Easy...If he can't speak English, he's not a citizen, or shouldn't be...And even then, the evacuee needs to give the address of his previous residence in NO...It can be verified if that address exists...If he don't know it, send him to Mexico...Plus, his name ought to jive with immigration officials if he is here legally...If not, ship 'em...
"Easy...If he can't speak English, he's not a citizen, or shouldn't be..."
Really? I wasn't aware that command of the english language was proof of citizenship or of legal residency. I'd really like to see some legal basis for this.
"And even then, the evacuee needs to give the address of his previous residence in NO...It can be verified if that address exists...If he don't know it, send him to Mexico...Plus, his name ought to jive with immigration officials if he is here legally...If not, ship 'em..."
Meanwhile, while the bureaucracy is trying to decide whether some one is within this country legally, that person is to be denied all forms of assistance? No food, no water, no job? Do you really mean that? Or are you going to decide who gets assistance on the basis of who looks and sounds American?