I have to go eat, but I agree with the title and this PING will get me back later to check it out fully.
Have a great one E E E. :-)
I see the solution as a four-step process:
1. Secure our border.
2. Make the decision, once and for all, to deny amnesty to people whose first act in the United States was a violation of the law.
3. Put in place a guest worker program, without amnesty, that will efficiently provide American employers with willing guest workers who come to America legally.
4. Enforce tough employer sanctions that ensure a full partnership between American business and the American government in the enforcement of our laws on immigration and guest workers.
Looks workable to me. Go Tancredo!!
Bottomline, NO AMNESTY and no path to citizenship.
Frankly, I'm not interested in a guest worker program.
We allow a million immigrants per year to enter the country legally. No one has yet to make the case that a million isn't enough.
Secondly, we haven't yet shown we have the will to control the border. I realize that everyone is including a "secure border" clause in their comprehensive plan; but if the border isn't secured by their plan, the cat's already out of the bag, the pony out of the barn. I don't want to discuss any kind of "comprehensive" plan until the border is secure.
Frankly, if the border is secure, and existing laws enforced, the problem becomes very solvable. Passing a new layer of laws when you aren't willing to enforce the existing law is a sleight of hand. Its like Clinton insisting on new campaign finance laws every time he got caught breaking the old ones.
I'm not interested in any new category of second-class workers. If you don't need them badly enough to grant them immigrant status, you don't need them that badly. If you can't get willing workers when we already have a million newcomers coming in legally every year, maybe you aren't paying enough, or maybe your conditions aren't as good as you say they are. Indentured servitude is a step backwards. Lets don't go there.
We don't need guest workers, we have Americans who can't get jobs because of the low wages brought about by the hiring of illegals. We need to correct this problem by controlling the borders, enforcing existing law(forget any new bills,enforce what we have now!) and then in about 5 years we can consider if we need a guest worker program.
I have an idea-
Let's revive the following 8th grade test from 1895.
Take it in English and pass and we'll hand you your citizenship papers on the spot, whether you've been here 5 minures or 15 years:
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic
(Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20.00 per in?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10.Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865?
Orthography
(Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography
(Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of N.A.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwolf and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.
The federal government promised enforcement with amnesty once and didn't deliver. This time, I will not accept any kind of amnesty or guest worker program UNTIL a wall is built and the border enforced. Once that's done, these other ideas may be discussed and implemented. Until then, the federal government's word is not sufficient. Only actions will prove their intentions.
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| THE PENCE PLAN | THE TANCREDO PLAN |
|---|---|
| Secure Our Border | Secure Our Nation's Borders |
| Put in place a guest worker program, without amnesty... | Establish a Genuine Guest Worker Program |
| Make the decision, once and for all, to deny amnesty to people whose first act in the United States was a violation of the law. | Remove Incentives for Illegal Immigration |
| Enforce tough employer sanctions that ensure a full partnership between American business and the American government in the enforcement of our laws on immigration and guest workers. | Improve “Interior Enforcement” of Immigration Laws |
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A national ID swipe card into a national database is an absolute must.
I still do not understand why we MUST have a "guest worker" program.