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Eighteen Illegal Alien solutions that are better than any Amnesty
January 7th, 2003 | Sabertooth

Posted on 01/07/2004 8:25:32 AM PST by Sabertooth

Well, today’s the big day, if the leaks and reports coming from the Bush Administration are true. The President is supposed to announce a new direction in America’s immigration policy that would result, among other things, in some sort of legalization for millions of the Illegal Aliens currently in our country, violating our laws. This, of course, would be nothing less than Amnesty by another name.

We’re told by handwringers and the political and media elites that there is really no workable solution to the Illegal Alien problem, so we might as well legalize them so we can get track of them. Thouughtless people on both sides of the debate jawbone about silly ideas like building a wall at the Mexican border, or house to house searches, as though they were viable solutions, or the only alternatives to Amnesty ore the status quo.

It’s disappointing, frankly. There is a great disconnect when people claim that while we can put men on the moon, or win the Cold War and the War on Terror, there is no reasonable or cost effective means of solving the Illegal Alien problem without infringing on the civil liberties of all Americans.

Nonsense, this nation is plenty capable of solving any problem we decide to solve, and poll after poll shows that the American people want the problem of Illegal Aliens solved, and that Amnesty isn’t a solution to us.

Dealing with Illegals doesn't have to be the enormous burden on resources many imagine, not would it have to infringe on civil liberties.

I've posted this on a few threads, but today seems like a good day for a revised reposting of as a stand-alone thread.

This problem is no harder to solve than wanting to solve it. We can get rid of Illegals rather effectively, by rolling up our sleeves and getting the Illegals to get rid of themselves.

The first order of business, of course, is to enforce existing laws on the books against Illegals and those who employ them. Also, politicians must be held to account when they pander otherwise.

Then...

The list above is by no means comprehensive, and can be adopted piecemeal or in a single package. That said, incrementalism is probably going to be the way to go, especially politically.

These measures would provide a little carrot and lots of stick for Illegals already here to get themselves out. Some of them will need to be tested in the courts, which is another reason to adopt them piecemeal, so that an injunction against omnibus legislation can't stall the whole effort.

We ought to be looking initially at easy, politically safe legislation, like the new accounting for family reunification, Border Security/IRS cooperation, English speaking citizenship requirements, and a few others. Our politicians are a trembling, timid bunch, and need to gain a little self-confidence before they'll tackle more difficult issues.

Note a few things that aren't on my list: troops or walls on the border. I think they are a futile diversion from cost effective solutions. The best possible wall at the border is to let foreigners know that we respect our sovereignty, and they had best do the same.

Note that their are no house to house searches.

Note also that I don't call for an immigration moratorium, though others may. I think their position is within the respectable mainstream of a dialogue about immigration, and while it's possible that I might change my mind later, but I am not currently persuaded that an outright moratorium is or will be necessary.

The main problem is multimillion-strong mass of Illegals, and the secondary problem is how we currently select legal immigrants for rapid assimilation into American society. I believe my proposals adequately address both situations, but there is certainly room for debate on the back end.

Note also that I have a guest worker program that is actually honest and responsible, and not an Amnesty by another name. My program would ensure that law-abiding foreigners are background-checked before entry, rather than rewarding lawbreaking Illegals after the fact.

All of the above could be adopted while allowing politicians so-inclined to chant the "compassionate conservatism" mantra.

A few final thoughts...

My proposals will cost money and require an expansion of the federal government in certain areas. However, this expense and expansion is all well within the legitimate, Constitutional responsibilities of the federal government. There will be a greater expense initially, as we ramp up to deal with the backlog of Illegals, but a number of my proposals are at least partially self-funding. Also, success in these endeavors will eventually reduce the need for them, and as many Illegals would leave on their own. There will be future savings, it should be noted, as the population of Illegals is dwindles and their net drain on our resources is reduced.

In contrast, there would be also be an increased expense and expansion of the government if there is an Amnesty, as checking backgrounds and processing 8 to 12 million Illegals wouldn't be cheap. However, such increases and expansions would only serve to reward the lawlessness of Illegals and the cowardice of politicians, thereby encouraging more of the same in both, unless there were also enforcement proposals like mine in effect for the American Interior.

But, if we strengthened and enforced our laws consistently within our borders, then we don't need the phantom solution of Amnesty anyway.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; illegalaliens; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration
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To: Sabertooth
Let's pick one and start a campaign to get it implemented. Then we can go to work on others, after we have established a process that works.
141 posted on 01/08/2004 11:41:15 AM PST by hedgetrimmer
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To: TigersEye
With the program they can always reup for another three years but still I agree with you. If they sign up they will have to pay taxes so it will be a net loss in income. They have little fear of deportation now so why sign up to be tracked, taxed and fill out paperwork?

I think they will sign up, because they have it so ingrained in their minds that they want amnesty and legality, and that's what their Latino and Mexican leaders tell them they want, but the curious thing is that it might not be in their best interest.

142 posted on 01/08/2004 12:03:13 PM PST by Pa' fuera
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To: Sabertooth
bttt
143 posted on 01/08/2004 3:57:56 PM PST by Klickitat
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To: Pa' fuera
I don't think it would be in their best interests to register for this program. They would then be tracked and they will have to pay taxes and endure all the fees, lisences and bureaucratic hassles legitimacy brings with it.

If they maintain their current underground status they can work tax free and continue to obtain free healthcare and welfare as it is illegal to ask them if they are illegal. If they get caught the nice social worker will say "Here are the forms let me help you fill them out." "Oh, by the way, let's get you registered as a Democrat voter and get you a free driver's lisence."

144 posted on 01/08/2004 4:04:35 PM PST by TigersEye ("Where there is life there is hope!" - Terri Schiavo)
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To: PhiKapMom
indeed, send them forth....but I have already written my 2 Senators and congressman, but I'm not holding my breath. I pretty much have come to the conclusion that "our" govt. isn't listening on this (and many others) issue.
145 posted on 01/08/2004 4:10:27 PM PST by Blue Scourge (A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth - T. Jefferson)
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To: lainde
bttt
146 posted on 01/09/2004 12:47:25 AM PST by lainde (Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades!!)
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To: Sabertooth; gubamyster; FairOpinion; FoxFang; FITZ; moehoward; Nea Wood; Joe Hadenuf; sangoo; ...
Sabertooth for President!!!
147 posted on 01/09/2004 3:42:18 AM PST by JustPiper (Register Independent and Write-In Tancredo for March !!!!)
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To: JustPiper
Sabertooth for President!!!

Ditto!

Although he sounds a little to right wing for the GOP!

148 posted on 01/09/2004 4:36:28 PM PST by Kay Soze (How will refocusing INS resources from the war on terror to millions of Mexicans make US safer?)
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah
I'm still not certain what Bush wins but all those crazy conspiracy theories are becoming more plausible every day.

compromising photos??

149 posted on 01/09/2004 4:42:53 PM PST by Pa' fuera
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To: imintrouble
Fox should be called a dictator, not a Presidente!

he has more clout here in the U.S. He's a lame duck in Mexico.

150 posted on 01/09/2004 4:43:58 PM PST by Pa' fuera
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To: Pa' fuera
lol, I think Neil Bush has some compromising photos taken in SE Asia!
151 posted on 01/09/2004 4:51:13 PM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah
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To: Pa' fuera
"He's a lame duck" - Bueno - but the next Presidente may be the same or worse. They are all cut from the same cloth.

Politics in Mexico is a corrupt game and they make slaves of the people. They barter them with the U.S. politicos for votes and slave labor.
152 posted on 01/09/2004 6:35:05 PM PST by imintrouble
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To: Sabertooth
BTT
153 posted on 01/09/2004 7:10:12 PM PST by Happy2BMe (r)
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To: Joe Hadenuf; Sabertooth; Lead Moderator
"Thoughtless people on both sides of the debate jawbone about silly ideas like building a wall at the Mexican border..."

Unnecessarily inflamatory rhetoric that could have easily been taken as bait, by a smaller person than me, as an invitation to a flame war. ;^)

To paraphrase Sabertooth, anyone that believes that walls along our borders are a good idea is "thoughtless", "silly" and merely jaw-boning.

This from the person calling for the Moderators to enforce civility on these immigration threads???

In these modern times, we now have 4 examples of walls along the borders between 2 separate countries that perform the function of reducing the problem of MASSIVE!, OUT-OF-CONTROL, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION and the movement of STOLEN MERCHANDISE, DRUGS, HITMEN, GANG-BANGERS, MEMBERS OF ORGANIZED CRIME, ALL KINDS OF SMUGGLERS, ETC..

These are the barriers, mine fields and troops along the Korean border, the wall along the Indian and Pakistan border, the wall along the Israel and Palistine border and recently the wall between East and West Germany.

The one thing all of these walls share in common is they all work now or have worked in the past, extremely well.

The unsanctioned flow of people and contraban across walls like these is slowed to a trickle. The population of one side, that is being preyed upon by the other, is protected.

Saber, your plan (actually a compilation of suggestions many FReepers have made for the past several years) is a good one, but it does nothing to address the issue of the large number of intruders crossing our borders with the single-minded intention of committing a crime or various crimes and then slipping back across the borders before they can be caught.

We'd all be better off, if these criminals had to go to greater lengths to enter and leave our country for their nefarious purposes.

Will workplace restrictions prevent the Mexican military from crossing our border and kid-napping an entire American family in the future?

No, workplace restrictions alone don't address any of these problems.

154 posted on 01/10/2004 5:01:07 AM PST by 4Freedom (America is no longer the 'Land of Opportunity', it's the 'Land of Illegal Alien Opportunists'!!!)
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To: 4Freedom
Documention before crossing the border. Filled out in Mexico and forwarded with appropriate Mexican information to the U.S. authorities.

Then like LEGAL ALIENS, they are processed at the border crossings themselves. Anyone who opts out of this as with LEGAL ALIENS, is returned.

The key here is the future employers in the U.S. I suggest heavy fines for those who employ ILLEGALS who have no documentation for being in the U.S.

Hitting people in the purse often solves many problems. If it is too much of a monetary gamble, some don't take the chance of employing anyone who isn't here legally.

For the need of a vote the country is being reduced in some areas to a third world state.

155 posted on 01/10/2004 7:15:54 AM PST by imintrouble
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To: imintrouble
Documentation? Processed at the border crossings?

My post refers to a need along our borders for walls to prevent illegal crossings in the hundreds-of-miles wide gaps inbetween the formal border crossings. This is where the damage is being done.

There are roads along our northern border blocked by nothing but orange cones after a certain hour every evening.

The Mexican military 'don kare abow no steenkeen gringo documentation' when they cross our borders to kidnap American families or fire on Border Patrol Agents.

156 posted on 01/10/2004 8:37:00 AM PST by 4Freedom (America is no longer the 'Land of Opportunity', it's the 'Land of Illegal Alien Opportunists'!!!)
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To: 4Freedom
I know what your post referred to but if the Mexican knew there was an easier way to enter, the ones who wanted to work legally would go that route.

The illegals, or those transporting drugs or intent on crime, will get across anyway they can.

Your proposed "mined DMZ" I just can't go along with. But if you are into killing you have describe the perfect deterrent. It's your right of course.

I would prefer a less violent idea. I think the U.S. would too.
157 posted on 01/10/2004 9:27:52 AM PST by imintrouble
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To: imintrouble
I never proposed a mined DMZ. Where in the hell did you get that?

Of the 4 barriers between nations that have been demonstrated to work in modern times, that I mentioned, only 1 is a mined DMZ.

I never gave my preference for any of the 4 barriers I mentioned on this thread. I simply stated that they all worked and that a similar barrier along with the other proposals mentioned in this thread would work for us.

Please, try again. ;^)

158 posted on 01/10/2004 9:39:25 AM PST by 4Freedom (America is no longer the 'Land of Opportunity', it's the 'Land of Illegal Alien Opportunists'!!!)
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To: 4Freedom
Sorry - I made an incorrect assumption and apologize!
159 posted on 01/10/2004 11:03:44 AM PST by imintrouble
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To: 4Freedom
I think you would serve the forum better if, instead of telling those on the other side of an issue from you how to post in ways in accordance with the guidelines we set, you did to those on your side. Leave the other side to self police, and let me and the staff handle it when the self-policing isn't working. Because the things you are saying are outside the bounds in the posts you quoted I don't see as being so.

Thanks, LM

160 posted on 01/10/2004 7:19:06 PM PST by Lead Moderator
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