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