I realize I haven’t been on in a while. With so much going on, I found it hard to decide what to write about. One of the topics I did want to write about is immigration. I propose some ideas, and wish to clarify my position so both the left and right knows where I stand. I don’t believe my view would be agreeable to either side, but I believe my view is fair.
The Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power “To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;” This means that Congress can establish laws regarding immigration and how a person may enter the United States and become a citizen of the United States. Those on the left want open borders and no enforcement of immigration law, while those on the right demand enforcement of immigration law and that all those in the country illegally be deported. I believe that immigration law needs to be enforced, and that those in the country should be deported. However, with an estimated 12 million or more illegal immigrants in the United States, deporting them all is easier said than done.
My solution is this. First, we must secure the borders of the United States. No proposal to solve the problem of illegal immigration can succeed without first securing the border. Second, once the border is secure, I propose we set a date at some time in the future whereby we demand all illegal immigrants report themselves to Immigration, and tell us who they are, where they are living, where they are working, and why they are here. Then give them two options; ask them if they want to be citizens or legal resident aliens. If they want to be legal resident aliens, visas exist for that. If they want to be citizens, they go to the back of the line of everyone else that has already applied. Any illegal alien that is caught before they report to immigration gets deported, no questions asked. Enforcement doesn’t stop before or after the deadline is met.
This proposal allows us to accomplish certain things. First, it secures the border. This is important not simply as a security measure, but as a humanitarian measure also. People crossing the border illegally; regularly take their lives into their own hands by doing so. They cross inhospitable terrain at great risk to themselves and their families; they are smuggled into the United States in box trucks and packed into vans and minibuses by people out to make money. Organized Crime gets involved by brining people into the United States, setting them up with a place to live, many times packed into a residence with many people in it, and they are given employment which is under the table and not reported. Securing the border will get a handle on these practices and end them. In my view, the greatest crime done to these people is by their so called advocates who do not speak out against these atrocities committed to their own people.
Second, by getting the illegal aliens to report to Immigration, we find out who they are, and we can find out if they are wanted in the home countries, we can determine if they are allowed to stay in the United States or are sent back. We find out where they work, and then we know which employers are obeying the law, and which are breaking it. We may uncover links to organized crime, and we also uncover illegal housing.
I don’t support making them pay fines or back taxes, as I believe those ideas are counter productive, and don’t really accomplish anything. I know too, those on the right would look at this and cry that it’s amnesty. I don’t agree amnesty would just give everyone a pass, and my idea does not. It allows us to enforce the law. Those on the right need to understand that just demanding all of them to be deported is like screaming into the wind. It doesn’t accomplish anything. If you believe we should deport them all, please tell me how we deport 12 million people en masse. It’s not going to happen. And I also believe there are some on the right and left, who don’t want immigration reform because they profit from it.
Now to be fair, the open borders crowd on the left doesn’t like my idea because it doesn’t give everyone a pass. They need to understand that people who enter the United States illegally or over stay their visas, don’t have rights. They don’t deserve them either. I get a laugh out of illegal immigrant rallies that demand their rights, because they don’t have any. If you want rights, leave the United States and come back legally, then you will have rights. Until then, stay hidden, as it is best to not be seen.
That’s my 2 cents on the issue of immigration. I hope to write some more about this in the future.
Extremus
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