Energy consumption and the environment


How Giving Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants is the Wrong Thing to Do

In mid summer 2006, the United States lawin the United States. One would think that
makers have been bandying around ideas on howwould provide the impetus to allow other
best to manage the illegal immigranthopeful legal immigrants to immigrate in a
population that currently exists within itspeaceful, non-law breaking way, but in
borders. Several solutions proposed equate toreality it will just allow the other illegal
an all or nothing proposal (lock down theimmigrants to break the law faster and skirt
borders and send them all back), and anthe border patrol to get into the United
amnesty proposal that would allow a portionStates now, so as to become grandfathered in
of illegal immigrants to stay within theas well so that they can now get in line for
United States to work towards their U.SAmnesty.
citizenship.
The argument against that is that these
Did  you  catch  that  last  option?.illegal immigrants will have to be present
here in the United States for a certain
Basically, the federal government is sayingperiod of time before they can become
that if you've been here a certain period ofeligible for amnesty. But who are we kidding.
time, illegally, and you are therefore byIf college kids can forge drivers licenses to
default a criminal, you can stay here andout drinking at college bars, how hard can it
benefit from our different social servicereally be for an illegal to say that they've
programs as well as our education system forbeen here for a number of years, working a
your  children.meaningful  job.
Amazing, isn't it? We're rewarding those whoIt's  not  very  hard,  that's  the  answer.
are grandfathered in by their own law
breaking.The only very real answer is to send back
everyone who is NOT a valid citizen of the
By allowing amnesty to illegal immigrants,United States. Extreme, yes. Secure? You bet.
the U.S lawmakers are setting a terribleAnd to those who decry that all of those jobs
precedent that will allow furtherwill now go to waste, I'll echo what I said
degradations to our immigration policiesbefore. Read up on your early American
worldwide, not just the Mexico border. Howhistory and look at all the "alphabet corps"
you  might  say?that were formed to help this country get on
its feet. Able bodies men from all over were
Take for instance the Mexican woman who hasused in those programs. Although not done on
been here for 15 years and is NOT forced toa conscription basis, we could put some of
go back, although she was found out to haveour youth to good work today to take up the
no green card or permission to reside or workslack of the departing illegal immigrants.



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