Thread: 5 step plan to rid country of illegals:

These seven steps can help fix illegal immigration problems

I firmly believe in legal immigration.
Our legislators seem paralyzed over the issue; therefore I would like to offer a few suggestions:
1. Unlike other countries, we grant citizenship when someone is born here. Require at least one parent be a citizen or legal resident for citizenship to be granted to a child born here.
2. Many immigrants are here legally, waiting for their green cards. To pander to political pressure and give illegal aliens residency or the chance to get their green cards ahead of those who have followed our laws is unfair. Should an Italian have to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars here to be eligible for a green card, while a Hispanic illegal gets amnesty? The current amnesty bill is poor legislation; scrap it.
3. Stop providing Medicaid, welfare, education and other social services to illegals. They can’t get these services in their own countries for free. Save services for legal residents.

4. Move immigration applications of family members of legal immigrants to the top of the list. Forget quotas. Reduce red tape.
5. Put money and enforcement into penalizing businesses who hire illegal workers. Undocumented workers are easily exploited.
6. Create a national database of Social Security numbers that employers can access to verify (within 24 hours) the validity of a number.
7. Require reporting of illegal aliens to INS. Give INS the workers to swiftly deport them. Let them litigate their deportation from their home country.
What appears lost in all the media hype is that if a person is here illegally, they have committed a crime.
Subsequent good acts or a need for their services does not erase the original crime. If you agree with any of the above, please write your legislator. It’s time for the “silent” majority to speak up.
KAREN HAVER High Point
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Actually, it sounds like a good plan and I believe that a lot of it is already law.

It isn't that we lack laws or regulations - our governments, federal and local, lack the will to enforce the laws.

Now if cities would just enforce the laws they are capable of enforcing, the ones already on their books, the ones they enforce against everyone regardless, the illegals would soon get the message.

It is illegal to drive without a valid DL - anywhere in Texas, I know.

It is illegal to have more than 1 DL - in TExas - $10K fine, I believe.

It is illegal to drive without insurance -

It is illegal to drive without up to date inspection sticker.

It is illegal to drive without a license plate.

Now all these are intertwined.

YOu can't get a DL without a SS#. If you are an illegal - there is no way you have a valid SS#.

You can't get insurance without a valid DL and they also ask for SS# -

So I would think one stop could get you several tickets, or impound the car.

Cars can be impounded for some of these offenses. If these illegals begin to get their chromed up pickups impounded, they will leave our towns. It just needs to be done all over.

There are laws against running business without a license - or tax certificate.

There are zoning laws regarding number of families in a home, operating a business on the premises, trash and general appearance, chickens in the back yard, etc., etc.

Why are cities bothering to pass laws that will just tie them up in court for years to come - costs them millions of dollars - when they could achieve much of their goals - if not all - just by enforcing simple laws.

It's all pretty logical but all pretty unlikely. Right now I'd be very, very happy to see the borders secured and NO AMNESTY.

It does seem to be unlikely, doesn't it?

That's what makes me wonder about all these laws each city is passing.

Also, the debate about a fence on the border. I think it is great - but that will take years - a decade maybe. By that time, if we haven't done something, it will make no difference.

Is anyone getting the idea that our law makers and law enforcement people are going to do nothing - worse than nothing.

If they don't move forward quickly, vote them out next time they are up for re election! We will be ready to do just that in November and in 2008.