Any comprehensive solution to immigration has to deal effectively with a number of issues. I am not sure that a comprehensive solution is possible because I do not trust our government under the Bush Administration to be able to do even one part of a multi-faceted solution correctly. This group of the gang that can’t count to five with the help of the fingers on one hand, certainly can’t shoot straight, nor walk and chew gum simultaneously without injury to the body politic. It may be possible to propose a comprehensive solution to immigration, and it may even be possible to pass some sort of “blended” compromise bill that will claim to do the job. Unfortunately we have already witnessed a similar “solution” in the past come to nothing. There must be a part of the bill that establishes sufficient funding to get the job done. So what are the essential parts? Part Number One is secure the borders of the country. We already see that “W” cannot even get 6,000 National Guardsmen placed along our southern border. And unlike every other country in the world we do not have the national will to secure our borders even with the threat of international terrorism to spur our efforts. I think that it would probably take the permanent loss of a major American city to a militant Islamic WMD before the electric jolt would be felt by the tiny dinosaur brain that is represented by our current Congress and Administration. Securing our borders is not a police function. It is a military function. It likely will be necessary to change the rules of engagement for an indeterminate period to allow the use of snipers to eliminate permanently the night time streams of illegals attempting to enter our country on a daily basis. Sanitation laws might also be usefully changed temporarily to provide an olfactory warning to others who subsequently also seek to use the same trails across the desert and mountain regions of our borders. The stench of rotting bodies should send a clue as to the penalty for continuing on their illegal journey. This is not a “crazy” idea. I have had friends or acquaintances tell stories about crossing European borders in very out of the way places and being stopped for examination of papers on goat trails by armed soldiers. After Part Number One is complete and functioning well, the next step is Part Number Two. Part Two is a national concerted effort to discover, arrest and incarcerate employers who hire illegal immigrants. Million dollar bonds would get some people’s attention. Substantial fines should also be a part of the judgment so that the expense will not be seen as just being a part of doing business as usual. I think something like $5,000 per day per illegal immigrant employee is appropriate. The jail sentence on conviction should be mandatory and not less than one year. A part of Part Number Two will likely mean the development and deployment of a National ID Card which is very difficult to forge. Do not talk to me about the expense or difficulty of doing this. That lame excuse pattern is exactly why we are in the mess we are in now. Here is where some limited plan of amnesty might be useful: allow employers who know that they are guilty in the past of hiring illegals to come forward immediately, declare their illegal behavior, and pay a fine of $40 per day per employee. Otherwise, a twenty-five year period should be allowed to the government to seek out and discover those who have profited by their employment abuse of illegals in the past. Part Number Three of the Plan would be a systematic round up and deportation of illegal immigrants within the borders of the United States. If they know it is coming, many will choose to return to their countries of origin voluntarily and at their own expense to avoid the sudden, unexpected arrest at any time and even quicker transport out of the country. The Border Patrol is good at this kind of activity. Together with the assistance of local law enforcement, the only real problem will be finding room on planes and railcars to send the illegals home. Of course, time should be taken to fingerprint and take DNA samples of those arrested so that those that have to be forcibly removed are never allowed to return under any future immigration or guest worker plan. This knowledge will add to the velocity of the voluntary reverse flow out of the country prior to full implementation of this portion of the bill. Humane planning would include the possibility for an illegal to go to any civic office, or the police, to request an immediately available dated “60 day free pass” out of the country to forestall arrest while voluntarily leaving the country. This kind of swift action and result will likely begin a very large number of illegals attempting to become the parent of an American citizen by means of the birth provision. I do not think that this provision should be changed. The illegals who are parents of U. S. citizens might be wise however to begin carrying a copy of their child’s birth certificate. This is the only group of illegals that I believe should be allowed on to a fast track to full citizenship. Of course, this also means that we have to begin to provide Birth Certificates that are very difficult to forge. I do not believe that this specific group should be let off from fines and or other punishments as Congress might find appropriate. I’d suggest a $2,000 fine per adult, refundable or forgiven when the parents complete a citizenship course and demonstrate a useable knowledge of written and spoken English. Part Number Four should perhaps include a new examination of the immigration laws and quotas to bring in guest workers if it turns out that we really do need them. I don’t think that we do need these workers. If a labor shortage develops, employers who have been ripping off the system at the expense of the rest of us, will have to do what is necessary to find and employ American workers who will work in the crummy conditions and for the miserable wages the employers today think are necessary to pay. In this way we do not need to worry about a government mandated minimum wage. Employers will simply have to compete in a real marketplace for the labor they need, or go out of business. Part Number Five, the sufficient funding bug-a-boo, is the thumb in the eye which many will find hard to endure. This is simply paying for what has to be done. Yes, this means a larger bureaucracy to do the work which we want done. All this means is that the gassy bloat elsewhere in government will have to be strapped down tight, and that money will have to be spent where it is needed. Maybe we can do without just one excess naval aircraft carrier group?
(c) Copyright 2006: George Wallace recently published a book on religion which lashes out at nearly all of the comfortable ideas about God, the trappings of organized religion, and the priesthood. His pithy comments and suggestions for a return to a God-centered personal religion will interest everyone. This article may be freely reprinted so long as all copyright attributions, and the full content of this resource box are included. www.OhGodIsThatYou.com
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