Eighteen Illegal Alien solutions that are better than any Amnesty

January 7th, 2003 | Sabertooth

[F16Fighter]

Thanks for putting your money where your mouth is -- great job!

However, it's my opinion the current crisis warrants suspending or readjusting 'posse comitatus' under the circumstances.

Beefed up "civilian" enforcement of the border is not only unrealistic, but presents one more political hot-potato for Democrats whose approval would be required in Washington. Can our legislators even be counted on to address this issue? And might it take forever -- IF ever approved -- while potentially being far more incendiary if implimented at all?

No, I think 'Homeland Security' is the loophole whereby troops may be implimented, and thus present a clear and viable deterent to illegal immigration.

[greenwolf]

Two basic criteria of any reasonable guest-worker program: One, the employer must absorb the entire cost, the total cost to the taxpayer being zero and, two, under no circumstances do they vote.

I would favor a constitutional ammendment saying that nobody votes until they have resided in the U.S. for 18 years, i.e. ZERO INCENTIVE for any political party to try to import voting blocks for itself.

I had to wait 18 years to vote, and I don't view immigrants as better than I am.

[mrustow]

BTTT.

[Oschisms]

bump for later

[lindagirl]

You are right. I hope you don't mind but I have copied your points to use in every email I write about this matter.

[Tailgunner Joe]

bttt

[Mr. E. Ryder]

It is sad to know that the US will never do this. I want to stop anker babies. Other countries do not give citizenship to babies born in their territory why should we? Still, the US is too afraid to publically set up laws like this because Mexico and other Latin American countries will raise hell and will be the victims in the eyes of the world. And the world just looks for excuses to not like us.
Also, I enjoy this site.

[Lucky9teen]

Is there a way to bring this article back to the fore front again?

I think in what we are facing in today's times, this article says a lot!!!

[Sir Gawain]

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[Peter Lovberg]

How quickly we forget that the whole frenzy about the illegal alien population in the U.S., namely via the U.S.-Mexican border arose from a national security concern. That’s where the debate needs to stay. Amnesty is a word with a “dirty” connotation that calls to the sentiments of the misinformed and ill-educated followers of Mr. Ross Perot. Before stirring up misdirected hatred from those who actually bought the “sucking sound” argument years ago-I would request they educate themselves on the teachings of Adam Smith and more importantly, David Ricardo, both undisputed geniuses of the economics that keep our economy working today.
Since security is the only valid point of debate regarding illegals today, lets agree that all illegal aliens need to be identified IMMEDIATELY, perhaps at a number of National I.D. centers in critical geographic locations. Lets give the existing transient population of Illegals 30 days to report to these sites for complete biometric I.D.s., and reciprocal background checks from bi-national sources. Failure to do so within this 30 day period would result in immediate deportation, and registry onto a “Blacklist”. The blacklist would prohibit entry for an extended period of time 5-10 years beyond that currently legally called for.
Secure the border. Agreed. Use the General Atomics Predator aircraft and a reduced force at the border to enforce the National Frontier. I would pose that the construction of a second “Berlin Wall” does not bide well with the tenets of Democracy, however you want to look at it.
After you’ve studied your Adam Smith and David Ricardo, you’ll agree that a modern-day Pogromme against Mexican Americans is politically and economically disastrous. Until you understand what consumer and producer surpluses the low-cost labor provides both Mexicans and Americans, you are ill-informed and acting purely on emotion, not with economic reason and logic. Act rashly, and we’ll return to a new “Weimar Republic” in California. No thanks!
I will admit, the “Amnesty” issue is an ugly, but necessary evil at this critical point in our nations history. What is one to do, when balancing important national security concerns with disastrous economic consequences of national illegal-purging sweeps. Choose the lesser of two evils. and call it the Migratory Worker's Identification Initiative instead of Amnesty, if this is a concern of your political constituents!