The reason we have this problem is twofold:
The 1965 Immigration Act (a Ted Kennedy bill), which changed the focus of our immigration from Europeans to Third World immigrants, and
Simpson-Mazzoli, the 1986 amnesty, which attempted to solve the problem of our “unmanageable” 3 million illegal immigrants (and promised border control that never happened.) Now we have four times as many illegals and we’re proposing essentially the same program as Simpson-Mazzoli.
Repeal these two bills, strengthen ICE and the Border Patrol, build the fence, increase the use of electronic border protection, make sure Congress gets to ratify the security of the border.
Mandate E-Verify, impose jail time for the employers of illegals, cut off ALL benefits. All.
We can discuss streamlining the procedures to come to the US legally — an incentive for illegal immigration (albeit likely a minor one.)
Then we’ll talk about what to do about those who are here and haven’t gone back home. But amnesty isn’t the answer.
This crapola sandwich is Simpson-Mazzoli on steroids. We know how that worked out. We're reaping the *benefits*, today.