Immigration Reform III

Immigration Reform III

© 2014 Rick Adamson

By Rick Adamson 10.20.14

I think that all immigration should be stopped ASAP and remain that way until we fix our immigration system. The reason is that at least three major components of our present system (legal immigration, VISA and illegal immigration-border security) are severely defective.

The defects result because FedGov enacts laws (some of which are silly) and then fails to enforce them either due to policy or failure to provide adequate funding.

For example:

1. 40 percent of our illegal immigrant population is made up of persons who overstay their Visas. These are students and others who are granted entry for a certain purpose for a certain period of time after which they are expected to go home. That’s 4 to 5 million people running around who, by law, should not be here! Our systems and procedures for making sure that these folks leave at the appointed time have failed.  Consider the 911 terrorists.  They had violated their Visas and were here illegally. FedGov knows (or knew) who these people are but they do not know where they are or what they are up to.

2. We have laws relating to who may legally cross our borders.  We do not enforce those laws due to policy reasons (political correctness).

3. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 required the construction of about 700 miles of fencing at our southern border.  The fence has never been completed due to lack of funding and for policy reasons (political correctness).

4. Our path for legal immigration involves very long waiting times and requires thousands and thousands of dollars of legal fees in order for immigrants to follow the law.

5. Working folks have been coming across our southern border for centuries, to work and then go home, but we do not have a working temporary worker program.

6. We have silly laws on the books that say that persons from certain countries, but not others, get special treatment if they can just set a foot on our land.

7. We have followed a policy that if a person is born on our soil they are citizens.  A multi billion dollar travel industry has developed around this silly policy whereby pregnant women from all over the world arrange a trip here in order to deliver their children just so the child will be a US citizen.  This is, of course, in addition to children born to illegals already living here.

8. One of the problems with undocumented (illegal) persons is that FedGov does not know who they are. Think about it.  FedGov knows who you are.  It knows where you were born, whether you have ever had a parking ticket, where you went to school and much more. But, they know nothing about the 7 or so million undocumented aliens in our mists.

The first step to fix our immigration system is to acknowledge and agree that we are a nation of laws and that we all agree to abide by and enforce our laws. Further, that if it is determined that a law is producing unwanted effects; the law should be changed not ignored.

Secondly, we need to realize that we are not the world’s welfare safe haven. Our constitution, as amended, and the citizen’s rights contained therein, does not apply to non citizens.  Non citizens have no right to come here. We may elect to offer them the privilege of coming here but they do not have any rights, under our constitution.

Third, like virtually every other country in the world, we must get control of our borders.  No one should be allowed to enter illegally.

Forth, with regard to the issues raised at the beginning:

1. Issue no new Visas until we have developed and funded a system for keeping track of people, here on a Visa, and making sure they leave at the appointed time.  We also need a new law making it a felony for anyone to overstay their approved time (VISA) in this country.
2. Enforce our laws and get control of the borders-

• The border must be controlled and a verification process set up that would provide for an independent body to periodically attest to whether it is secure.

• Anyone caught illegally immigrating after immigration reform is passed would be charged with a felony (and that includes those who overstay visas).

• Demand that Mexico police its own borders. It's time FedGov held Mexico accountable.

• Post the national guard/military on the border.

3. Fund and finish the frigging fence.
4. We need to completely rethink the idea of who should be allowed to immigrate to our country. Traditionally, emphasis has been placed upon those who would likely contribute to the well being of the country and assimilate into our society. More recently we have acted as if everyone and anyone in the world had a right to come here. This has resulted in certain groups that have failed to assimilate and who have made no positive impact upon our society. Many of these groups have become a burden to society. There is no logical reason, unless one believes that we owe the world a better life and that that better life should be paid for by one’s neighbor, to invite people here knowing full well that they have nothing to offer our country, that they will not learn the language, that they have no intention of assimilating and will, most likely, demand more from society than they contribute. After the reassessment we should prepare a list of countries whose citizens will be considered for immigration along with a number specifying how many people will be considered each year.

I realize that this approach is politically incorrect but I see no benefit to our society to have people immigrate from countries like-
     √  Iran
     √  Iraq (except for those who aided and abetted our efforts in war time)
     √  North Korea
     √  Afghanistan (except for those who aided and abetted our efforts in war time)
     √  All other anti-American Muslim countries

The list goes on but hopefully you can see the logic.  The question to be answered is why should we allow someone to immigrate to this country?  Not, why not?

Then we should come up with a reasonably simple, quick and inexpensive path to immigration and citizenship.

Lastly, our policy has been that once we allow someone to immigrate we allow family members to immigrate without going through the same vetting process.  This has
resulted in five immigrants for every one approved through the vetting process. This is
ludicrous and should be abandoned.  If a family wants to be together they my do so, in
their own country.

It has been proven (in England, Germany and France) that unbridled immigration of persons/groups that refuse to assimilate into society fails to produce satisfactory
results. See articles here… and here… and here…

5. Require that all aliens, who desire temporary work in the USA, register with the government by providing their name, age, family members, country of origin and address in the USA.  Once approved, he or she is sent papers allowing them to work for a period of time and then return home. These folks do not get a visa and are not permanent residents.
6. Change the law so that immigrants from South America are subject to the same rules as those from Mexico and Canada. The preferential treatment had to do with protecting children from trafficking and providing for political asylum for certain persons. The law should be changed so that most anyone could apply for help in these situations but in order to be considered one must go through our Embassy rather than swamp our borders with swarms of people crossing illegally.
7. Only citizens can beget citizens.  Citizens cannot be created by criminals just because they are born on a certain piece of soil.  To think otherwise is ridicules. Citizenship should only be bestowed upon children born to Citizens or persons who are permanent residents of the country. The same goes for entitlements. See this article on the subject here...  
8. We need to pass sensible laws relating to undocumented immigrants who are already here-
• Require that all undocumented aliens register with the government by providing their name, age, family members, country of origin and address in the USA.  If they don't, within three months, it's a felony (not deportation). Once the foreign national registers and approved, he or she will become permanent residents and will be sent an I.D. card allowing them to apply for papers allowing them to work and their children born here, thereafter, would be Citizens (not because the parents are Citizens but because they are permanent legal residents).
• Registered resident alien workers can, eventually, apply to be citizens here. And their applications will be placed behind those applying legally (there should be no advantage given just because they entered illegally).
• There is no amnesty. There is a vetting process. But there is also hope that a hard-working, honest, foreign national might build a life here.
• The feds would have the power to immediately deport anyone who is a criminal or is otherwise undesirable.
• Non Citizens may not receive entitlements (that is reserved for Citizens) and may not vote.
• If an immigrant cannot find work in America, he or she is deportable.
• Those who commit crimes must be tried and, if convicted, jailed and deported after their sentences are completed.

This is a common sense plan that will improve our security, provide for the workers we require and is fair and humane to all those affected.

GOD bless America