Monday, June 11, 2007

Illegal Immigrant Bill - DO NOT RESUSCITATE

I don't understand George Bush's convictions with regard to the failed Immigration Reform Bill. As a conservative, as a logical person, as a law-abiding citizen, I don't understand how giving amnesty (and that's what it is no matter how you spin it) to 12 million illegals is a good thing and a solution to the illegal invasion of our country.

But rather than rehash the flaws in the Bill, I want to tell you how to make a better, more workable bill. It's a fantasy because it would put Congress on the hook to actually be responsible for it being enforced. My bill would pay for the fence between Mexico and the United States. That's a good idea. But I want an electric fence with razor wire across the top that spans from the Pacific coast all the way to the Gulf coast. I also want a moat dug from the Pacific coast to the Gulf coast and I want it big enough to allow shipping through it so we won't need the Panama Canal, which that brain surgeon Jimmy Carter gave away, anymore.

Are you with me so far? Good. Here's the kicker: if any of the illegals in this country want to keep from being deported back to Mexico, they can simply provide the labor necessary to accomplish this engineering feat. The lawbreakers are given a chance to pay their debts to society and become law-abiding US citizens. If any of them refuse to work or break any additional laws, then they get sent on the next train to the SOUTHERN BORDER of MEXICO. (At least it will be awhile before they attempt to come back.)

Here's the other kicker and the one that will probably get it killed in Congress again: make failure of Congress to enforce this law and the already existing laws regarding illegal immigration a crime and punishable by a lengthy jail term and loss of office. (Yeah, I know that Congress is the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH and the President is charged with enforcement but, Congress pays the bills for enforcement and hence has a hand in enforcement.) Congress will have no choice but to ensure that border security and law enforcement are staffed and funded adequately to address this mandate.

A bit harsh, you ask? I doubt it. With the millions of tax dollars we will save from paying welfare and other services for non-tax paying persons, we will have plenty to pay for enforcement. But then again, do we really need a clause in this bill that forces Congress to enforce the law? Didn't each of them take an oath to uphold and protect the US Constitution? Maybe We, the people, need to do some enforcing of our own.

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