Ms Lib R Tea on Border Control
America is a nation of immigrants, put together by people from all over the world who came here for a better, more prosperous life. That legacy of hard working people building a nation of liberty and prosperity is something that I would like to preserve for my children, so I gladly welcome all immigrants. SO LONG AS THEY ARE HERE LEGALLY.
I don't think we need border patrols to make sure that all immigrants are here legally-all we need to do is make sure that if you are in this country illegally you can't touch a single solitary American taxpayer funded program. No welfare, no food stamps, no medicaid medicare or public hospitals, no police, no fireman, no schools...you're welcome to come here but if you touch a tax funded program before you fill out the paperwork, become a citizen, and contribute your share you'll be booted back to the Mother Country before you even realize what's happening.
Why? Well, this is America. Everyone is welcome, and we'll all benefit from the contributions of foreign workers and naturalized citizens-but if someone who is not paying taxes touches tax payer money that's stealing....and call me old fashioned but I have a very strict "no stealing my money" policy.
This idea has already proven to be effective. Oklahoma passed a bill with these ideas, House Bill 1804, and it is estimated that thousands of illegals fled the state rather than be discovered using public systems and deported. If every state passed a law like that, I think we could solve a lot of the problems that illegals create (tax burdens and unsolvable crime for example).
My great great grandparents on my Dad's side were Irish immigrants. They came here starving potato famine survivors, they followed the law, they took nothing and worked their tails off farming and working on the railroad. My maternal great grandfather escaped Nazi Poland and worked until his son became a NASA engineer-if you're going to dream big, America is a great place to do it.
So because my family comes from immigrants, does that make me a hypocrite? No. I whole heartedly invite every immigrant to come to America seeking the same opportunities my grandparents had. To work their own land, with their own hand, and prosper. It is an amazing opportunity that we should share with everyone willing to bend their backs and make their own way...but illegals who come here and live off of the hard working American citizens-both born and naturalized-should be gone, and take their debt/bills/entitlement issues with them.
September 26, 2009 at 7:20 PM
I totally agree.
September 28, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Well said, agree 100%.
September 28, 2009 at 7:44 PM
I completely agree as well :)
September 30, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Here is theproblem with your idea. There was a law that illegal school children were supposed to be reported in CA but nobody wanted to be the one doing the reporting. People can get fake IDs and fake social security numbers so easy. There are always ways around the system. Sealng the borders so people don't get in in the first place seems like an easier solution to me.
September 30, 2009 at 9:42 PM
They're not getting fake IDs and fake social security numbers-our government is giving them these things. Go ask any DMV.
Even still, let's pretend that people are using fake documents-they're fake. Anyone who inspected the actual document (instead of just taking people's word for it) would be able to tell that they are forgeries.
Sealing the border isn't easy. Besides all of the political arguing that would go before that decision and clog the process to a stand still, it would-if actually passed-cost money the US doesn't have.