wipes out anchor babies......as well as Secy, Jeh Johnson and Obama's assertions WRT Obama's amnesty dictat that illegals have essentially "become American" b/c they go to school, have licenses to drive, and can even practice law in California.

[i_robot73]

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NO! Enforce e-Verify on ALL EMPLOYERS for current and future workers, wither temporary, part-time, or full-time. No exceptions. Make it a felony for anyone, even a private citizen hiring a lawn care worker or maid, to hire an illegal alien. No jobs, no illegal aliens. Simplest, most direct solution that really costs the taxpayer nothing being making e-Verify work, simple, and be accessible to everyone.
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Sorry, no. 1) No more foisting upon the masses that which is solely the authority of govt (see: employer mandated h-care and the like). 2) As a once Free nation, I have issues requiring ‘permission’ from the govt to work\live. Making it accessible to everyone creates, yet another, large bureaucracy of sloth and ineptitude (records would never be update, let alone complete)....no thanks.

As Ann, and I in the past, have said: end welfare. Not just for illegals, but any\all *ALL* welfare (we have a 5th\13th\9th\10th specifically stating why\so).

Now, I’m ALL for the fines (firing, loss of benefits and jail) for ANYONE in *GOVT* failing to uphold the law.

Lastly, I think we can agree upon amnesty.

[Kaslin]

Does that look like Glenn Beck?

The author btw is a naturalized citizen from China.