How Giving Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants is the Wrong Thing to Do

In mid summer 2006, the United States law makersallow other hopeful legal immigrants to immigrate in a
have been bandying around ideas on how best topeaceful, non-law breaking way, but in reality it will
manage the illegal immigrant population that currentlyjust allow the other illegal immigrants to break the
exists within its borders. Several solutions proposedlaw faster and skirt the border patrol to get into the
equate to an all or nothing proposal (lock down theUnited States now, so as to become grandfathered
borders and send them all back), and an amnestyin as well so that they can now get in line for
proposal that would allow a portion of illegalAmnesty.
immigrants to stay within the United States to workThe argument against that is that these illegal
towards their U.S citizenship.immigrants will have to be present here in the United
Did you catch that last option?.States for a certain period of time before they can
Basically, the federal government is saying that ifbecome eligible for amnesty. But who are we kidding.
you've been here a certain period of time, illegally,If college kids can forge drivers licenses to out
and you are therefore by default a criminal, you candrinking at college bars, how hard can it really be for
stay here and benefit from our different socialan illegal to say that they've been here for a number
service programs as well as our education system forof years, working a meaningful job.
your children.It's not very hard, that's the answer.
Amazing, isn't it? We're rewarding those who areThe only very real answer is to send back everyone
grandfathered in by their own law breaking.who is NOT a valid citizen of the United States.
By allowing amnesty to illegal immigrants, the U.SExtreme, yes. Secure? You bet. And to those who
lawmakers are setting a terrible precedent that willdecry that all of those jobs will now go to waste, I'll
allow further degradations to our immigration policiesecho what I said before. Read up on your early
worldwide, not just the Mexico border. How youAmerican history and look at all the "alphabet corps"
might say?that were formed to help this country get on its
Take for instance the Mexican woman who has beenfeet. Able bodies men from all over were used in
here for 15 years and is NOT forced to go back,those programs. Although not done on a conscription
although she was found out to have no green cardbasis, we could put some of our youth to good work
or permission to reside or work in the United States.today to take up the slack of the departing illegal
One would think that would provide the impetus toimmigrants.