Posted on 10/16/2003 10:24:22 AM PDT by f7Oshawn
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:21:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
And so you play right into the hands of the Democratic Party. Which is what they have done.
Legals who want immigration slowed down, both legal and illegal are then accused of wanting to close the door after them.
And people with your viewpoint have already ensured the blurring of the lines.
So, illegal immigration continues, and anyone addressing the issue is considered a racist for bringing it up.
Thanks a lot. You just ensured that paralysis reigns and the issue is never resolved.
Source?
From this post:
MCKEE: Thank you. That figure that the $100 million surplus is preposterous. Thirty-six to 42 percent of the illegal aliens in this country are on welfare. They are not contributing a centavo. And the ones that are getting a job are doing so at the expense of the 18 million Americans who cannot find a job.
This should read " 205 ILLEGAL CRIMINALS TRYING TO CROSS ILLEGALLY INTO THE UNITED STATES DIE A STUPID DEATH AND SHOULD BLAME THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR SITUATION."
Asinine suggestion.
How about this instead.
We have a Green Card / Red Card system.
The Green Cards work similar to the way they do now with residency and work requirements, and with whatever social services the State of residency provides for them.
The Red Cards are 3 month work permits that require an assurance from an employer. Red Cards are same day issue, but are subject to a fingerprint match. (That's right, fingerprint every foreign entrant!) Red Cards can be denied by accumulating 10 points in the Immigration Services database. These points can be reviewed once every year upon appeal. Typical actions that would cause points to be "awarded":
-Violent felony 10pts
-Possession or distribution of false immigration documents 10pts
-Entering the United States at a point other than an Official Checkpoint 10pts
-Failure to renew your Red Card 5pts
-Criminal Misdemeanor 1 to 5pts
If this were to go into effect, then you could aggressively start patrolling the border without fear of harming immigrants who just wish to work. Since everyone could enter and work (and pay taxes) as long as they hadn't broken the rules in the past, only those with something to hide about their nature would be trying to slip across unnoticed.
I realize that this is just a brief sketch of an idea that I have been working on, but I believe you can see that it would provide a way for Mexicans in particular to improve their lives while still providing the U.S. with a secure border and keeping us from losing tax revenue from under the table payments. Will it magically solve all the problems? No, I have no illusions that it would. But I do think it would be a big step in the right direction.
Maybe even save a few people from dying in the desert while reaching for the American Dream.
This past year, the bodies of 205 undocumented immigrants were found in Arizona. Official notations of their deaths are sketchy, contained in hundreds of pages of government reports.
We are supposed to believe that they are all dying of exposure in the desert but the facts are "sketchy". I notice this author has said nothing about the corpses found in the desert that were shot execution style. Gee maybe some of these people didnt go mad and cut their throats and drag themselves around on their bellies and hang themselves. Maybe they were murdered? Maybe allowing a crime wave on the border results drug smuggling, robbery, turf wars and murder?
Every person who immigrates legally is, FYI.
Those that hire them are in the minority. Most Americans dont want them here. Though it would help if they boycotted businesses that make use of illegals.
I disagree. Coming from the UK, you probably were pretty safe waiting, but there are a lot of families that see their children die waiting for their approval to come. My friend Miguel and Rosa from El Salvador had 2 daughters die of Malaria in 84 while waiting for their legal chance. And they were lucky that the Civil War didn't take their lives. So while many people around the world can wait politely in line, disease, famine and war stalk many others yearning to be free.
Roughdoberman's statistics are fine. I sourced someone I had read earlier today. You can dismiss her all you want, but do you have any source refuting her statistics? I thought not. I guess you are just going on your gut feeling. Thats real reliable.
Why don't you check out some of my past posts. I have cited CIS figures many times & have conducted much research on their website. Maybe you should also try looking there.
However, some FReepers have even disregard and dismiss CIS's well researched, documented & footnoted studies that I have referenced here, even when they themselves had zero statistics to refute CIS's numbers. It seems some people are oblivious to facts. As Larry Elder says "a fact to a Liberal is like Kryptnoite to Superman."
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