Illegals

Let's get some things straight:

If, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, there are 12 million illegal immigrants in this country, of which only 7 million are working, then there are 5 million that need to get their asses back to wherever they came from.

If, there are in fact 25 million illegals in this country, then it matters not at all if they are working or not -- there are too many.

If we consider how health care is unreasonably expensive -- and point to Canada where it is cheaper and universal -- we might wish to consider who has to pay for the health care given to the illegals.... That would be us, the taxpayers.

If we consider how expensive insurance has become, we may wish to consider why ... a large number of uninsured or underinsured onthe streets.

If we wonder why federal and state housing, welfare and social services are overwhelmed given the absurd funding levels ... we might look to the recipients of the largess.

If we look at the people who want to give and amnesty ... well Dubbya is looking to keep his constituency of businessmen happy with their cheap labor (and keep inflation down). The Dems are clearly happy to create a whole new class of people that will eventually become Democrats: social parasites sucking on the government teat and keeping them in power.

If we want to know why education is being burdened by large numbers of children without the requisite tax support base, we can look to who these children are: either straight illegals themselves, or "legal" children of illegals, citizens by virtue of the fact that their parents are criminals under US Federal Law.

The list could go on for ever. There is no credible accounting that has been made to show that the NET balance of contributions by illegal immigrants to the US economy outweighs the drains. None. That is because nobody wants to get nasty and count the costs, the real costs. Costs such as the absurd bi-lingual (or multi-lingual) printing and services provided by municipalities, local, state and the Federal Governments to those who do not speak English. Apart from a few ill-conceived freaks, (like Canada and Quebec in particular), no country prints official materials or offers official services in languages other than those of the majority. DO you think for and instant that you could walk into a French government office, declare that you are an English speaker and demand to receive translation services (or any services of any kind) as an illegal? You get a stony look and be told to learn French.

The English language is the glue that has held America together since it was first established. That it is not enshrined in the Constitution as the official language of the US is more a reflection of the Framers that the situation as it exists now was to absurd to contemplate back then (though there was some movement to make it German, but mercifully, that did not happen). Throughout US history, immigrants learned the language: parents did not speak the languages of their homelands in an effort to Americanize their children, to give them a chance to prosper here, and not stigmatize them as "fresh off of the boat."

But instead, we have people singing translations of the Star Spangled Banner, claiming their right to be in the US is superior to that of its citizens. Have we totally lost our minds? IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH THE BUSES WOULD HAVE LINED UP TO DEPORT THESE IDIOTS. In Mexico, it is a crime to alter or abuse the Mexican national anthem. Yet, it is OK to do it to ours.

And what the **** is El Presidente Fox doing with drugs????? What right does he have to declare that our borders should be open: so he can export the poverty and corrpution of Mexico to the US? NO, it is not our fault ... not now. Not by any twisted stretch of belief: Mexico is a basket case because of corruption, waste, and possibly the legacy of a culture based on the Spanish paradigm of its colonial policies. This is NOT an American problem except in that it is being exported into this sovereign nation.

Cambridge, Acton and Wayland (each a center of pin-headed liberalism) have passed laws that will allow illegals to vote. The thought is that if the illegal's kids are in school in those towns, and they are paying taxes (even indirectly through landlord's payment of property taxes), they should be entitled to vote. On its face, that seems reasonable ... until you wake up from that bad dream and realize that an American citizen whose official residence might be elsewhere, but whose kids are in Cambridge, and who may even pay direct taxes there CANNOT VOTE. Huh? By why feat of stupidity can these morons allow non-citizens, CRIMINALS, to vote where legal, tax paying citizens cannot? The only thought here is a naked attempt to affect the voting to ensure that far left lunatics keep their posts in a bloated and morally corrupt bureaucracy. The illegals are not crazy: keep the benefits coming, housing, schooling, money ... better than working the farm back home, or working in a sweatshop in some city like (fill in the blank ... Ho Chi Minh, Juarez, Sao Paulo).

So what to do?

Look, if a given "illegal" has been here three years, has been paying taxes (and can prove it) then she/he can stay. Give her a work permit, and sign her up. She must then lear English within 2 years or go home. She CANNOT bring anyone else here along with her. If she already has children, then they can stay. Other dependents cannot. Any adult has to be considered separately.

Any crime -- as defined by misdemeanor or worse, you go home, unless you have become a US citizen first. A work permit is good for 10 years, one renewal possible. If by then not a US citizen, you have to go home.

AND FOR ALL PERSONS OUTSIDE OF THIS RUBRIC: GO HOME AND REAPPLY TO ENTER. WE NEED YOU AND YOU NEED TO HAVE A WORK PERMIT FOR SECURITY OF THE US AND TO PAY TAXES.

But do not attempt to influence our politics. Do not take from our social services without paying by means of taxes. So what if our inflation goes up, and we have to pay more for our goods: we should. We have no right to benefit from the underpaid slave labor that exists openly in the country, and the workers should have a right to medical care and social services as tax payers.

And let's create a new national border service to which ALL teenagers must apply and serve before college. One year. No ifs, buts, ands or others. And enforce the border with force of military might. And if you are an employer and you get caught with illegals: that would be a "A" misd, for first offense, "D" felony for the second, and prison time for the third -- and a special accelerated court system solely to prosecute these security crimes. That should put a stop to it. And quickly. No point smuggling yourself in if nobody will hire you.

A day without "illegals" ... too bad it could not be longer.

I have been careful not to point any fingers at any nations apart from Mexico (where I have a beef with the government), and this is because sane people want to be able to feed their children and make new lives. I want this to happen too. But only in the framework of an organized and honest manner -- fair to intended immigrants from all countries on Earth, not only those who can walk over the border. Should they get special privileges in the lottery of immigration because they were born close the a border over which they might sneak? Is a Mexican or Honduran more worthy than an Ethiopian? Clearly, the answer is "no." To provide an efficient and fair system should be our goal, the wholesale creation of 25 million new citizens (many or most of which have no idea of what is means to be an American, US history, or the English language) is folly, pure and simple. It might suit Senators Kerry and Kennedy, in that it would counter the threat of the Red State people out-breeding the Blue Staters, thereby creating a new Democrat dynasty, but it does not make sense for America. Interestingly, the Pew Hispanic Center polled hispanics across the board for their views: some 60% of Hispanics are against an amnesty of any sort!!! Hmmm.

Many illegals work exceedingly hard and only want to get ahead, to make a better life for themselves, no different really from the boatloads of Russians, Italians, Irish, Germans and Swedes that came to Ellis Island. There was some structure even then, but America was essentially empty (ohhh, yes, there were native Americans, but ...).

America is not empty. It is full. It is close to being bankrupt -- no savings, nothing but deficit spending (and Kerry would not be better in this regard, quit smoking whatever it is), so how can we just write checks without the goodies in the bank? Mortgaging our country to save a few bucks at Wal Mart is not wise. Nor is it to write checks to charity that we cannot honor. We have a duty to absorb all we can, it is the American thing to do. Notwithstanding the hopes and wishes of the earnest hard working would be Americans that have smuggled themselves here, we have a greater duty to the American CITIZENS that are already here, sons and daughters of people that have fought and died to create this country and preserve freedom. And we should tend to this duty and legacy first, no matter how much someone should threaten us, demonstrate or scream.

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