Load 'em up, and move 'em out

I found this anonymously written letter on Neil Boortz' page and it hits the immigration nail on the head by illustrating the brazen presumption on display by these illegal aliens who think they have a right to come here, are doing us a favor by being here, and that we owe them financial, educational, and medical support once they get here.

To the Editor:

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the U.S. might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and once here, to stay indefinitely.

Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.

Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your home you insist that I leave. But, I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors: I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest ... except for that part where I broke into your house.

"According to the protestors, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to your family's insurance plan and provide other benefits for me and my family. My husband will do your yard work because he too is hard-working and honest ... except for that breaking in thing.

"If you try to call the police or force me out I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my right to be here. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm hard-working and honest .... ummmmm .... except for that breaking in thing.

"Besides. What a deal it is for me! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being anti-housebreaker!

Did I miss anything? Does this sound reasonable to you? If it does, grab a sign and go picket something. If this sounds insane to you call your senators and enlighten them because they are stumbling in the darkness right now and really need your help.

(Name? _______________)

This is exactly the way I see it and from what I've read most Americans see it this way as well. Now, let's wait to see if Bush sees it that way tonight when he gives his A-Pathway-to-Citizenship-for-Illegal-Aliens-is-not-Amnesty speech.

Here are a few things I'd like to hear tonight:

1. The closing of the borders effective immediately. Whether this means a physical fence, National Guard, land mines, or a combination of the above...do something to stop the flow.
Just kidding about the land mines.

2. The enactment of laws to severely punish employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.

3. The repeal of the part of the Constitution which grants instant citizenship to anybody physically born on US soil. No more anchor babies. Any baby born to a person not visiting here legally automatically assumes the citizenship of whatever third-world rat hole the mother snuck in here from...and both should be sent back there.

4. The deportation, when feasible, of illegal aliens when identified. We don't need a massive national round-up, just when they are identified by law enforcement for other reasons, put them on a bus and send them to a border town in which there will be an emigration gate alongside the immigration gate. Each town in the US which wishes to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem of illegal immigration, could buy one bus and hire one driver. When the jail is full of illegal aliens which shouldn't take long, load 'em up and move 'em out. It would be more of a symbolic move rather than a practical one...a move showing that illegal aliens are not welcome anymore. The first ones to go should be the ones being warehoused, at taxpayer expense, in federal prisons...and they're the easiest to find.

5. An immediate cessation of all taxpayer funded entitlements to illegal aliens. This means no more food stamps, medical care other than emergencies, public education, or welfare.

6. The taxation, at a punitive rate, of all US to Mexico wire transfers of money to help pay for the deportation program. Something in the 30%-40% range should do it. And besides, that's roughly the rate at which the Federal Government seizes the income of productive wage-earners in the US.

7. A federally mandated law requiring verified legal voter ID. Generally it's better to retain as much power at the local level as possible but in this instance states like New York and California actually desire the votes of illegal aliens because that would translate into landslide victories for Democrats in every election because it's the Liberals who will have bought their votes with taxpayer funded giveaways to the illegals. This law should be passed at the Federal level. A bonus of this would be that it would force Congressmen and Senators to go on the record as being on one side or the other.

8. Normally, I'm not if favor of our government meddling in the affairs of other countries any more than I'm in favor of it meddling in the affairs of individuals, but the rampant corruption of the Mexican government cripples the Mexican economy by concentrating the national wealth in the hands of a few individuals who own the politicians. Just like Iraq posed a threat by endorsing terrorism aimed at the US, Mexico endorses the mass exodus of it's poverty to the US. Terrorism is an acute threat while massive numbers of unassimilated, uneducated, illegal immigrants is a chronic threat...whose to say which is more damaging? The US should cut some sort of deal with Mexico, after the borders are closed, in which the US would accept more "legal" immigrants in return for verifiable political and economic reform in Mexico. This would encourage would-be immigrants to protest in Mexico City for local reform, rather than protest in our cities for free stuff.

I believe I'm just fantasizing that Bush will propose any of these measures, since he sees the vast, illegal immigrant population as a potential voting block, one that needs to be courted, just like the Democrats do. It's really pathetic and sad that it's gotten to the point where our nation's leaders are ignoring their duties to defend, protect and advance the interests of the US in favor of getting the illegal alien vote. I hold Republicans more at fault than Democrats. Democrats have been openly and cravenly seeking to legalize the poor, uneducated, huddled masses of illegals into the democratic fold, but we should be able to count on Republicans to at least attempt to do the right thing. They, for the most part, have turned out to be just as craven. It might require a loss in '06 and/or '08 to get their attention.