Preface
First, let me state clearly and unequivocally that I am in favor of, and support, LEGAL immigration into the U.S.A., for many reasons.
Second, I am opposed to illegal border crossings, and illegal immigration. I believe that in order to prevent these crimes, all borders (including coasts) must be secure, and deterrents must be in place to discourage illegal immigration. Further, total amnesty is not an option. It has been tried at least twice in the recent past, most recently in 1986. It has failed miserably, encouraging further illegal immigration, and leaving us with an estimated 12 million illegal aliens in the U.S. to deal with today. Some individuals and groups have advocated the payment of fines for those who are in the U. S. illegally. This idea would only encourage further illegal immigration at the expense of those who have, or are attempting to, enter this country legally.
Our Progressive politicians want illegal immigrants as they desire to further their agenda of creating an ever bigger government and welfare state.
Amnesty Period
I believe the policies/actions outlined below should be initiated after a six (6) month amnesty period. During this six month amnesty period, every feasible effort will be made to disseminate the new policies. All persons who are in this country illegally will be encouraged to leave voluntarily. Any illegal immigrant who is gainfully employed will be encouraged to obtain a letter from their employer stating their true identity, work history, and rehire status should a position be available when the individual returns to the U.S. legally. This will aid there application for legal immigration.? No person should be prosecuted solely for the crime of illegal immigration during this six-month amnesty period. Any other crime should, of course, be prosecuted, including identity theft.
Border Security
I believe that for a border to be classified as secure, not ONE (1) individual should be able to cross that border illegally. I support the utilization of military forces along the border with explicit orders to USE DEADLY FORCE against ANY individual crossing the border illegally. The U.S. does not need to build a fence. Let our neighbor(s) build a wall to protect their citizens from ricochets! We should use Predator drones and Hellfire missiles to aid in this effort.? The idea would be to have NO deaths or imprisonment because the threat would be a deterrent. I have never had to kill anyone for entering our home illegally, but our neighbors all know that I would do so. Deterrence is the objective, not deaths or imprisonment.
Enforcement
E-Verify should be used by ALL employers in the U.S. In addition verification of citizenship should be required for ALL government services, including, but not limited to: Social Security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, driver?s licenses, school enrollment (both K-12 and higher), etc.? Anyone who assists an illegal alien (granting employment, renting a house, or transporting), would also be guilty of being an accessory to the crime, and prosecuted for that.
Illegal Immigration
After the six month amnesty period, any individual that is apprehended in this country illegally (this would include those who crossed a border illegally and those who came to this country with a legal [student or tourist] Visa, but stayed beyond the Visa period.) should be prosecuted (violating 8 USC Section 1325 (a)(1), a law that makes it a criminal offense for an alien to enter or attempt to enter the United States at a place other than designated by immigration officers.) as follows:
1st Offense ? Two years prison. The sentence will be suspended with the conditions that: A, the individual plead guilty to this crime; B, the individual accepts deportation with their ability to legally enter the U.S subject to both serving this prison sentence, and being placed at the bottom of the eligibility list. (This would all but eliminate them from being able to enter the U.S. again.) Should these conditions not be met, we should move to second offense penalties.
2nd Offense ? Five years prison. For an individual who had their first offense end in a suspended sentence, this would actually mean they would serve a seven (7) year prison term since they would serve time for both the first and second offenses.
3rd Offense ? 20 years prison.
4th Offense ? 50 years prison
Minor Children
Children under the age of 18 years old (or the age of majority in their native country, whichever is less) would not be prosecuted for the crime of illegal entry, PROVIDED, that they came to this country with their parents. However, if they entered the country on their own, they would be prosecuted as an adult, with the same penalties. Instead, the parent who brought the child into the U.S. would serve the additional time for the child. If both parents brought the child into the U.S. illegally, they should each serve 50% of the additional sentence.
Minor children that are U.S. citizens with parents who are illegal aliens may remain in the U.S. or may be returned with their parents to their native country. Should they stay in the U.S. they should be placed for adoption, with the parental rights of the natural parents terminated.
Imprisonment
All individuals imprisoned as illegal aliens should not be allowed to remain in U. S. prisons. These inmates should serve time in a foreign prison, but NOT in their originating country. Inmate prison sentences should be auctioned off, and sold to the country with the lowest bid for each group of prison sentences. This bidding process would only be open to those countries that owe a debt to the U.S.A., as the country would not have to outlay cash, but have the amount deducted from the debt owed to the U.S.
Economic Considerations
All costs of enforcement, food, medical care, and incarceration should be allocated individually, with each originating/native country of perpetrators being billed annually. Failure to pay the demand for this payment will result in an international lawsuit with the appropriate seizure of assets.
Legal Immigration
The U.S. should expand its? legal immigration quotas. We should also establish a process to auction some immigration Visas, thus ensuring that those most likely to contribute to this country will be allowed to enter. Additionally we should establish a temporary work visa program so that individuals can enter this country legally to work in agriculture and other areas, provided the U.S. citizens are not available for this work.? English shall be made the official language of the U.S.A.
Birthright Citizenship
The 14th Amendment should be amended to exclude children of illegal immigrants and visitors from U. S. citizenship.
Here is a link to an article on deporting illegals when it worked:? http://www.thenewamerican.com/history/american/4011-deporting-illegal-immigrants
Here is a link to an article on Multiculturalism:? ?http://thenewamerican.com/culture/family/8713-multiculturalism
And, some quotes on assimilating into America:
??Let every man honor and love the land of his birth and the race from which he springs and keep their memory green. It is a pious and honorable duty. But let us have done with British-Americans and Irish-Americans and German-Americans, and so on, and all be Americans?If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives; and if he is going to be something else, let him drop the word American from his personal description.? ? Henry Cabot Lodge in The Day we Celebrate (Forefathers day), address, New England Society of Brooklyn (December 21, 1888)
??In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. However, this is predicated upon the person?s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American?There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn?t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag? We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language? and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.? ? Theodore Roosevelt 1907
From Ben Franklin:? ?Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.? ? Information for possible immigrants to America, February, 1784
I once had a conversation with a Senator who stated that punishment does not deter crime.? I asked him if he had ever violated a speed limit.? He stated that he had.? I then asked if he would speed if he knew that the penalty for doing so was death.? Not 20 years on death row, but the officer who stopped you would yank you out of your vehicle, throw you on the side of the road, and shoot you.? ?Well, no???? Punishment does deter crime.? It must be reactive, certain and severe enough, but punishment does deter crime.? This is not to suggest that we shoot speeders, but if you did, very few individuals would speed.
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