Don’t be Afraid to Punish Illegal Immigration by George Rodriguez Once again the Republican Establishment has shown its ignorance and fear of the immigration issue when Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) recently suggested that Republican candidates in this years midterm elections should run on granting a pathway to citizenship for all of the countrys illegal. These GOP leaders continue to fear emotional arguments rather stand on logical and legal principles. They fail to understand that if you ever want to stop illegal immigration, you must not reward it in any form or fashion. The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was designed with a one-time only amnesty for illegal aliens. However, almost immediately, the law began to be undermined and skirted by interests that rely on cheap labor, and those who want to play the Latino race card for political gain. The U.S.-Mexico border has been open and uncontrolled since 1848. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican War allowed for families to be “reunified” across the border and for relative free movement between the two countries. This freedom of entry and exit has given rise to a culture and mind-set that leads many to believe that they a “right” of free entry in the U.S. without any requirements or responsibilities. People crossed the border, legally and illegally, with ease and few problems until recent times. However, the world has changed dramatically since 1848 and since 1986, and so has illegal immigration. The two most obvious changes are the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the huge numbers of illegal aliens that have entered the U.S. Whereas illegal immigration was a mostly southwest regional issue, it is now a national issue. In the meantime, liberals use illegal immigrants for their political purposes. Democrats make no excuses that they want to court Latino voters by supporting illegal immigrants, and this scares some Republicans. Liberals and Democrats make emotional arguments in public about the plight of illegal aliens in their home lands, in their journey to America, and in their suffering in the “shadows” in our country. However, the fact is that we live in a very dangerous world and we must control our borders. We must know who enters our nation and for what purposes. We also cannot financially support the world’s poor nor accept its children to raise them. We simply cannot afford it. Thus the questions of our time are how does America stop illegal immigration, and what do we do with the millions of illegal aliens that are already in the U.S? For me, the answer is simple and to the point. To stop illegal immigration, we must punish all violators, including minors, with no chance or hope of ever gaining citizenship or even permanent residence in the U.S. As long as you reward illegal immigration directly with amnesty, or indirectly with an eventual pathway to citizenship, illegal immigration will continue. Rather than capitulate to political pressure and emotion, Republican leaders should not reward illegal immigration with amnesty or a pathway to citizenship. It should be punished with no chance or hope of ever gaining citizenship or even permanent residence in the U.S. That would be a good start to stopping illegal immigration because more needs to be done. Listen to RagingElephantsRadio and like El Conservador on facebook.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 15:30:41 +0000