Thread: Is There a General Right to Immigrate to the U.S.?

Through a slow but inexorable process of moral equivalence there is now, in some circles, a militant belief that others actually have right to immigrate to the U.S., legal or otherwise. There is not just one reason for this of course. From American companies willing to hire cheap illegal labor, to the Feds notoriously ineffective enforcement procedures, to the ACLU that sues anyone and everyone who even thinks of trying to deal with illegal immigration.

A most clear and concise argument supporting AZ's attempt to finally do something was recently penned by Philip Cafaro. It is very worthwhile reading.

http://www.cis.org/cafaro/right-to-immigrate

I read the Cafaro article. I agreed with a lot of what he said except this statement:
"For many years now, federal immigration enforcement has been rare and spotty. "

I'm not sure what he means by that but I can say this.....I have several relatives who work for Border Patrol, INS, etc. in the Southwest. Those that work at the bridges do a very thorough job in clearing people before they are allowed into the country and the agents do a great job too. I don't think it's true that there's a problem with enforcement. The problem really boils down to the Federal Government not backing up these agencies. They don't give them enough money to work with to begin with. That in itself affects what they can do because one of the problems is that they don't have enough people to cover all the areas where illegals sneak in. Seems like very often they are trying to do the best they can with their hands tied behind their backs. This latest shooting of the kid by the agent in El Paso is a perfect example of what the government heads do. They didn't immediately BACK UP the agent. And to my knowledge, they still haven't. It's almost as though these Homeland Security agencies are "token" agencies in the eyes of Washington.

It's not the people on the ground, it's the upper management when we say poor enforcement. Bad management can hamstring the employees via understaffing and bad rules and policies in the workplace.

And you know what else? Hiring practices have become so "politically correct" to the point of absurd. My husband works for Border Patrol here in El Paso and we are constantly flabbergasted at some of the people who are hired (not including agents). There's a hiring priority list which I can't at the moment give but it includes veterans, handicapped, ex law enforcement, etc.
I'll give you an example.....At one point in time my husband worked at White Sands Missile Range. They had some kind of bus that was used to transport people to various places around the base. The guy that was hired to drive the bus was actually blind. He got the job because of however he fell on that hiring priority list. Obviously a blind man cannot drive. They then hired another guy to actually drive the bus but who's title was "bus driver helper".
There was also an elderly man who had the job of guard at the front gate and was supposed to clear people to enter.
He was rarely doing any of that because he was so old and decrepit that he was always asleep at the gate.

A "Universal Rights of Migrants" doctrine is being pushed by the United Nations and taught by the Roman Catholic Church. Like multinational corporations, religious organizations are international. Almost every big business leader I hear speaking on television now uses the word "global" constantly, and the term increasingly appears on corporate product's packaging (together with a label in both English and Spanish). Below is the UN doctrine:

The Global Campaign for Ratification of the Convention on Rights of Migrants
http://www.migrantsrights.org/

Yes, people have a right to emigrate but they must do it lawfully. Anything else is not exceptable.