Little-Acorn
06-23-2013, 12:01 PM
An internet site recently ran a poll implying that our system was "broken", and asking, "Who has the best solution to the illegal-alien problem?" The choice of answers they offered was (a) Arizona with its new law, (b) Obama with his "comprehensive immigration reform" mantra, or (c) Not Sure.
But they left out the CORRECT answer. Actually, the people who wrote our existing Federal laws on immigration, had the best solution.
1.) No one gets in without a visa.
2.) We do whatever it takes to keep out people without visas (which includes building a fence/wall where needed and hiring enough Border Patrol to patrol it adequately).
3.) Aliens found here without a visa, through unrelated contact with law enforcement, get deported.
4.) Employers who knowingly employ illegal aliens go to jail, up to and including the CEOs if they knew or suspected it too.
5.) People who apply for visas for various reasons (marriage, relatives, political asylum, needed skills, routine-I-want-to-live-there, etc.) get screened for criminal backgrounds and/or diseases, then get visas according to set quotas. Those quotas get expanded as population or capacity to absorb immigrants expands.
Why is this so difficult?
The system isn't "broken". A perfectly good system has been in place for decades. We're just not using it! And haven't been, for many administrations now.
We don't need to change the laws (so-called "comprehensive immigration reform")
And we certainly don't need to grant amnesty to people who already broke our laws and came here illegally (so-called "path to citizenship").
We need to change the people whose job it was to enforce existing laws, who haven't been doing it... starting at the top. And replace them with people who WILL do the job they're assigned by the voters.
Why wasn't this offered in your poll of "Who has the best solution?" Because it IS the best solution. And has been for a long time.
The only thing that's been missing, is the will to actually carry out this "tough love" program for our country.
BTW, if the administration(s) haven't wanted to obey the existing immigration laws, what makes you think they will obey a new set of laws?
The problem isn't with the existing laws. It's with the people we elected to carry them out.
But they left out the CORRECT answer. Actually, the people who wrote our existing Federal laws on immigration, had the best solution.
1.) No one gets in without a visa.
2.) We do whatever it takes to keep out people without visas (which includes building a fence/wall where needed and hiring enough Border Patrol to patrol it adequately).
3.) Aliens found here without a visa, through unrelated contact with law enforcement, get deported.
4.) Employers who knowingly employ illegal aliens go to jail, up to and including the CEOs if they knew or suspected it too.
5.) People who apply for visas for various reasons (marriage, relatives, political asylum, needed skills, routine-I-want-to-live-there, etc.) get screened for criminal backgrounds and/or diseases, then get visas according to set quotas. Those quotas get expanded as population or capacity to absorb immigrants expands.
Why is this so difficult?
The system isn't "broken". A perfectly good system has been in place for decades. We're just not using it! And haven't been, for many administrations now.
We don't need to change the laws (so-called "comprehensive immigration reform")
And we certainly don't need to grant amnesty to people who already broke our laws and came here illegally (so-called "path to citizenship").
We need to change the people whose job it was to enforce existing laws, who haven't been doing it... starting at the top. And replace them with people who WILL do the job they're assigned by the voters.
Why wasn't this offered in your poll of "Who has the best solution?" Because it IS the best solution. And has been for a long time.
The only thing that's been missing, is the will to actually carry out this "tough love" program for our country.
BTW, if the administration(s) haven't wanted to obey the existing immigration laws, what makes you think they will obey a new set of laws?
The problem isn't with the existing laws. It's with the people we elected to carry them out.