But we do make them citizens. It is a misreading of the 14th amendment, but that is the situation we face. So how do we deal with the problem?
Is there any candidate who would actually say we should deport every one of the illegal aliens now? I don't think so.
IMHO the Texas Dream Act is no big deal at all. It deals with a problem created by Washington. It deals with it on a State Level. Texas can't deport these people, so why not just educate them?
Personally, I think you go after employers and go after them hard. Take away the job and they will self deport and you also take away the primary incentive to come here illegally in the first place. Somewhere along the line the employers are citizens and can be forced to pay a steep price for stealing from the community by passing costs on to the community while getting the selfish benefits of cheap labor.
And if I wasn’t clear, if someone is legally a citizen - anchor babies and all - they are legally entitled to what other citizens are entitled to. So I’m not arguing that point.
The federal government is constitutionally charged with controlling immigration. I think federal immigration law should trump state law for that reason. Otherwise if one state provides incentives/welcomes illegals to come here then once the illegals are here they are free to travel to other states and impose costs on those other states. That single state becomes a gateway for illegal immigration into the country.
The problem isn’t the lack of laws at this point (though I agree about the anchor baby issue) it is the laws are not enforced. When laws become selectively enforced you end up with no respect for the law and are no longer governed by law but instead the whim of the law enforcers - you become essentially a banana republic.
Otherwise I’d say let Texans do what they want.