That simple sentence contains the answer to our so called illegal immigration problem.
Situation: a police officer on regular patrol pulls over a vehicle that has run a red light, rolled through a stop sign, speeded or some other moving violation. All legitimate reasons for stopping any vehicle (the only profile is illegal operation of a motor vehicle). The officer approaches the driver and asks for license, insurance and registration (standard procedure, haven’t we all been there) and the driver is unable to produce one or more of the documents. The driver of the vehicle is now demonstrably in violation of the law. The police officer now has the obligation to investigate the driver further and finds that the driver is undocumented. At this point the officer has a choice 1) given today’s political climate in all likelihood the driver is told to drive more carefully and is allowed to go on their way, 2) the police officer detains the driver and transports the driver to the police station where further background information is researched. Upon verifying that the driver is in fact in the country illegally the police office contacts the Feds (ICE) and the feds take custody of the driver and deports him following their investigation.
Proponents of changing the immigration laws claim that option number 2 is way too costly for the US government as there are 11 plus million individuals that would need to be identified, rounded up and processed for deportation. I totally disagree and here’s why; go back to my first sentence. When you know that there is a very good chance that you will be caught you correct your behavior so you do not provoke anyone in authority to detain you, as in proper driving techniques when around police officers. The same holds true for immigration violations. We do not need to round up every illegal in the country, just begin enforcing the laws we now have and a huge majority of them will get the message and leave on their own. Of course coupled with that is making certain that only those individuals that qualify for state/federal assistance (legal US citizens) receive that assistance. Stop enticing non US citizens to break our laws and enter the country as illegal’s just to get free stuff. Bottom line is we have all of the laws on the books now we need to effectively enforce and eliminate this problem. There’s no need for congress to waste its time and our money concocting new and cumbersome statutes that cloud the issue even more. As the old saying goes “KISS” Keep It Simple Stupid.
Don’t believe that? Think back a few years when the economy was rapidly dropping off, do you remember the news reports (not many) about the fall off of illegal border crossings? It turns out that work in the US was drying up and there was no reason to come or even stay so they began to leave – ON THEIR OWN! WOW what a concept huh?
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A bus ticket is more expensive than a lifetime of entitlements?
Roberto -
You said, "Put armed troops on the border". Let's start with all Legislators who vote "Yes" for Immigration Reform that leads to citizenship for 11 to 20+ Illegal Aliens. Let's try them for treason, convict them & sentence them to 10 years of patrolling our Southern border.....
Reberto, that's great.
datrucks, I'm with you. I'm a politically incorrect constitutional conservative curmudgeon.
As an Hispanic natural born citizen I believe in comprehensive immigration reform. To that end I think we should:
1. Allow states to round up illegal immigrants and turn them over to ICE.
2. Make it a felony for first time illegal entry into the US.
3. If illegals are incarcerated, bill their respective countries for the cost.
4. Put armed troops on the border with orders to engage with deadly force if fired upon. Allow them
the right of hot pursuit.
5. Put the DHS on the border with the same orders or disband it.
6. Adopt the immigration and citizenship rules of Mexico for Mexicans coming into this country.
7. Fire all agency personnel and court officers who have put Border Patrol agents in prison or have
been fired for doing their job.
8. Make English the official language for all legal transactions and documents in this country.
9. Terminate all grants and tax benefits of organizations, cities, or states that support sanctuary
policies. If that means terminating the 501(c)3 status of the Catholic Church, so be it.
10. Enforce the ban on benefits to illegals except for true certified emergencies. After emergency
care, deport them.
11. Join the rest of the industrialized wold and eliminate anchor baby citizenship for new births. For
current anchor babies, either deport them with their parents or take them for adoption by
American families.
12. Revise entry rules and quotas to favor those with higher educations or requisite skills. Conduct
criminal background checks, financial stability, and medical and mental health before allowing
entry.
13. Make sure all foreign visitors and students check in yearly or more with their residence and
activity status.
14. Build the fence and use the NSA and other intelligence agencies to monitor it rather than law
abiding citizens.
15. Require E-Very of all employers with serious penalties for multiple infractions.
16. Allow states to insure the integrity of their voting processes to eliminate foreigners from voting.
good
But KISS is so politically incorrect. ;-)
cancel any immigration reform and just have e-verify...for jobs, for schools, for everything, including welfare....no ticky-no laundry.
As a former law enforcement officer I have stopped many illegal aliens. Nobody came to deport them. I was told to let them go. I issued citations and made them get a licensed driver to drive the vehicle. Then I left.
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