I was reading an article in a local paper today about a man who is trying to draft legislation on illegal immigration for the State of Arizona. In one part of the article he mentions that the proposed legislation will be "just to the country, fair to the undocumented, and beneficial to both." I appreciate that this man is trying to seek solutions and get involved in the political process.
What frustrates me is that almost every time we have a conversation about the illegal immigrants we seem to forget fact #1 - A law has been (almost always) knowingly broken. The only thing that is just for our country is that those who have broken the law are punished accordingly.
Now I will grant that there are parts of Mexico that are terrible places to live at all let alone try to support a family in. I will also grant that U.S.A. Inc. will give mass amounts of money to anyone and everyone. I will also grant that the process to be come a citizen (as I understand it) is very long and costly. I do not blame the illegal immigrants for trying to get out of a bad situation into a better one but they are breaking the law. If the law is bad, let's change it. In the mean time, we have people who need to pay their debt for breaking the law. We have the right and responsibility to control our land and our resources. Are they criminals? In one sense of the word yes but I do not condemn them as hopeless career criminal types.
So, first let's build a wall along our boarder. If we don't, any efforts to fix this problem will be like trying to put out a forest fire without first containing it. After that, we need to see who is contributing to our society and who is causing severe criminal mischief. We then deport those who are only causing trouble and we find a way to help those who are working hard, obeying the law, and paying taxes to pay their debt to society and then get on the road to citizenship if they choose. We also need to refine our system for seasonal migrant workers.
The whole issue of calling illegal immigrants "undocumented" is a rant for another day.
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November 02, 2013
August 01, 2012
Thoughts for the Day
From Wolfshield:
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"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." --Thomas Jefferson
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"Arizona and other states are fighting the Obama doctrine of cherry-picking which legal requirements the chief executive will enforce. This was the basis of the policy announced June 15 that the government would give large numbers of illegal immigrants de-facto amnesty by suspending deportation proceedings against them and allowing them to work in the country legally. The Department of Homeland Security added fuel to the fire Monday by announcing it was suspending agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws. These and other actions call into question President Obama's commitment to his sworn executive duty under Article 2, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution to 'take care that the laws be faithfully executed.' ... The framers of the Constitution didn't envision a president preventing states from upholding the law. . . . When the federal government abrogates its constitutional duty to protect the states, the states must protect themselves. A statute on the books is useless when the occupant of the White House calculates that it's in his political interest not to enforce it." --The Washington Times
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"A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." --economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006)
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"Today, when a teenager has a [same-sex] affair, all the campus social-welfare machinery pushes her [him] toward declaring herself [himself] gay and accepting and 'celebrating' it. This is a serious mistake... It is absurd to say that one, two, or more homosexual liaisons make you 'gay' -- as if lavender ink ran in your veins. Young women [men] are often attracted to each other during a transitional period when they are breaking away from their parents, expanding their world-views, and developing their personalities. . . . To identify these fruitful Sapphic idylls with a permanent condition of homosexuality is madness, and the campus counselors who encourage such premature conclusions should be condemned and banished. They are preying, for their own ideological purposes, on young people at their most vulnerable." –Camille Paglia, self-identified lesbian professor, author, scholar
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"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." --Thomas Jefferson
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"Arizona and other states are fighting the Obama doctrine of cherry-picking which legal requirements the chief executive will enforce. This was the basis of the policy announced June 15 that the government would give large numbers of illegal immigrants de-facto amnesty by suspending deportation proceedings against them and allowing them to work in the country legally. The Department of Homeland Security added fuel to the fire Monday by announcing it was suspending agreements with Arizona police over enforcement of federal immigration laws. These and other actions call into question President Obama's commitment to his sworn executive duty under Article 2, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution to 'take care that the laws be faithfully executed.' ... The framers of the Constitution didn't envision a president preventing states from upholding the law. . . . When the federal government abrogates its constitutional duty to protect the states, the states must protect themselves. A statute on the books is useless when the occupant of the White House calculates that it's in his political interest not to enforce it." --The Washington Times
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"A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." --economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006)
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"Today, when a teenager has a [same-sex] affair, all the campus social-welfare machinery pushes her [him] toward declaring herself [himself] gay and accepting and 'celebrating' it. This is a serious mistake... It is absurd to say that one, two, or more homosexual liaisons make you 'gay' -- as if lavender ink ran in your veins. Young women [men] are often attracted to each other during a transitional period when they are breaking away from their parents, expanding their world-views, and developing their personalities. . . . To identify these fruitful Sapphic idylls with a permanent condition of homosexuality is madness, and the campus counselors who encourage such premature conclusions should be condemned and banished. They are preying, for their own ideological purposes, on young people at their most vulnerable." –Camille Paglia, self-identified lesbian professor, author, scholar
October 16, 2008
Immigration
An article on immigration appeared in a local newspaper a few days ago. This article was an interview with a couple who had illegally come into the US from Mexico. The Headline of the article pointed to the horrible dangers faced by those illegally coming to the U.S. The rest of the article told their hard story of the dangers they faced making their way here.
I am completely against illegal immigration. Now, before you roll your eyes or scroll away from this post let me clarify. I am fine with the idea of granting seasonal visas for field workers. I love that our country is still viewed by many in the world as a place of dreams. I think immigration to this country is great seeing as how that is the way my family came to be here many years ago.
I do not, however, feel that anyone has the right to just come here because their situation is bad, even if there is no border fence.
Back to the article: I despise these types of publications. I do feel very sorry for these people. I really don't like that they have to go through the ordeal of crossing the border and that their life was so bad they felt they needed to. I don't however enjoy people telling me their sad stories in the effort to get me to feel bad about these illegal aliens. I'm glad it's hard to come into our country illegally. It should be. If the situation is hard at home, fight to make it better. It's not all fun and games here either.
Now, it is hard to come into this country legally. It takes much money, time and effort. Perhaps we, as a country, should make it easier. If we do, or if we don't: coming to this country illegally is still illegal. Hard times, big dreams, and kids don't change that it's wrong.
Do I still feel bad about the hard things these people have to go through? YES
I am completely against illegal immigration. Now, before you roll your eyes or scroll away from this post let me clarify. I am fine with the idea of granting seasonal visas for field workers. I love that our country is still viewed by many in the world as a place of dreams. I think immigration to this country is great seeing as how that is the way my family came to be here many years ago.
I do not, however, feel that anyone has the right to just come here because their situation is bad, even if there is no border fence.
Back to the article: I despise these types of publications. I do feel very sorry for these people. I really don't like that they have to go through the ordeal of crossing the border and that their life was so bad they felt they needed to. I don't however enjoy people telling me their sad stories in the effort to get me to feel bad about these illegal aliens. I'm glad it's hard to come into our country illegally. It should be. If the situation is hard at home, fight to make it better. It's not all fun and games here either.
Now, it is hard to come into this country legally. It takes much money, time and effort. Perhaps we, as a country, should make it easier. If we do, or if we don't: coming to this country illegally is still illegal. Hard times, big dreams, and kids don't change that it's wrong.
Do I still feel bad about the hard things these people have to go through? YES
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