I fail to see the justification for
current efforts in the halls of power to “solve” the immigration
problem. It has already been taken care of. And, to you wiseacres, I
am not referring to previous laws passed in 1986 and 2006 that are
similar to current bills before the current Congress.
Right now, there are 11 million (or 20
or 30, depending on whose numbers you are looking at) illegal aliens
in this country who snuck over the border. It is impractical,
illogical, and down right rude to consider rounding them all up,
loading 'em onto buses and planes, and shoveling all of them back
into Mexico where they belong. Truth: they are here to stay, whether
we like it or not.
The current, ad hoc solution here in
the US is, I think a reasonable one. Mexicans sneak into our country
not because they love the language or culture or history or food or
literature or arts or liberty or freedom or Constitution, but for the
$$$.
Granted.
We already have an effective system
(eVerify) to weed out illegals applying for jobs. It is widely
ignored and never enforced. The current administration, for better or
worse, has suppressed the enforcement of immigration laws by ICE.
On the other side of the coin, the
current Congress is unlikely to grant citizenship to illegals as they
have before in 1986 and 2006.
That leaves illegals in a rather
curious, if tolerable, gray zone. Jobs, housing, free education for
the kids, government handouts, yes. Full legal status and voting
rights, no. Judging by the current situation, I believe this to be a
reasonable, if flawed modus vivendi (Latin, people; Google it). I see
no reason to change it: change will require much political capital
(which is sorely lacking) and probably result in a situation worse
than the current one.
Note to you RINOs: there is no outcry
outside of network newsrooms for change. Any pol you wish to consult
will tell you that support for enforcing current immigration laws is
greater among legal Mexicans than natural born citizens.
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