You CANNOT fight the the battle for illegal immigration while waiving the white flag on the War on Drugs.
If you think the Constitution gives the federal government the power to wage a War on Drugs, then you're the one who is a liberal. This was a state issue for 160 years until the Supreme Court ripped up the Commerce Clause. Do you really think the Founders would have support the existence of a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobaccco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as a Drug Enforcement Agency? If you say yes, you'd be incorrect.
In the Gonzales v. Raich case, the Supreme Court ruled that medical marijuana users in California, growing marijuana for their own personal consumption, could be regulated under the Commerce Clause. Four liberals, Kennedy and Scalia agreed with that Commerce Clause interpretation. Rehnquist, Thomas, and O'Connor disagreed. Which side of that are YOU on? The reasons illegals come here are twofold: 1) jobs and 2) better opportunities for their children (including birthright citizenship). If we would crack down on employers hiring illegals, I mean really crack down, that would slow the rate of illegal immigration tremendously. It would also encourage many to voluntarily deport themselves back to their country of origin. You need to look at the reasons why illegals come, and not just why they are here. If we get better Supreme Court justices on the Court then maybe we can overrule their 1982 decision that the children of illegals are entitled to education in public schools.
We should also work to repeal birthright citizenship. If we do those three things, the illegal problem goes away. They won't stay in this country.
If we ended the war on drugs and cracked down on illegals, the cartels would go away, and businesses wouldn't be afraid to open in Mexico like many are today. These businesses would attract the illegals who could no longer find jobs here, and the problem is solved.
Why would illegals come here if they knew that a) they would be unable to find a job , b) their children born here would not be considered U.S. citizens, which is a perversion of the 14th amendment, and c) their illegal children would not be allowed to enroll in public schools at either the K-12 OR post-secondary level?
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Nice use of bolding there, ZotGuy. Ask yourself this question"