Illegal Immigration

This is a draft of an older post that I recently found from my old site.

Where's the Fence?

The existing fence is a joke! There are so many ways over it, under it, around it or thru it. That if it were a dike holding back the flood waters. We'd all be underwater. The entire fence needs to be replaced and extended to cover the entire southern border with Mexico. I don't want to hear that it can't be done. We have the technology to secure our borders. Just take a look at Area 51 (Groom Lake) in Nevada. A jack rabbit can't get into that top secret base with out the government knowing about it.

We have the fundamental right as a nation to secure our borders in any way we see fit!
No other country including Mexico has the right to tell us how to secure our border. The reason for the fence is to keep illegal immigrants (all persons not just Mexicans) from violating our immigration laws and entering our country unannounced. The fence will also help prevent illicit drugs from being smuggled into the United States through our southern border.

Amnesty...Hell No!

Illegal is illegal any way you cut it. Unauthorized aliens entered the United States illegally and broke our immigration laws. Any illegal alien who is caught inside the United States should go before an immigration board. A board set up in all 50 states with the legal authority to hold hearings for the sole purpose of dealing with immigration violations. (To keep from tying up our court system with immigration hearings and appeals.) The three member board would have the authority to deport any illegal alien after it heard all the mitigating circumstances for each individual case. Their decisions would be final, but in some circumstances where children and families are involved. A one time appeal would be allowed within 90 days of their decision. Of course illegal aliens who commit crimes in the United States would go through our criminal court system. They would do their time and then be deported or just be deported depending on the seriousness of the crime.

What needs to be done

Secure the border... build the fence, install any hi tech surveillance equipment that will help seal the border, hire additional border patrol agents to seal the border.
Enforce our existing immigration laws.
Legislate and create an immigration board to deal with immigration violations.
Pass new laws to close loopholes in the old laws and replace outdated laws.
Create a computer data base of everyone who applies for a visa, student visa, etc. that enters the United States.
Issue tamper proof ID cards (when applying for visas) with photo, thumb print, and magnetic strips with pertinent information embedded. (i.e.; arrival date, entry point, height, weight, sex, hair color, eye color, blood type, departure date, etc!) To be presented to immigration officials along with their passport upon arrival in the United States. The card would be swiped upon arrival and verified against the data base and activated by immigration officials to start the clock ticking.
Prosecute companies and individuals that hire illegal aliens.
Create a documented and verifiable guest worker program.
After all of that is done. Then we deal with the daunting task of dealing with all of the illegal aliens who are here and what we should be done with them.
Amnesty is not an option. That would be a slap in the face to the thousands of immigrants who have followed our laws and legally applied for immigration and are currently waiting for entry into the United States.

It's going to cost us tons of money.

It's going to take years to fix.

All we need is determination and the will to do it, and of course a few politicians with the cohones to do it.

"Under God"

I am a member of the silent majority, and I have been silent for too long. It’s time for me to speak up, and maybe? Just maybe, the rest will follow. I am by no means an expert about anything. I do not have a PhD or any other kind of degree. Although, that does not mean I am not educated. I am far from illiterate. I do however have the sense that God gave me.
Good Sense and Common Sense.

Common sense tells me that we can not let special interest groups, minorities and individuals with their own personal agendas to continue to slowly eradicate our civil and constitutional liberties.

Here’s an example. I’m sure everyone has heard about Michael Newdow and his personal crusade to remove “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. Michael Newdow, who is a self proclaimed atheist, has filed suit on the behalf of his daughter. Mr. Newdow contends that his daughter was offended by the words “under God”, while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school.

Mr. Newdow does not have custody of his daughter nor does she live with him, but that did not stop him from using his daughter to further his personal agenda.

I remember watching one of the television news programs where Mr. Newdows daughter was being interviewed. She was asked by one of the news anchors whether or not she had a problem with reciting the Pledge of Allegiance with the inclusion of the words “under God in the Pledge. She clearly said she did not.

So what we have here is one individual trying to impose his will on not only his daughter, but on all of us too. And if that is not enough for you, Mr. Newdow was recently before the Supreme Court trying to have “In God We Trust” removed from all of our money. So far the courts have not been swayed by any of his arguments and have managed to turn him away on technicalities. But it is just a matter of time before Mr. Newdow will come up with the right arguments to sway the courts to his way of thinking.

What can I do about it? Nothing by myself, but if we the silent majority, as a group decide to make its displeasure over these issues known. We may resolve these issues once and for all. I urge you to email your Legislator. Tell him of her that we want “under God’ to remain in the Pledge of Allegiance. Tell your Congressmen and Senators that we will not tolerate having our country’s motto “In God We Trust” removed from our Currency and Coinage*. I urge you to do it today.

*Note; If you are not yet aware that the word Liberty has been removed from the new one dollar presidential coins, and our motto has been removed from the face of the coin and has been relegated to the edge of the coin.

As a coin collector I plan to boycott these coins.