Law Enforcement responded to public pressure....from the top down.
The recent invitation for illegals to self deport should be posted (in Spanish) prominently across America. The first step of a civilized nation is to offer the easy way out.
2. Jail employers of illegals.
3. Raids of businesses where there are concentrations of illegals--like chicken plants, slaughterhouses, construction projects. Put those caught in tent city holding areas until they are deported.
4. Find those whose SSN's don't match, and jail them for ID theft (use those tent cities). Then deport them.
5. Build the fence. Increase ICE officers.
6. Take away free school, free medical, free welfare. The right of illegals to such benefits stems from a very poorly written opinion by Sandra Day O'Connor in the 80's, and when they sue to keep their benefits, take it back to the Supreme Court and see where we get. Schools and medical drew entire families to come here, where it used to be only individuals who came for a while and then went home to their families.
All these are very simple, and can be accomplished just by enforcing existing law (with possible exception of no. 6, which may require new state laws like we got in OK and MO). Do this, and illegal alien presence will be reduced by 90 percent or more. Those that remain will not cost our society so much, because they will be living in canyons and working in the shadows on small projects. We can't eliminate all of that, but we can eliminate the stuff that has hurt us the most--illegals entering in huge numbers and threatening our social services structure, our demographics and our labor rates.
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“. Our goal should not be a magical solution that eliminates illegal immigration, but rather a real-world solution that reduces it over time.”
This is nice... but as you take the time to read this article, one more slips into the country. I’ve personally arrested and detained hundred of them since 9/11. Since that infamous date... YOUR Department of I.N.S refuses to collect them unless they do something other than violate the federal law of just being here. Pathetic!!!
>Worksite arrests have grown five-fold since 2004<
I had no idea that Mark Krikorian was a part time comedian.
>the E-Verify program, a voluntary online system which enables employers to identify illegal workers, has been ramped up significantly,....<
Not aware that it is being banned in California, is he?