Ok, so Jose decides to come here as a young man. Jose marries, works hard in a job, stays off welfare raises a nice family with kids who don’t get into trouble. Jose stays married. Jose learns all he can about America, studies up, passes the citizenship test with flying colors, and learns to speak and write English fluently — then GREAT. Jose can stay. But realistically — how many Jose’s are there really in this country?
However, Juan comes in spreading TB and/or chagas, refuses to learn English, takes welfare for himself and his three pregnant girlfriends while making money hand over fist under the table, commits petty crimes, drools and leers at women in the 7-11, drives drunk on the weekends without insurance after walking out of said 7-11 with a 12 pack of coronas, ends up in the ER due to some accident he caused or from falling off a ladder on his under the table construction job ... well, guys like Juan — and his girlfriends need to GO.
And how many Juans are there now in the U.S.?
I say just dry up the freaking benefits and the Juans would leave and the Jose’s would stay. Problem solved.
NOPE! Not so fast...
Jose is still a criminal. Either he goes to jail and gets deported, or utilizes the "wetback draft" joins the military, signs a special waiver declining all GI benefits, serves overseas, and gets an honorable discharge.
Maybe then...