Former illegal aliens now serving in Congress (future)

"Former illegal aliens now serving in U.S. Congress" will be the headline in just a few short years if America grants citizenship to these international trespassers. Offering a path to citizenship for illegal aliens will have significant consequences for the future of leadership and government in America. If citizenship is granted to these one-time fugitives, they will have not only the right to vote, but the power to run for political office. They will also be eligible to serve in law enforcement, serve as judges and even work with classified material. They will have the same rights as every other naturalized citizen in this country, in spite of their criminal background.

While the best answer is simply securing the border and enforcing existing laws, the current proposal does include a number of positive steps toward solving America's immigration problems. However, the portion granting a path to citizenship for the 12+ million illegal aliens already living in the United States is unacceptable. Rewarding criminal behavior with citizenship cannot be an option for a number of good reasons.

Giving illegal aliens a path to citizenship would mean giving them the key to changing the political balance in America. Those who failed to respect our sovereignty and our laws will become a strong lobby on the political scene. Look at what they have managed to accomplish without having a legal voice. Our felons lose their right to vote, but these criminals will be given a free pass to the polls. There is no way that anyone who came to America illegally should ever be granted the right to vote, nor should ever be allowed to run for and/or hold public office.

Giving illegal aliens a path to citizenship would also mean giving them preferential treatment over legal immigrants. Illegal aliens should never be given any consideration or receive any entitlement which is not given to legal immigrants. They should not be allowed to do anything that legal immigrants are not allowed to do. Showing such favoritism is not fair to those who abide by the law and will not be good for the social climate of this country.

While many Americans believe that all illegal aliens need to be deported, the practicality of such an operation may be less than realistic. In order to achieve true reform, there may have to be some compromises. If we are stuck with these 12+ million people, the least we can do is treat them according to the status they have placed themselves in. The worst case scenario should include a long and arduous path to legal residency, with no chance of ever obtaining citizenship.

There are huge differences between being a legal resident and being a naturalized citizen. Residents do not have the right to vote like citizens. Residents cannot run for public office like citizens. Residents do not have the right to apply for all of the same government funded programs as citizens. Legal residents are treated with the respect due a welcomed guest, but they are not allowed to work or serve in any position which could compromise our national security.

If we have to allow any of these people to stay in America, let's have them apply for these new visas. Let's run finger print analysis and DNA analysis as part of their background checks. Let's prosecute those who are suspected of crimes and let's deport those who have returned to America after being previously deported. Let's require the tamper-proof identification cards for employment, schooling and other services and let's prosecute any employer or organization who bypasses these identification requirements.

Once those who are eligible to stay have received their new visa, we should treat them the same as we would any other legal resident. Let's hold them accountable to the same laws as our guests from Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. The only difference between these visa holders and other legal immigrants would be that the former illegals will never be eligible to apply for naturalization.

The path to citizenship for illegals will result in a net gain in voters for Democrats numbering in the millions. There is almost no doubt about this, and I am glad to see that more conservatives are finally focusing on this.

However, it makes little sense to worry about the demographic-political effects of amnesty, but not of mass legal immigration. I understand that conservatives are focused on illegal immigration right now, and trying to stop amnesty, but our current high levels of legal immigration is already helping the Democrats demographically. The pending bill would not only grant amnesty to illegals, but it would also increase legal immigration. Taken together, these things will put the GOP on a fast track to demographic doom.

But my main point is that from a political/demographic perspective, it makes little difference if the inflow is illegal or legal. Most legal immigrants and most legalized illegals will vote Democrat.

The following statement was posted on Helvitorial.com by A. Gonzalez. The bulk of it was new to me. You make the call.

Dear Sir: I have read several blogs on illegals, pro and con; and of course, the media reports. The truth about these illegals coming into this Country is not being told. The elite in power are committing a type of genocide on the indigenous land owners of Mexico. The multitudes that are over here in the US come from small towns, villages, and farms. They are the true land owners which many live in farms; and or going hungry among other things.

You see, sir, there are millions of (transplants) blondes, redheads, brown-haired people whose ancestors settled in Mexico a couple hundred of years ago that came from Germany, France, England, Spain, Ireland, etc. My ancestors built Jewish colonies throughout Mexico but they are not leaving. Neither are the transplants leaving Mexico. Have you seen any blondes, redheads, brown-haired people crossing the rivers on any news reports etc.? The ones that are leaving are the ones that have generations that can go back almost a thousand years such as the Mayans, Aztecs, and other Indian cultures. The power elite know that they are the transplants; and they are pushing out the true land owners. It is a genocide that has completely blinded the American people. This has to be brought to the attention of the public.

Ex President Fox of Mexico is a Jew that has encouraged the Indians through TV and radio to cross the border by telling them that they have a right to live in the five Border States because it was stolen from them by the US Government; and he supplies them with survival packs to cross the desert plains. As you well know, the five Border States were not stolen from Mexico. The illegals need to be encouraged to get their Country back; and throw out the people that are committing this genocide on them.

As you well know, the Government reports that there are about 12 million illegals in this Country but I know that these numbers can be multiplied by three and still not be enough. The US Constitution says that children of illegal immigrants that are born in this Country take the status of their parents; and cannot be natural born citizens when they are born in this Country. Only the children of legal immigrants that are born in this Country take this status. When you start seeing European looking Mexicans crossing the border illegally, then it can assumed that Mexico has turned upside down but that is not the case.

Again let me state, a type of genocide is being implemented against the indigenous people of Mexico; and this is what needs to be put out to the public for everyone to ponder; and possibly taken straight to our criminal Government. The Toll Roads are part of UN’s Agenda 21, the “Global 2000 Report” by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance under Ex President Jimmy Carter, NAFTA.

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