Can we have a pragmatic and intelligent discussion about immigration here?
What, truly, are we to do? What reasonable measures will stop the inflow of illegals and address the issue of what to do with those families who are already here?
I know that some wiseacre will no doubt claim that they all have to be rounded up and deported. Frankly, I would be all for that if it were achievable. But we don’t have the resources or the money or the will to do that. In reality, it simply will not happen.
So, rather than throwing bricks at every new proposal, what will work, in the best interests of this country?
Smart folks here at FR. Let’s come up with a workable plan.
“What reasonable measures will stop the inflow of illegals and address the issue of what to do with those families who are already here?”
We could start by taking away the things that are attracting them here. We should get serious about employer verification. We could reduce benefits such as in-state tuition. We could withhold federal funding from cities who declare themselves sanctuary cities.
We need to stringently enforce visa overstays. Why does it seem to some that we can enforce legislation requiring Americans to buy insurance and yet say that there’s no way we can find out whose visa has expired?
No, it’s not feasible to round them all up; but we shouldn’t look the other way either. Attrition by enforcement is not a fast remedy, but over time it will cause many of them to self-deport.
Yep
1.)Enforce the laws we already have.
2.)Build the fence
3.)No more anchor babies. if the parents are illegals, Then the kid is too.
4.)Mandatory jail time for hiring illegal aliens.A few CEO's and/or HR reps frog marched will go a long way to curing the problem
5.)Any city claiming itself "A Sanctuary City" gets Zero Federal or State Tax dollars.
6.)If we pass any "New Immigration Laws" make them mirror the Immigration Laws of Mexico.
IMHO, A majority of Citizens would support most of these.The problem is getting polticians to.
The Communist/Democrat Party loves the illegal votes and the Gutless Old Party likes the cheap labor.
8.) Mandatory jail time for anyone helping Illegal aliens circumvent the law.
That's why the totalitarians are winning. They want to drag down the white middle class, so they've created crises to do it. Wouldn't take much of a crisis properly presented to encourage people to handle illegals on a volunteer basis. It doesn't benefit the Ogabe government, so there will be no crisis. No right, center-right government that could be elected would have the stomach for it for a variety of reasons including ethics. So, you're right. "It simply will not happen."
Make deportation somewhat self funding.
We seize the assets of drug dealers, without even having to convict them first.
Seize the assets of illegals, many of them have substantial holding, including real estate.
All they have was obtained illegally, by virtue of their illegal entry and the jobs they took from Americans.
Instead of giving them a reward (amnesty, path to citizenship) for having been here longer, send them home with NOTHING but the clothes on their backs!
The only “Immigration Reform” I will accept is sincere enforcement of the existing laws, and asset seizure to defray some of the cost of deportation.
Make sure ALL the illegal invaders are included, no matter what country they came from.