Sheriff's solution: Citizenship impossible for illegals
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 9/28/2010 4:10:00 AM

An Arizona sheriff is offering his solution on how to take politics out of the issue of illegal immigration.

Last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) failed to muster the 60 votes needed to break a Republican filibuster and move forward with passage of an amendment-laden Defense Authorization bill. When Reid saw that the bill would not pass, he voted against it himself so he would be able to bring the bill up for a vote again later.

One of the controversial measures attached to the defense bill was the DREAM Act, which would have given a fast track to U.S. citizenship to some illegal aliens. The move was seen by some as an attempt by Reid to give citizenship to potential voters so they could help in his re-election bid in Nevada, where polls show him in a dead heat with Republican challenger and tea party favorite Sharron Angle.

Larry Dever is serving his fourth term as sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, where his work puts him on the front lines with those trying to prevent people from crossing illegally over the U.S.-Mexico border. He says this issue is far too politicized.

"It's no longer a discussion about homeland security. It's no longer a discussion about public safety. It's no longer a discussion about community welfare," the sheriff laments.

So Dever says he has a solution on how to take the politics out of the equation -- make citizenship impossible for illegal aliens. He explains how it might work.

"If you broke into this country illegally, you can never be a U.S. citizen unless you sneak out the same way you snuck in and stand in line behind all those people who are trying to do it right," he shares. "And if not, if you want to come out of the shadows, as the Obama administration suggests, you'll never be a citizen and you'll never have the right to vote."

Dever believes that would be the litmus test for cornering decision-makers who always argue it is "humanitarian" to push amnesty for illegal aliens.

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