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On Immigration
http://constitution-party.org/

We affirm the integrity of the international borders of the United States and the Constitutional authority and duty of the federal government to guard and to protect those borders, including the regulation of the numbers and of the qualifications of immigrants into the country.

Each year approximately one million legal immigrants and almost as many illegal aliens enter the United States. These immigrants - including illegal aliens - have been made eligible for various kinds of public assistance, including housing, education, Social Security, and legal services. This unconstitutional drain on the federal Treasury is having a severe and adverse impact on our economy, increasing the cost of government at federal, state, and local levels, adding to the tax burden, and stressing the fabric of society. The mass importation of people with low standards of living threatens the wage structure of the American worker and the labor balance in our country.

We oppose the abuse of the H-1B and L-1 visa provisions of the immigration act which are displacing American workers with foreign.

We favor a moratorium on immigration to the United States, except in extreme hardship cases or in other individual special circumstances, until the availability of all federal subsidies and assistance be discontinued, and proper security procedures have been instituted to protect against terrorist infiltration.

We also insist that every individual group and/or private agency which requests the admission of an immigrant to the U.S., on whatever basis, be required to commit legally to provide housing and sustenance for such immigrants, bear full responsibility for the economic independence of the immigrants, and post appropriate bonds to seal such covenants.

The Constitution Party demands that the federal government restore immigration policies based on the practice that potential immigrants will be disqualified from admission to the U.S. if, on the grounds of health, criminality, morals, or financial dependence, they would impose an improper burden on the United States, any state, or any citizen of the United States.

We oppose the provision of welfare subsidies and other taxpayer-supported benefits to illegal aliens, and reject the practice of bestowing U.S. citizenship on children born to illegal alien parents while in this country.

We oppose any extension of amnesty to illegal aliens. We call for the use of U.S. troops to protect the states against invasion.

We oppose bilingual ballots. We insist that those who wish to take part in the electoral process and governance of this nation be required to read and comprehend basic English as a precondition of citizenship. We support English as the official language for all governmental business by the United States.

The Constitution Partyis 100% in line with conservative ideals, and much more so than the GOP. That being the case, how come we conservatives don't have the courage of our convictions and vote for them? Fear?

Things are going to have to change. We accuse inner city blacks of having been held captive by a Democratic party that is oblivious to their long term interests, but are we any less captive to a Republican party that is oblivious to ours?

The bottom line is that on this and many other issues, our views *are* the mainstream view. Don't let leftists or franchise owners who employ illegals and think they are the arm of Adam Smith's invisible hand because they saved enough quarters for a franchise fee make you doubt that.

Vote for Bush this time if you want. I probably will just because it is so late in the campaign. After November, though, understand that the 2008 campaign is just kicking off. Conservatives cannot afford to demobilize after November and instead have to be on a full-on election year footing to ensure that whoever meets Hillary in 2008 isn't anything like Jeb Bush.