| In mid summer 2006, the United States law | | | | in the United States. One would think that |
| makers have been bandying around ideas on how | | | | would provide the impetus to allow other |
| best to manage the illegal immigrant | | | | hopeful legal immigrants to immigrate in a |
| population that currently exists within its | | | | peaceful, non-law breaking way, but in |
| borders. Several solutions proposed equate to | | | | reality it will just allow the other illegal |
| an all or nothing proposal (lock down the | | | | immigrants to break the law faster and skirt |
| borders and send them all back), and an | | | | the border patrol to get into the United |
| amnesty proposal that would allow a portion | | | | States now, so as to become grandfathered in |
| of illegal immigrants to stay within the | | | | as well so that they can now get in line for |
| United States to work towards their U.S | | | | Amnesty. |
| 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 saying | | | | period of time before they can become |
| that if you've been here a certain period of | | | | eligible for amnesty. But who are we kidding. |
| time, illegally, and you are therefore by | | | | If college kids can forge drivers licenses to |
| default a criminal, you can stay here and | | | | out drinking at college bars, how hard can it |
| benefit from our different social service | | | | really be for an illegal to say that they've |
| programs as well as our education system for | | | | been here for a number of years, working a |
| your children. | | | | meaningful job. |
| | | | |
| Amazing, isn't it? We're rewarding those who | | | | It'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 terrible | | | | And to those who decry that all of those jobs |
| precedent that will allow further | | | | will now go to waste, I'll echo what I said |
| degradations to our immigration policies | | | | before. Read up on your early American |
| worldwide, not just the Mexico border. How | | | | history 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 has | | | | used in those programs. Although not done on |
| been here for 15 years and is NOT forced to | | | | a conscription basis, we could put some of |
| go back, although she was found out to have | | | | our youth to good work today to take up the |
| no green card or permission to reside or work | | | | slack of the departing illegal immigrants. |