1. Punish those who hire illegals.
2. Deport any illegals that cross the path of law enforcement.
3. Secure the border
4. Put the mash on Mexico to stop aiding illegal immigration
5. Create both carrot and stick incentives to encourage illegals to leave by shutting down welfare, free education, free medical, no automobile insurance, no housing subsidies, no foodstamps, a financial reward for turning themselves in.
6. Eliminate the rediculous concept of Sanctuary cities.

saiga on March 26, 2008 at 1:59 PM

Is it too late to vote you for President? :)

Irrelevant. This nation does not consist of ignorant peasants now, today, and we’re not doing ourselves any favors by importing a lot of them.

aengus on March 26, 2008 at 7:17 PM

I read somewhere that it has a double meaning in Greek. No or not place and an alternate meaning of good place. Don’t know if that’s true or not since I don’t speak Greek, ancient or otherwise.

As a Christian, my chief problem with illegal immigration is that it encourages lawlessness, relativism, stealing, and anarchy. And that is contrary to the purpose of God-ordained government outlined in Romans 13.

I’d add that tolerance of illegal immigration is a part of the arrogance of trying to create a utopian multicultural society which as outlined in Genesis 11 goes against God’s express will.

(The word Utopia literally means a ‘non-existent place’)

Truth hurts. They are ignorant. They are peasants. Doesn’t mean they are stupid or lazy, but they are most definitely ignorant peasants.

Lehuster on March 26, 2008 at 1:25 PM

truth hurts, we are all descended from ignorant peasants

doesn’t mean you get to break laws though

saiga on March 26, 2008 at 3:13 PM

My issue with your comment was the demeaning language you used.

Check out the anti-illegal immigrant presentation by Numbers USA. It gives an unemotional and logical reason to stop illegal immigration.

ColtsFan on March 26, 2008 at 2:54 PM

Well said. The only compassionate reason for supporting illegal immigration is the fact that they are usually poor, and they only want to better their lives.

In the long run, however, the results just lower the common denominator, and they defeat the purpose, and harm others.

Just people haven’t attended our liberal indoctrinated American schools doesn’t make them ignorant. Just because people use their hands and backs to do some hard work still doesn’t make them ignorant. I’m sorry but I found that comment was way out of line.

terryannonline on March 26, 2008 at 1:18 PM

Hi Terry:

My purpose is not to defend the semantics or the choice of words used earlier by previous HA commentators.

My purpose is to convey to another fellow Christian believer, like yourself, why I believe illegal immigration—and all its various forms—is a serious danger to our country.

As a Christian, my chief problem with illegal immigration is that it encourages lawlessness, relativism, stealing, and anarchy. And that is contrary to the purpose of God-ordained government outlined in Romans 13.

I have always read your HA posts in the past with interest. And I think you probably have a more nuanced view of illegal immigration for a couple of reasons. But I just wanted to share my thoughts on this matter with a fellow believer.

That’s where the brand on the forehead before you put them on the plane comes into play. =)

Lehuster on March 26, 2008 at 2:35 PM

A digitized fingerprint would do the trick.

I guess when we reach the Kosovo effect some politicians will wake up. Imagine to government we will have when the electorate shifts to illegals granted amnesty. It has already happened in Los Angeles; with gangs running the city and no law and order. The only choice for honest people is gated communities or hire full time security to watch your house.

Didn’t some of the Fort Dix plotters come across our southern border?

kcluva on March 26, 2008 at 12:48 PM

Yes and Yes.

The source familiar with the Duka case said that the three Duka brothers—Dritan, Eljvir and Shain—are believed to have first entered the United States illegally in 1984 by crossing from Mexico at Brownsville, Texas.

The lack of border security and Visa over-stays
is a serious national security issue.

Notice that the Fort Dix terrorist plotters who were illegal aliens were discovered just prior to the McCain-Graham-Amnesty-Ted Kennedy-George W. Amnesty bill.

Yet the Fort Dix episode did nothing to wake up our politicians to the fact that providing amnesty to illegal aliens jeopardizes national security.

Under McCain-George W-Kennedy plan, the Fort Dix terrorists would have been USA citizens, if only they had just waited longer.

That’s where the brand on the forehead before you put them on the plane comes into play. =)

And here’s another example – Mir Amal Kansi, got into the country illegally in 1991, committed a terrorist act on Clinton’s watch. Yup, keep those borders open, no vulnerability to terrorism here!

Oh yeah, there was no terrorism at all in the 1990s… and Ramzi Yousef and his buddies were here legally… nope, no way at all to connect the dots between vulnerability to terrorism and uncontrolled borders.

Perhaps. But I do think it’s an accurate, if over-the-top, observation.

emailnuevo on March 26, 2008 at 2:23 PM

Perhaps, but she’s a good egg, on our side.

I think the use of the word “ignorant” works actually. Ignorance is not an indication of intelligence. It means they don’t know, not they can’t know.

I like it! Pay to turn them in and give them a free ride home. But what happens when they take the money and then come back illegally?

Darksean on March 26, 2008 at 2:17 PM

Must secure the border first!

Darksean on March 26, 2008 at 1:51 PM

Perhaps. But I do think it’s an accurate, if over-the-top, observation.

saiga on March 26, 2008 at 2:06 PM

I don’t want to reward bad behavior. I don’t want to give them anything. You’d have people sneaking across just to turn themselves in and collect the reward. You’d be better off offering $2500 to citizens for every illegal they turn in, and that’d be a terrible idea. Just remove the incentive.

If we secured the border first, and then offered a $2500. per person cash reward to illegals for turning themselves in, we would be dollars ahead. And, the returning illegals would have some money to spend down south to help their economy. A family of 6 would get $15,000.

saiga on March 26, 2008 at 2:06 PM

I like it! Pay to turn them in and give them a free ride home. But what happens when they take the money and then come back illegally?

Chicken feed compared to what they cost us now. Also, we need to shut down the anchor baby law. It just encourages more law breaking. We need people here that belong here, not those that don’t.

AP is totally in the bag for The Clenis™