Here is what we need to do in terms of enforcement remembering that 40% of the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens came here legally and overstayed their visas:
Secure the border;
Enforce existing immigration laws to reduce the current illegal alien population and limit future illegal immigration, i.e., attrition thru enforcement. Enforcement would include: (1) ending the job magnet; (2) increasing coordination at the federal level by eliminating barriers to information sharing among agencies; (3) leveraging state and local enforcement resources; (4) fully implementing the US-VISIT Program to track and deport visa overstays; and (5) make mandatory and improve such programs as E-Verify and 287 [g] authority to assist employers and law enforcement in identifying illegal aliens;
Ensure that anyone who enters this nation illegally is not rewarded by being permitted to stay and work here; i.e., no amnesty;
Now we have all those people here what do we do? Find out who the hell they are. Give them 30 days to split.
The devil is in the details. Sounds great until you realize the scope of the problem. I see no sense of urgency in dealing with those illegals who are already here in terms of legalizing their status. There is no need to legalize their status. We should invest our efforts in the enforcement our existing laws and making it very difficult for illegals to stay and work here. We can force many of them to self-deport. And we must take the measures necessary to cut the flow of future illegals.
If they stay, no welfare, must be employed and paying taxes for 10 years, all English speaking at a high level, then they can apply for citizenship.
That is amnesty. When you reward something, you get more of it. There are approximately 4 million intending immigrants waiting overseas for their turn to enter this country. They have completed all of the paperwork and background checks, physicals, etc. They have been waiting in some cases for a number of years depending on what category they are in. If you legalize those lawbreakers who disregarded and flaunted our laws and sovereignty who broke into this country, worked illegally, commited ID theft, tax evasion, driving without a license, etc. what kind of message does this send to those who obeyed our laws? Are the lawbreakers the ones we want as our citizens?
The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 36 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 90 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest it has been in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U.S. will be foreign-born.
Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in a net immigration of 1.25 million. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 310 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by 130 million to 440 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration. The U.S., the world’s third most populous nation, has the highest annual rate of population growth of any developed country in the world, i.e., 0.977 percent (2010 estimate), principally due to immigration.
We are importing poverty with our current immigration policies. 57% of immigrant headed households with children are on welfare. We are importing hundreds of thousands of high school dropouts every year.
They will be allowed to vote, but no ballots can contain Democratic Candidates, only candidates of my choice.
87 percent of the 1.2 million legal immigrants entering annually are minorities as defined by the U.S. Government and almost all of the illegal aliens are minorities. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under in the U.S. will be classified as minorities and by 2039, half of the residents of this country will be minorities. Generally, immigrants and minorities vote predominantly for the Democrat Party. Hence, Democrats view immigration as a never-ending source of voters that will make them the permanent majority party.
Since the 1965 Immigration Act, our pro-population growth immigration policies have fueled major demographic changes in a very short period of time. In 1970, non-Hispanic whites comprised 89 percent of the population; today they are 66 percent; and by 2039, they will be 50 percent. The Democrats, under the banner of multiculturalism and diversity, have forged a political coalition that depends on individuals coalescing around racial and ethnic identities rather than the issues. The continuing and increasing flow of minority immigrants, mostly poor and uneducated, provide a natural constituency for the Democrats, which see them as their principal source of political power.