By Elmer
Whittaker
Just hours
after rescinding DACA and the threat of shutting down the government to get approval
for Trump’s Border Wall the need for Immigration Reform seems more urgent than
ever.
Neither illegal
immigration nor open borders can be tolerated in a sovereign nation of laws and
order. The following will give a common-sense approach to immigration reform
and end illegal immigration.
The forceful
deportation of maybe 15 million illegal aliens is unrealistic, too difficult, too
burdensome, not feasible, way too expensive and simple not necessary.
The deportation
of Dreamer’s does nothing at all in order to curb illegal immigration and would
in fact be self-defeating and wrong. Dreamers are citizens in all respects but
one, who were brought to this country on no fault of their own.
The building of
a Border Wall at exuberant costs, will do little to curb illegal immigration
nor will it do much to curb the import of illegal drugs into the US. The Border
Wall would simply be side stepped, penetrated or the way of illegal immigration
shifted to air, sea or immigration from the north. Building a Border Wall will
also not deport one single illegal immigrant already in this country.
The one and
only way to stop illegal immigration is simply to remove the incentive for illegal
immigration by enforcing E-Verify and heavy penalize employers for hiring and
employing illegal immigrants.
Enforcing
E-Verify will not only end the invasion of new illegal immigrants but also
force the millions of illegal immigrants already in the country to self-deport
themselves and return to their country of origin. No Border Wall or massive forceful
deportation will be necessary.
Before the
simple enforcement of E-Verify can commence though, some conditions must be
met:
Dreamer’s must
be legalized and given a short path to official US Citizenship.
Illegal Non-US
Citizen Family members of Dreamers and US Citizens must be given a path to
legalization which should include a penalty equaling or exceeding the cost of
legal immigration into the US.
Legal Immigration
into the US must be simplified and sped-up as well as seasonal worker visas
issued to needed seasonal migrant workers.
Serving in the
US Military must be made a path to US Citizenship.
And finally, in
order to curb illegal immigration on a lasting and effective basis, the constitutional
birth right citizenship must eventually be amended and revised in the US
Constitution.
It’s as simple
as that.
