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Secure borders alone won't end federally created immigration crisis
By Dave Gorak, 07/14/2013
Everybody and his brother is talking about securing our borders, including those who really aren't interested in seeing it happen, so what can we expect from whatever immigration "reform" emerges from the House?
Nobody knows for certain, but know this: Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor are going to do their utmost to make sure that in the end the primary beneficiaries will continue to be those special interests that include the business community and members of Congress themselves. As for the interests of the American worker, well, the record speaks for itself.
How successful these lawmakers will be is entirely up to us, and we can make our concerns known by meeting with them at their offices or during town hall meetings during the August recess. One of the questions that should be asked during these meetings is, "Why is our immigration system 'broken' and who broke it? " (I'd love to hear the answers, and labor shortages doesn't count.) Time permitting, you also might throw in, "Will any of the 20 million unemployed/unemployed Americans benefit from what would be the 8th amnesty since 1986?"
So what would secure borders look like? Who would determine that - and when? Don't forget that whoever succeeds former DHS honcho Janet Napolitano he or she under the recently passed Senate amnesty would have had plenty of back doors to slip out of when it came to putting real teeth into enforcement.
Would there be triple fences patrolled by those 20,000 new Border Patrol agents promised to us by the White House approved Corker-Hoeven amendment that at the last minute saved the Senate amnesty bill from crashing and burning?
The American people for years have been denied the facts surrounding our immigration policy thanks to the many lies from their elected "representatives" in Washington and a media who have perpetuated those lies through their sloppy and one-dimensional coverage of the issue.
That is why more than ever our citizens must be especially wary of those suddenly smitten with securing our borders even while scurrying around Washington making backroom deals that would intensify the economic pain now being suffered by 20 million Americans who can't find full-time work.
OK, so let's say the borders have been secured. Now what? Is the job finished? Can we all go about other business?
Not by a long shot.
In order to reaffirm our sovereignty and that the rule of law is much more than a catchy phrase politicians throw around when they visit school children, these three mechanisms must be in place, operating efficiently and supported with ample funding:
- A Visa Entry/Exit system that doesn't bring smirks and chuckles when talked about in polite company. Almost half of the illegal aliens who are here are visa overstayers; many of these people came here knowing full well that they would never return to their home countries. These people need to be found and removed.
- Make E-Verify mandatory for all employers and give them the right to remove all 7 million illegal workers from their payrolls, not just new hires. Remember: Those jobs have been stolen from 20 million Americans can't find full-time work.
- State and local law enforcement agencies must be allowed to serve as "force multipliers" to help the federal government enforce those laws created to protect American jobs.
Only when we are able to control the interior of this nation can we say our borders are secure, and this is not something that can be quickly achieved and rushed off the political assembly line. The goal here is economic justice for American workers and protecting the public, the latter being the government's primary responsibility, not to create another trophy for Barack Obama's future presidential library.
When these three pieces of what Barbara Jordan called a credible immigration policy are in place, then and only then can we begin to talk about whether certain individuals should be legalized and offered citizenship. That would be the right thing to do.