Why should we find a "pathway" for lawbreakers who entered illegally flaunting our laws and national sovereignty? Lawbreakers who committed identity theft, tax evasion, working illegally, etc. deserve a "pathway?" How about the several million intending immigrants waiting overseas for their turn to enter after completing the paperwork, background investigations, physcials, etc.? How fair is it to them for the lawbreakers to get to the head of the line by allowing them to stay and work here, i.e., amnesty?
We had a one-time amnesty in 1986. The supporters said it would the first and last amnesty. The USG estimated that 1 million would apply, but the true number turned out to be 2.7 million. The process was rife with fraud. Now we have 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in this country.
Any legislation that legalizes the status of those who broke our laws by entering our country illegally and allows them to stay and work here is amnesty. We must not only prevent the Democrats and some moderate Republicans from hijacking the meaning of the word amnesty, but the public must be made aware about the true impact of an amnesty. The Heritage Foundation concluded that the cost of amnesty would be $2.6 trillion just for increased entitlement program costs. And the number of additional LEGAL immigrants who would join those who were the recipients of amnesty through chain migration, i.e., family reunification, would approach 70 million over a 20-year period, assuming there are only 12 million illegal aliens. We cannot assimilate such numbers. An amnesty would destroy the United States of America with the stroke of a pen.
Many immigrants today go right to the welfare roles. We saw the travesty of Aunt Zentuni who was in the country ILLEGALLY and was still given the whole smorgesbord of liberal welfare programs. Millions of legal immigrants do the same. Legalizing millions of illegal aliens, and their kids born here, and the many relatives that they will send for, would indeed inflate our welfare roles greatly.
Compassion begins at home. Let’s be compassionate to our own kids who will be stuck with the bills. Every man woman and child in this country now owes $40,000.