Posted on 05/31/2007 2:09:33 PM PDT by John the Realist
By all reports, the president and congressional leaders are trying to address the illegal immigration problem, and it’s safe to say that things aren’t going well. Apparently, the electeds have gotten themselves bogged down with political posturing and all the other things that they spend their time doing instead of governing. We at the Rochester Pundit have decided to help them refocus their efforts by providing a commonsense birds-eye view of this issue. After reading this, the guys (and gals) up on the hill should be able to bang out this bill and get back banging…well, whatever it is they do.
1. According to most estimates, there are approximately 12 million illegal aliens in the country. (I’m sorry, but “undocumented worker” means the 12 year old kid who mows your lawn for $10 under the table. It does not describe an individual who has snuck across an international border and who finds ways to circumvent a host of employment and other laws). This current state of affairs – a porous border, toothless immigration enforcement, and a significant population of “illegal” individuals – cannot continue.
2. We have to lock down the border right away. First, it makes the illegal immigrant problem that much more difficult to solve if we allow it to worsen while we wring our hands and crap our pants. Second, as a matter of homeland security, we cannot be allowing every Tom Dick and Achmed to be waltzing (or doing the dance of the seven veils) back and forth across our border. I don’t think we need a dirty bomb to go off in San Antonio for this proposition to fall in the “self evident” category.
3. We cannot round up and deport 12 million people. Peggy Noonan addressed this point eloquently in her May 25st editorial in the Wall Street Journal: “Here is the truth: America has never deported millions of people, and America will never deport millions of people. It's not what we do. It's not who we are. It's not who we want to be. The American people would never accept evening news pictures of sobbing immigrants being torn from their homes and put on a bus. We wouldn't accept it because we have hearts, and as much as we try to see history in the abstract, we know history comes down to the particular, to the sobbing child in the bus. We don't round up and remove.” The tough talking Republicans in Congress need to shut up and remember that they could have done something about this issue back in the 80’s when it was manageable, but they acted like cowards and helped create the current mess.
4. The “illegals” are not stealing our jobs. Last time I checked, there weren’t any illegal doctors or school teachers or nurses. For the most part, the illegals are doing crap jobs that you or I would not do, like picking cabbage in the hot sun or caring for the spoiled children of wealthy Californians.
5. Citizenship in the United States means something. We live in the greatest country in the world, and if you are a citizen, you are entitled to all kinds of benefits. More importantly, you get to vote and to help determine our nation’s political future. People who cannot speak our language, ignore our laws, and disdain our culture should not be permitted to become citizens. It’s despicable that many Democrats would apparently trade away almost anything to get about 10 million extra votes.
Where does this leave us? We should shut down the border immediately. We should kick out illegals who have committed felonies while here in the states. We should provide a pathway to citizenship that requires assimilation (speak our language and follow our rules). And we should hold businesses (and rich Californians) accountable for hiring illegals.
If no one is going to take action on this, then at least send some illegal workers up our way. I need some cheap, competent help with a remodeling project.
BULL SHITE ... try and get a non union job in construction or in fast food service in Calif as anything but an illegal and see what happens
GOT AMNESTY?
GOT ZOT?
Crock of Crap .....
1) Any employer caught employing illegal aliens will be fined $10,000 per day per illegal.
2) Any American citizen who finds the illegals in #1 above receives 50% of any fine paid by the employer.
That took about 40 seconds. Which is about as fast as it would take for all the illegals to leave the country. Next problem?
Interesting you should be claiming that America will never round up people and deport them, yet that's EXACTLY what President, Home Land Security, and ICE, claim that they have been doing for the past 2 some odd years!
These people were wanted for felonies, child molesters, carjackers, bank robbers, murders, etc.
We did round them up and deport them.
ICE have gone into a number of businesses that PRIMARILY hire illegal aliens, arrested them, put them on buses, and carted them off to be deported.
Their families, are crying each and every night on the local nuz and in nuzpaper articles about being separated from their "families" and not being able to communicate with their "mothers," "fathers," etc.
Either that has NOT happened, is NOT happening or....... America CAN INDEED round up and deport millions and needs to continue doing so BUT shutting the swinging doors that they stream back here with, need to be shut, once and for all -- not a measly 20 miles for a photo op with the President, who refuses to allow the $$$$ Congress set aside to build the 700 miles just before the last election.
Well, that pretty much sums up the only three professions Americans will work at.
I have it solved as well, and some lawyers could make money implementing the solution — RICO lawyers could turn it around in a few years and MAKE MONEY at the same time. I’m surprised they haven’t done it already.
In the absence of enforcement,we can get the word out in the meantime that there is money to be made in filing RICO lawsuits against employers who hire illegal aliens.
Employers would have no trouble shutting down the border if they could get sued by someone under the RICO statutes for hiring these people in the first place. The next time an illegal alien kills someone in a drunk driving accident or somesuch thing, I’m going to point out that the victim’s family might be able to seek compensation from the employer under these statutes in the hopes that it would catch on. If this did catch on, would see such a swift backlash against illegal immigration that no employer would go near these people and they’ll all simply want to go back home.
If an illegal has committed a felony and been convicted, why would he still be here?
You would think any individual would be deported as soon as he finishes whatever jail time he has served. Don’t ICE and local law enforcement have any contact?
You sound heartless. They are doing jobs that other Americans,(not you, you are too important or rich or smart or lazy) want a need. I see them every day here in Arizona.
If it's not fair to prosecute "undocumented workers", why is it fair to prosecute undocumented inventory adjusters, pyrotechnicians, pharmacists, tax collectors, or executioners? Just think of all the prison space we'd free up if we stopped persecuting such undocumented people.
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