Posted on 01/25/2002 8:50:01 PM PST by america-rules
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:52 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, Jan. 25 -- President Bush announced plans today to develop a federal tracking system to monitor the arrival and departure of noncitizens from airports, ports, and Mexican and Canadian border crossings.
A White House statement said the system "will dramatically improve our ability to deny access to those individuals who should not enter the United States, while speeding the entry of routine, legitimate traffic."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
In the above quotes (selected BTW) Bush was saying that if an illegal was here already working and the business would sponsor them then they should be allow to work here if the business sponsored them. This is the only practical approach anyone could take because there is no way any gov't can round up millions of people and send them back to wherever they came from. It ain't never gonna happen no matter how much money was thrown at the problem.
Bush is looking at this issue from a realistic position and he knows as well as anybody the "workers" will keep comming over the border no matter what we do, so it is best to control it somehow.
Look at some facts on this issue:
We need the workers but they are draining our health care, police, and social security systems so why not change the system to make them here legally so they can GO BACK to where they came from.
How much TAX money do you think is under the table because businesses, restaurants, hotels etc. don't report on their illegal workers? In the real world we all know there are billions and billions of tax dollars that are never collected because the illegals are paid in cash. They'll even work overtime most of the time without time and a half if they get paid cash "tax free". The businesses are happy to go along because they don't have to pay the health care, payroll and social security taxes !
What is the argument against "not" collecting these taxes?
We need the workers but they are draining our health care, police, and social security systems so why not change the system to make them here legally so they can GO BACK to where they came from.
At LEAST, the illegals WORK for the most part.
Now that you mention it, every country I've flown out of except the U.S. inspects the passports and claims or cancels the visa documents. The only other exception is Japan, where I have a long-term residence and multiple re-entry permit.
If you are checking in for an outbound flight from the U.S., the only people who will ever inspect your passport are the airline employees, because the airline can get stuck to provide a return flight if they let someone board without a valid visa to the country of destination.
Border controls in the U.S. remain a farce even after 9-11.
The slowdown in the economy can help reduce the need to hire illegals - the only real need is in the industries that are specifically tied to a location - resturants, hotels, etc. If the work involves manufacturing, the facility can be placed anywhere.
I agree with your philosophy. I call it "voting with your dollars." We are "buying" what the future USA will look like with our shopping as much as with our votes -- prob. more. I abhor Tyson, but I buy local farm chickens instead of Perdue . . .
1. Fine people who hire illegals HEFTY penalties.
2. No welfare whatsover in ANY form to aliens. Stop the instant citizenship on babies born here.
Take away the reason to live here illegaly.
3. NO visas to nationals from terrorist nations.
4. Fire officials who are turning a blind eye. Clean out these agencies.
By instituting these things enough man power will be freed up to go after the rest.
I heard that Georgia was trying to pass legislation to allow ILLEGAL aliens to obtain drivers lisences. Now do you really think that our problem is a lack of biometric tracking technology?
The subject matter is fertile for a serious treatise....which Chittum can't deliver. As we say in the south, "Bless his heart."
Or is that the administration's strategery?
We'll create the monstrous database for just the bad illegals that everyone hates, then we'll show that the "citizen loophole" needs to be patched, and then we'll flip the switch to universal biometrics for everybody in the US, "for the children's safety."
George W. Bush is the smartest Republican in modern times.
Which is more expensive? To have this system or not? Finally someone got the policy correct. Instead of having illegals run unchecked and inconviencing the citizens, we track our visitors and newcomers.
That is the difference between 'What is seen and unseen.' Business sees the cheap labor and that is enough. The fact that someone else pays the social costs is of no concern to them.
On the contrary, I think big unions and the dumocrap party want voters more than business want cheap labor. They end up being carried by union thugs anyway! "Do as we say, or we'll turn you in."
When these freaks show up on the scene, we know Bush is doing what's right.
When the Marxists scream - It's a good thing.
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