alicewonders wrote:
[[ I think most people realize that mass deportation is unfeasible. I do prefer Rand Paul's idea of issueing work visas - with the provision that they aren't given voting rights, etc. They need to get rid of the anchor baby privilege though. These workers should be employed above-board, trackable and paying taxes like the rest of us. ]]
Alice, can't you see? If we do this, if we pass some kind of legislation -- ANY kind of legislation -- that "normalizes" the illegals already here (even if they don't get "citizenship") -- that all it will do will be to encourage MILLIONS MORE to come?
There's a saying:
Anytime you subsidize something, you get MORE of it.
If we "excuse the presence" of those who have sneaked into the country in the last twenty years, what does that say to EVERY person who might be willing to give it a try in the future?
I am first of all, a realist.
I realize it's a pipedream to think of "sending all the illegals home". That's not going to be done.
BUT -- anything we do to "normalize", "legalize", or excuse them will do nothing but bring MORE of them. What does that portend for the future of America, for our culture?
My solution is simple:
Do nothing.
That's right, NOTHING.
They are here. Let them continue to work, and have Social Security, etc. taken out of their pay. If they work long enough to qualify, let them even -collect- SS benefits, etc.
But there must be a PRICE for entering America illegally.
The illegals who have come here must PAY that price.
The price must be this:
They can NEVER become U.S. citizens. They can never vote.
They must ALWAYS be condemned (I chose that word carefully) to something of a "second class existence", something intentionally "below" what a citizen like you or I enjoy.
That must be the price.
The anchor babies?
That's not going to be changed, short of a "convention of the states".
It is what it is by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment.
We'll have to live with that -- although I wish it -could- be changed.
So -- the children will be citizens.
But the parents who broke the law must NEVER be citizens, or even "legal".
If we aren't prepared to stand firm about this, we are going to lose the country.
Suggestion:
Even though you don't need to read Jean Raspail's "The Camp of the Saints", take a few minutes to read the wiki about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Camp_of_the_SaintsIf we "reform" immigration so that anyone can come here without penalty and without fear, that is where we're headed...
