as seen on tv
Senator
Several PJ posters have been touting – and lamenting – various aspects of “immigration reform”. They point out “the present system is broken” (as are public schools, pentagon procurement, and the entire congress). “The Mexican border is too long to patrol” (but it’s far shorter than our border with Canada, which has worse weather and more tree/vegetation cover). “We will be rewarding lawbreakers if simply make them all citizens” (Some native born citizens are far less praiseworthy than the typical illegal immigrant, though).
Some sort of amnesty is going to happen. Gecko probably has that part right. And it will be “light” on the reform side, and heavy on the naturalization side, for sure. The GOP dare not enter another election cycle with the albatross of again bitch slapping the entire Hispanic community.
I have a possible solution. I concede that 2,000 miles is too long for a fence, and that drones are unlikely to stop anyone. ( A well placed rifle or shotgun blast can probably down one.) What we need is an incentive to get immigrants to “play by the rules” – apply legally and take their turn. We do this at the grocery store, Best Buy, the airport. Nobody rushes the cashier or boarding gate en masse because they’re tired of waiting in line. If they did, they’d be banned .
That’s what I propose as part of immigration reform. The present “path to citizenship” is probably as good a compromise as possible, in today’s environment. But make this “the last time” we surrender to illegal aliens. If you enter the US illegally after “date” (December 31, 2013?), then you FOREVER have surrendered your rights to citizenship, or a work visa. You may never live or work legally in America. You will be deported immediately upon arrest for anything – even a traffic violation.
Sounds harsh to some, I bet. But fences and visa reform rules aren’t going to get the job done. We can’t simply come back to this, every decade or two, and re-naturalize all the cheaters who arrived since the last so-called immigration reform.
Foreigners – you have to play by the rules everyone else lives by. Apply for the visa – whether it’s for an employer, or with relatives, or even political refugee status. Don’t wade across the Rio Grande at midnight, or even try to sneak with a false passport or student visa assigned to someone else. We will photograph you, fingerprint you, and DNA sample you. And you are never allowed a regular visa or citizenship.
I now open the floor to debate – please tell me why this won’t work. Those who never intended “immigration reform” to prevent new illegal immigration, you have the floor first, of course (I don’t even need to say this). Please give us an earful about how the bill before congress – which changes virtually nothing – is going to fix everything. Why shouldn’t we draw a line in the sand, instead of a wall? It’s cheaper, and more effective.
Full disclosure – I imagine a bunch of other countries already do what I’m proposing. Is there an expert on immigration law in this forum?
Some sort of amnesty is going to happen. Gecko probably has that part right. And it will be “light” on the reform side, and heavy on the naturalization side, for sure. The GOP dare not enter another election cycle with the albatross of again bitch slapping the entire Hispanic community.
I have a possible solution. I concede that 2,000 miles is too long for a fence, and that drones are unlikely to stop anyone. ( A well placed rifle or shotgun blast can probably down one.) What we need is an incentive to get immigrants to “play by the rules” – apply legally and take their turn. We do this at the grocery store, Best Buy, the airport. Nobody rushes the cashier or boarding gate en masse because they’re tired of waiting in line. If they did, they’d be banned .
That’s what I propose as part of immigration reform. The present “path to citizenship” is probably as good a compromise as possible, in today’s environment. But make this “the last time” we surrender to illegal aliens. If you enter the US illegally after “date” (December 31, 2013?), then you FOREVER have surrendered your rights to citizenship, or a work visa. You may never live or work legally in America. You will be deported immediately upon arrest for anything – even a traffic violation.
Sounds harsh to some, I bet. But fences and visa reform rules aren’t going to get the job done. We can’t simply come back to this, every decade or two, and re-naturalize all the cheaters who arrived since the last so-called immigration reform.
Foreigners – you have to play by the rules everyone else lives by. Apply for the visa – whether it’s for an employer, or with relatives, or even political refugee status. Don’t wade across the Rio Grande at midnight, or even try to sneak with a false passport or student visa assigned to someone else. We will photograph you, fingerprint you, and DNA sample you. And you are never allowed a regular visa or citizenship.
I now open the floor to debate – please tell me why this won’t work. Those who never intended “immigration reform” to prevent new illegal immigration, you have the floor first, of course (I don’t even need to say this). Please give us an earful about how the bill before congress – which changes virtually nothing – is going to fix everything. Why shouldn’t we draw a line in the sand, instead of a wall? It’s cheaper, and more effective.
Full disclosure – I imagine a bunch of other countries already do what I’m proposing. Is there an expert on immigration law in this forum?
