Posted on 02/15/2018 3:30:13 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Three Republican senators floated a fallback plan Thursday to protect hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants facing deportation in exchange for $25 billion in border security.
Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune (S.D.), Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) floated a measure that would extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program indefinitely in exchange for $25 billion in border security funding.
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Getting the wall built is only minor step 1. What we need are statutory changes restricting immigration and denying employment to illegals.
Uh, no.
We already have all the laws we need.
The only problems are non-enforcement and for some issues lack of funding (e.g., the border wall).
Give those who are in the DACA program work permits,tell them to get in line to go through the citizenship procedure,stop chain migration,visa lottery build the wall and limit legal immigration. Problem solved
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Implement mandatory E-Verify and the problem will correct itself.
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1) No Constitutional authority
2) Not BIZs job to do Fedzilla’s job
3) Fedzilla can’t track the CURRENT visa overstays, but will be *great* w/ THIS? R-I-G-H-T
4) Becomes another de-facto Federalism inversion (Citizen doesn’t need the permission of govt to work)
No, much easier, legal and Constitutional to:
1) Terminate the welfare state (any/all)
2) Enforce the EXISTING Law(s)
3) Prosecute the law-breakers (staring in govt)
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