A
border wall/fence is necessary, but it is not enough.
The following changes would solve many problems, and save lives (based
on DHS
report of 2,000
homicides and millions of other
crimes per year by criminal non-citizens):
- [1] Secure and continuously monitor the borders,
ports, and points of entry; the cost to do so will be far, far
less than the cost (e.g. $0.75 Billion per day in 2019 , and $1.1 Billion per day in 2021) in net losses due to illegal
immigration; less than the $54 Billion in aide to foreign countries;
- [2] Pass laws to require eVerify (or similar
service) to verify eligibility
for employment in the U.S., and harshly prosecute greedy illegal
employers; with harsh fines that double, triple, or quadruple for
subsequent violations, with jail-time for the administrators of
companies who are repeat offenders. After all, pitting U.S. citizens
and illegal immigrants against each other for profits is despicable;
- [3] Arrest and deport most (if not ALL)
criminal illegal immigrants that have committed felonies; some criminal
illegal immigrants are too dangerous to release since they could
return; it is not necessary to deport non-criminal illegal immigrants,
because they will stop coming to the U.S., and most will self-deport
when all of the magnets that attract illegal immigrants to the U.S. are
eliminated; deportation is expensive, so allow non-criminal illegal
immigrants the opportunity to self-deport; currently, 32%
of all persons in federal prison are illegal immigrants;
- [4] Protect U.S. citizens’ benefits and privileges,
and deny those benefits and privileges to all illegal immigrants (i.e.
welfare; food stamps; free healthcare; Medicaid; free housing; free
education; jobs; driver licenses; voting; voter registration; etc.);
- [5] Pass a law that make the first illegal
trespass
of the U.S. border a felony (not merely a misdemeanor); 2nd and
subsequent illegal border trespasses are already a felony; also pass
a law to end “catch and release”,
and incarcerate illegal immigrants (who have already violated U.S.
law(s)) until their disposition is decided by the court(s); also ensure
that there are sufficient resources to house and maintain illegal
immigrants until their dispostion is decided by the court(s);
- [6] ONLY after the above are implemented, consider
a pathway to citizenship (not amnesty) for illegal immigrants who can
prove that they were brought to the United States by a parent when very
young (i.e. between the age of X1-to-X2), have been living in the U.S.
for Y1-to-Y2 years, have attended U.S. schools for Z1-to-Z2 years),
have no parents or gaurdians that care for them, can pass a basic
English test, and have little or no connection to the nation in which
they were born (i.e. do not speak the prominent language of the nation
in which they were born). That privilege does not extend to any
other members or acquaintances of their family (i.e. eliminate
chain-migration). This will be an
expensive and painful process, and it won’t be perfect, but it will
only get worse the longer we wait to do it.
- [7] Deport all illegal immigrants that commit
misdemeanor crimes
(i.e. assault; using fake ID; driving without a driver license, which
they should not have anyway, and is therefore probably a fake license;
speeding; reckless driving; disorderly conduct; vandalism; etc.);
- [8] Carefully scrutinize all requests for asylum,
and change the asylum laws (see:
www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/obtaining-asylum-united-states
) to prevent catch-and-release; and then enforce the laws required to
obtain asylum in the U.S.;
- NOTE:
non-criminal illegal immigrants merely looking for work are not the
true villains. The truly despicable villains are many Democrats and
leftists, who despicably pit U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants
against each other for
more votes, money, and power.
Evidence that
walls/fences/barriers work:
Victims of Crime
by Illegal
Immigrants:
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