Thread: Fall News Letter from CAPS on Amnesty

Any proposal for amnesty legislation should be followed by a close scrutiny of previous amnesty bills. Our latest CAPS Issues release, "No Home for Amnesty in a Sustainable America," outlines the failures and problems of previous awards of legal status to those who broke our immigration laws.

The basic problem with amnesty or legalization plans is that they do not work. Amnesty legislation typically awards legal status to a much larger populace than the original estimates. Since the 1986 IRCA bill, Congress has enacted an additional six amnesties, awarding the gift of U.S. citizenship to a total of 5.7 million people. Moreover, amnesty legislation increases the flow of illegal immigration since new illegal entrants believe they will eventually receive legal status.


"At the root of any modern nation-state lies the belief that because a given population shares, or can be made to share, certain identifiable characteristics—religion, language, shared history, and so on—it merits an independent existence," wrote historian James L. Gelvin.
Some 500 years of history, tracing back to the Protestant Reformation, anchor the development of the concept of nation-state, which became the preeminent political organizing structure worldwide by the 19th century.

Sovereignty and recognizable borders are among the most prominent characteristics of the nation-state. For the United States, its borders have evolved through the last 200 years and the push of Manifest Destiny, ultimately taking our current 50-state form.

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Kathyet

The more you reward bad behavior, the more it encourages it. If we grant ANY Amnesty it just guarantees a flood of more Illegals to this nation...
Stop the vicious cycle of amnesty after amnesty already and just say "NO MORE"

Build the wall. Deport all illegal aliens. Sanction Mexico for its corruption and inhospitable nature to its own people...ANything less only perpetuates the problem