[Dilbert San Diego]

And few if any stories on the subject ever talk about how we don’t enforce the laws currently on the books.

It’s currently illegal to sneak into this country as so many illegals do.

It’s currently illegal to overstay a tourist visa, or other type of visa, which is also a key way which illegals use to gain entry.

It’s currently illegal to work in this country without having legal status to be here.

It’s currently illegal to use fraudulent documents to get a job in this country.

It’s currently illegal for employers to hire those who are not in this country legally.

It’s currently illegal to use illegal documents or fraud to get legitimate documents such as a driver’s license.

The above types of criminal activity are simply not being prosecuted in this country. The penalty of deportation is just being used as punishment when we catch people doing things such as the above.

I would love to see us enforce the laws already on the books, and then, seeing the impact, see what remaining problems we have with illegals which would need to be dealt with.

It’s not intellectually honest for liberals and open border types to say “we need to fix our broken immigration system”, when we have a legal system of immmigration in place, and when illegal immigration is, by definition, against the law.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I meant to say, the penalty of deportation is NOT being used in the above statements. We don’t deport people as a general rule.

[Puppage]

Enforce the laws already on the books...there’s a novel idea. Instead, we have an administration that is proactively suing the state of Arizona for enforcing the law they refuse to.....You just can’t make this up.

[Cheerio]

It’s currently illegal to work in this country without having legal status to be here.

AND it is also a felony (or at least it used to be) to assist anyone in this country illegally to get a job.

Federal Immigration and Nationality Act
Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)

Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):

A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:

* assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or

* encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or

* knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.

[xzins]

And, iirc, there’s a law already on the books to build the fence.

[servantboy777]

Most of what you listed are felonies. The misdemeanors such as, “entering the country illegally” and “hiring an illegal” are misdemeanors until that person has been deported and returns or 2nd offense. It is then a felony.

Fraud, perjury, forgery, conspiracy would put any American in prison. Why is it that illegal aliens get away with these? Illegals routinely lie on government applications, there is literally no way to function in our society undocumented without breaking the law multiple times.

FBI stats are skewed so that Americans are kept in the dark about the true crime rate caused by illegals. Insurance rates for automobiles are higher because illegals typically hit and run, drive w/o insurance.

Federal, state and local taxes are higher for Americans to help cover those here illegally. Here in Harris co. Texas, the hospital district wrote off 385 million in one year for the expense of those who visit the ER and skip on the bill.
Don't believe it? Visit an inner city hospital in the dead of night on Houston's east, south side. Packed full of illegals.
Portions of Houston are unrecognizable as America. Airline drive looks like some border town in Messy-co. It's ridiculous. I've often thought of putting together a pictorial montage of some of those fine neighborhoods in Houston....Talk about politically incorrect. lol