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Pass new laws to close loopholes in the old laws and replace outdated laws.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.