Immigration, A Conservative Approach

By: Edward Richardson (SSGRichDAV), January 22, 2014

                Today I was asked to put down on paper my thoughts on immigration, border security, illegal aliens, and related issues.  So, here are my views and I feel I can say with a certain amount of confidence, based on my experience discussing this subject online with other conservatives as well as my own research into the subject, that these views conform very closely with at least a majority of conservatives in the United States of America.

                It is well known that millions, if not billions, of people from all over the world want to come to America. Some want to come here to share in our freedom (these are the ones who come here legally and actively work to assimilate to our American Heritage), and others want to come here to destroy us from within (as stated be many Islamic leaders). Both of these groups are the greatest reasons to reform our immigration system.  Those that want to share in our freedom and do everything legally must not be cheated out of the opportunity because we have too many illegal aliens here that have been given amnesty so there is no room for the legal immigrants. Those who wish to destroy us must be kept out or be thrown out to protect America and Americans.

                The initial premise that you hear from politicians is that America’s immigration system is broken. They base this assumption on the fact that if it was not broken, we would not 10-12 million illegal aliens running around our country. This premise is flawed as it assumes that those who have come here illegally would not have broken our laws to come here if they could have more easily navigated our legal immigration system. First, there is no way anyone can know that as a fact. Second, if our system was easier to navigate there would simply be more legal immigrants and those who do not want to wait would still come here illegally because they know that just walking across the border or overstaying their visas is an easier way of avoiding having to answer questions that they might find inconvenient.

                Another misguided talking point is that we should do it for the children. After all, they had no choice but to go where their parents took them and it would also be terribly unfair to separate those born here to illegal alien parents from their law breaking mothers and fathers. To this ask one question: Who is responsible for these children being in the circumstances that they find themselves? Is it our fault or is it the fault of their law breaking parents? Their parents knew the minute they decided to break our laws and include their children that they were going to be subject to being arrested and deported at any time. If their children have a problem with that they need to take it up with their parents.

                Others seem to think that we should have pity on them because where they come from life is hard and they are just trying to escape to a better life.  What would they do if there was no place to escape to? They would either suffer tyranny or rise up and fix what is wrong with their own country. By us allowing them the option to flee, we are complicit in the perpetuation of the problems in their homeland.

                How do we fix it? Here is where any liberal reading this will need duct tape to keep their heads from exploding.

                First – FREEZE ALL IMMIGRATION! That’s right, no more visas, no more work permits, nothing. It all comes to a halt until we get BOTH illegal immigration and unemployment under control. There should be no more immigration until unemployment drops below 4% AND we have a plan to prevent any further illegal immigration AND a plan to deal with the illegal aliens already here.

                Second – ESTABLISH REAL CONTROL OVER OUR BORDERS! By NOT having adequate controls on our borders we are being complicit in the deaths of thousands of illegal immigrants every year! We need to build fences. Build addition border crossings and man them with additional Border Patrol agents (this will allow them to be able to more thoroughly vet those crossing the border). Arm border agents with adequate weapons and rules of engagement that allow them to shoot illegal aliens on sight. If we widely publish the fact that in 30 days we are going to start shooting those who have crossed our borders illegally as well as post signs in numerous languages every 100 feet along the borders, many will either decide not to even try to cross or will change their minds at the border when they see the armed agents waiting for them to cross. This policy WILL make it NECESSARY for our Border Patrol agents to shoot and kill some people who cross illegally, but, once we have killed several and returned their bodies and they know we are serious, the illegal crossings will drop precipitously thus SAVING the lives of THOUSANDS of others who would have died in the desert. (Threats only work if you prove that you are willing and able to do what you threaten). The only way to avoid having our Border Patrol shoot illegal aliens when they cross our border would be to build an impenetrable fence/wall that is too high to climb over and is buried hundreds of feet into the ground with sensors to alert us to any tunneling or tampering and that would be enormously expensive and eventually it too would be breached.

                Third – E-VERIFY NEEDS TO BE MANDATORY! Initially, make E-Verify mandatory for ALL new hires. Then, give employers 90 days to process ALL current employees. The system also needs to be applied to non-employee contract laborers. This would EFFECTIVELY REMOVE the “jobs magnet”. E-Verify also need to be used to determine eligibility for ALL welfare/social programs. There is NO REASON for Americans to have their hard earned tax dollars spent on illegal aliens. E-verify can also be used to determine eligibility for public school enrollments. It is understood that there would have to be a short grace period to iron out “glitches” that may come up. Due to the recent reports of massive vote fraud in some areas of the country, we should also consider using E-Verify to vet voter registrations and America REALLY DOES need to REQUIRE a photo ID to vote. Not to require it in this day and age is just asking for the entire process to be corrupted.

                Fourth – STOP IRS PAYMENTS ON SUSPICIOUS FILINGS! Every year the IRS sends BILLIONS of dollars to suspicious filers. They get multiple filings for the same social security number, multiple filings (sometimes in excess of several thousand) from the same address, multiple filings for families with 10, 12, 15 or more children (child tax credit abusers), and multiple filings where the name on the form does not go with the social security number on the form. This is BLATANT NEGLIGENCE on the part of the IRS to NOT DENY these returns until they can verify their veracity and authenticity.

                Fifth – NO MORE IMPORTING OF FOREIGN TALENT! We need to tell corporate America that if they cannot find a qualified American to fill their open job positions that they need to find a TEACHABLE applicant and TRAIN THEM! Americans have always been able to rise to a challenge. It is time that we challenged corporate America to actually INVEST in American workers.

                Sixth – DEPORTATION, NOT AMNESTY! It is wildly unfair to ALL LEGAL IMMIGRANTS to grant amnesty to ILLEGAL ALIENS! How many LEGAL immigrants had to wait years to come here legally? How many of them currently have family members waiting to come here legally? EVERY ILLEGAL ALIEN granted AMNESTY further delays the process for those waiting patiently to come here LEGALLY. Plus, if we instituted all of the above recommendations, I would hazard to guess that a MAJORITY of current illegal aliens will self-deport as they will not be able to find a job, get food stamps or other state or federal aid nor even an apartment (who is going to rent an apartment to someone who has not way to pay for it).

                Seventh – END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP! Right now there is no clause in the Constitution that requires America to grant citizenship to any child born here. This is being granted based upon an interpretation of the 14^th Amendment which was meant to grant citizenship to the freed slaves. America could, through simple legislation, revise that interpretation by simply stating that only those children born to non-citizen parents that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States will be granted citizenship and clarifying that illegal aliens are NOT subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This GIFT should only be granted to the children of our invited guests who are here legally. The way it is now, United States citizenship is being STOLEN by illegal aliens as a means to pry open the door to our social welfare system and the door to (forced) legitimate status.

                Lastly – PUT PREREQUISITES ON LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! People all over the world want to come to America to see if they can seize the dream. We need to be more selective as to who we allow in. Why? Because everyone who we allow in has family members they want to bring here too. A prospective immigrant needs to be able to prove that neither they nor their family members will become a drain on our society. They need to be able to prove that they already have employment waiting for them, that they have sufficient liquid assets to completely support themselves for the first year including paying for health insurance. Before their family members are allowed to get visas they need to prove that their “sponsor” can meet the same requirements for them. It is not fair to the American taxpayers to expect them to pay welfare benefits another country’s poor. It is understood that there will be LIMITED exceptions granted for ASYLUM seekers, but, the world needs to know that we are not going to grant an exception just because they don’t like the conditions in their home country. They need to realize that their FIRST option needs to be to STAY THERE and FIX THEIR COUNTRY’S PROBLEM so that they no longer need to come here to survive.

                These measures, if fully implemented, WOULD solve America’s problems with illegal immigration, but, to fully implement them, Americans need to let our leaders know that this is what we demand of them. At the very least, having them read this may get them to at least stop talking about the STUPIDITY of granting AMNESTY to people whom have already demonstrated through their actions that they DO NOT respect our laws. If they flagrantly disregarded our laws to come here, what makes lawmakers think that they will suddenly become law abiding potential citizens?