Illegal Immigration
For a while, I have been against any sort of immigration policy that gave amnesty to illegals who were already in the country. However, as of late I’ve come to believe that my stance on the immigration issue came more from talk radio and even perhaps blindly following my party instead of actually thinking about the issue for myself and coming to my own conclusion. I’m actually reluctant to claim that I have a party right now, as I’ve found myself to be more moderate as of late, agreeing with various individuals on certain topics, both Republican and at times Democrat, however the fact that I would probably never vote for a Democrat means that I am, by nature, a Republican.
The first and most important priority as of right now needs to be the building of the wall that was promised a few months ago. The immigration problem is like a leaky roof, and the first thing you do with a leaky roof is fix the leak then assess the damage. The borders have to be secured…plain and simple. That said, we then come to the problem of “assessing the damage,” that is, the millions of individuals who have come into this country illegally. Now, for some time my thinking has been that we must find these individuals, kick them out of the country and put them in the back of the line on the path to citizenship. However, the more I think about it the more I believe that such a response is basically impossible. The finger does not need to be pointed at these people who have come in illegally as much as it does towards to the government who allowed these people to come in all of these years. As someone who has lived in the United States all my life and never really had to experience anything that would be even nearly defined as poverty, it is easy for me to tell these people not to come in and return to where they came from. However I know that if I was in their shoes and lived in the sort of poverty that people live in in Mexico while trying to support a family then I would definitely do the same thing…especially if the government wasn’t doing anything to stop me. However, many people do point the finger at the individuals who come in and accuse them of cutting the line, which they did and that sucks, but the idea of giving these people amnesty is no more flawed then the idea that our current government is going to be able to not only come to a quick consensus on how to deal with those who have come here illegally, but also to enact such a policy. I can’t help but think that if we do not grant some sort of “amnesty” then we are going to continue to argue over the subject for many more years while many continue to pour into the country. The reality of the situation is that these people do work jobs that Americans won’t and to remove these people from these jobs for the sake of doing what seems to be the right thing is going to have a serious affect on the economy. One of the problems with amnesty comes here though, in that those individuals who are illegal as of right now are a drain on the economy as it is and if they do become legal citizens employers will be forced to pay them minimum wage which will affect the economy as well.
Note too that I’m not saying that we should continue to allow people to come in illegally. Someone recently suggested allowing those who came in after a certain date to become citizens and while this too is nearly impossible to enact, it is sort of the right idea. This is why we need a wall, stop the leak and then deal with those who have come in illegally while preventing any more to come in in such a manner. These individuals who are found to have come in illegally should be subject to a criminal background check (those who don’t pass deported) and should pay some sort of fine as well as learning English.
On a side note regarding the entry below, I think Huckabee is a great guy but there's no way I'd vote for him anymore.
The first and most important priority as of right now needs to be the building of the wall that was promised a few months ago. The immigration problem is like a leaky roof, and the first thing you do with a leaky roof is fix the leak then assess the damage. The borders have to be secured…plain and simple. That said, we then come to the problem of “assessing the damage,” that is, the millions of individuals who have come into this country illegally. Now, for some time my thinking has been that we must find these individuals, kick them out of the country and put them in the back of the line on the path to citizenship. However, the more I think about it the more I believe that such a response is basically impossible. The finger does not need to be pointed at these people who have come in illegally as much as it does towards to the government who allowed these people to come in all of these years. As someone who has lived in the United States all my life and never really had to experience anything that would be even nearly defined as poverty, it is easy for me to tell these people not to come in and return to where they came from. However I know that if I was in their shoes and lived in the sort of poverty that people live in in Mexico while trying to support a family then I would definitely do the same thing…especially if the government wasn’t doing anything to stop me. However, many people do point the finger at the individuals who come in and accuse them of cutting the line, which they did and that sucks, but the idea of giving these people amnesty is no more flawed then the idea that our current government is going to be able to not only come to a quick consensus on how to deal with those who have come here illegally, but also to enact such a policy. I can’t help but think that if we do not grant some sort of “amnesty” then we are going to continue to argue over the subject for many more years while many continue to pour into the country. The reality of the situation is that these people do work jobs that Americans won’t and to remove these people from these jobs for the sake of doing what seems to be the right thing is going to have a serious affect on the economy. One of the problems with amnesty comes here though, in that those individuals who are illegal as of right now are a drain on the economy as it is and if they do become legal citizens employers will be forced to pay them minimum wage which will affect the economy as well.
Note too that I’m not saying that we should continue to allow people to come in illegally. Someone recently suggested allowing those who came in after a certain date to become citizens and while this too is nearly impossible to enact, it is sort of the right idea. This is why we need a wall, stop the leak and then deal with those who have come in illegally while preventing any more to come in in such a manner. These individuals who are found to have come in illegally should be subject to a criminal background check (those who don’t pass deported) and should pay some sort of fine as well as learning English.
On a side note regarding the entry below, I think Huckabee is a great guy but there's no way I'd vote for him anymore.