“Paul: Still hope for immigration reform this year”
There has been hope for `immigration reform’ every year since 1986, the last time we were assured that immigration reforms were needed.
But the assurances were hollow and because of federal fecklessness, now the problem has metastasized. You critters aren’t worth your salt, yet some of you demand more money!
Rand, if you’re going to try and pull our .. legs, you might at least give us a kiss:
You, McCain, Boehner and your fellow Democrats don’t want “immigration reform.”
You want another amnesty. And to that we say, “Been there, done that.
“You don’t come to discuss the matter,” (as Elizabeth I said to Essex) “You come to rule,” and we say to you,
“No way Jose!”
Try some real `reform’—secure our borders, deport the criminals and enforce the last set of laws you critters passed.
Here's what I'll support.
You're here illegally; you've committed no violent crime, other than breaking into our country at this point.
You want to stay here? Fine. Here's the conditions.
1. PROVE you have a job and are paying taxes. If you've been here more than five years, you're paying ALL of those back taxes that you owe plus penalties, the same as ANY of us would have to do, with a rabid IRS breathing down your neck. Every damned dime. And your employer needs to VERIFY that you work for him, and explain WHY he was hiring someone who wasn't paying their taxes, and WHY he wasn't doing Federal Withholding.
2. You register with INS IMMEDIATELY, and you get in line, and WAIT for Citizenship. You are NOT a Citizen for at least fifteen (15) years. That's called Probation, and it's because you broke our laws, gave us the middle finger, and jumped ahead of more deserving people who did it the right way. And be grateful that we're letting you stay.
3. You are NOT entitled to VOTE for at least fifteen (15) years. That's to protect US from YOU - so you don't make a beeline for the polling booth to vote Dems into control for freebies. You GET NO FREEBIES; you ALREADY got a Freebie by being allowed to stay here. If you attempt to vote in our elections in that time frame and are caught, you're gone. Outta here. After time served (see #5 below).
4. You are NOT entitled to Social Security for at LEAST fifteen (15) years. That's because you haven't EARNED it, you paid nothing into it, and that money belongs to the people who HAVE paid into it, and did it the right way, all their lives.
5. If you are convicted of ANY crime within that Probationary time frame, you're GONE - outta here, booted, Deported - AFTER you've served jail time, with a few extra years tacked on for being here illegally to begin with. Consider that the price of coming here illegally to begin with.
I think this is the only "reform" I'd agree with.