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