from the Center for Immigration StudiesDuring the 1990s, an average of more than 1.3 million immigrants legal and illegal settled in the United States each year. Between January 2000 and March 2002, 3.3 million additional immigrants have arrived. In less than 50 years, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that immigration will cause the population of the United States to increase from its present 288 million to more than 400 million.
The obvious solution to any illegal or criminal act: enforce the law, stupid.
There are too many reasons to address in depth, here's a few.What is your primary reason for not wanting amnesty?
CRIME: Several studies have indicated at least one in twelve illegal aliens has a criminal background. Just ask, if I lived in Mexico and I was wanted for murder or rape or drug trafficking, where would I run? Duh. Read about how illegals have overrun L.A. for example here
SOVEREIGNTY: Amnesty mocks the entire concept of the law. We are a sovereign nation of laws not lawlessness. This whole problem indicates serious hypocrisy and corruption within the federal government:
Since when is it OK for the federal government to ignore and refuse to enforce the law? Since never, especially laws intended to secure and defend our borders from invasion, especially after the massive attacks against innocent citizens within our borders on 9/11. Every single aircraft was grounded that day within hours, remember?
Many Americans who understand history waited that day to hear something like:
"all U.S. borders have been closed until further notice. The INS will work hand in hand with local and state agencies and the national guard to identify and locate every person here illegally beginning today. Any person within our borders illegally, all undocumented workers, those with expired green cards or visas must present themselves to a local INS office or face immediate deportation and possible federal charges." Just that announcement alone would induce many illegals to leave on their own.
So why didn't any of this happen? Why send troops off to some godforsaken h3llhole when we aren't even secure within our own borders? Why has the border patrol been systematically hamstrung and weakened to the point of ineffectuality? Where there's no will, there's no way.
We have laws in place, they have been ignored and spit on for years. This is not some new problem. It has been the responsibility of the federal government to maintain secure borders and handle legal immigration since its inception. It's not rocket science. We are not so poor or stupid that our only option is to shrug our shoulders and say, oh well, it's just too hard to secure the borders, too late now, why even try. Right.
Whether we believe in amnesty or not I hope people see that this is a nightmare created by our government. One must question whether it was by design, and if so, why.
Too many people are not asking the right questions, such as when is it okay for a bureaucracy or Administration to actively subvert the law by replacing it with a policy which is in direct conflict with the law?
FAIRNESS: Amnesty is immoral because it is grossly unfair to those honestly seeking legal immigration, including those seeking political asylum.
ACCOUNTABILITY: Amnesty is a bogus, purely political solution which merely allows the federal government to continue avoiding its responsibility to provide national security for its citizens by enforcing the laws in good faith. In my opinion the citizens of this country should be able to sue at least the last 3 presidents and the federal government for gross dereliction of duty.
HEALTH: Amnesty is stupid because it ignores the huge public health and security risk represented by millions and millions of unknown, undocumented aliens who have never been tested for TB, leprosy, hepatitis or anything else, here are a few examples:
One of the imports to this country is chagas disease. It is caused by a parasite known as trypanosome. It is a blood-borne disease and is spread by triatomine insects. The parasite burrows into human tissue (usually in the face), where it then begins to multiply. (Just try reading the whole prognosis, it gets much worse and will make you sick). The usual outcome is death via heart failure. In addition to being spread by insects, it can also be contracted through blood transfusions.
After cases of chagas were reportedly discovered to have been spread by transfusions in Canada, that nation began testing all blood donations for the disease. Due to immigration, approximately 500,000 people in the United States are believed to be infected. What is being done about it? Nothing. Donated blood isn't tested for this in the U.S.
For 40 years, the number of recorded cases of leprosy within the United States totaled 900. Today, we know of more than 7,000 current cases of leprosy in the U.S.
Dr. John Levis of New York's Bellevue Hospital's Hansen Disease Clinic said of America's documented cases of leprosy: 'There are probably many, many more and they are spreading."
Most of those in the U.S. who are suffering from leprosy are from Mexico, India, Brazil, and the Caribbean. However, there are a few documented cases in which the person became infected with leprosy inside the U.S. The majority of the cases have been discovered in this nation's northeastern region.
Chagas and leprosy are the tip of the iceburg. I for one am not willing to risk exposing my grandchildren and future generations to this crap, but our politicians don't seem to mind.
SECURITY: Amnesty is dangerous and reckless because it ignores the huge public security risk represented by millions and millions of unknown, undocumented aliens who have never had their backgrounds or political affiliations investigated or criminal records checked. How many are enemies of the state? potential terrorists? serial killers? If even 1% represented a risk, that would be at least 100,000 threats walking around our neighborhoods under the radar.
ECONOMY: Economically illegal alien families cost over $2,700 per year, NET - and this is only the FEDERAL government's burden. The cost to local governments is significant and would include the huge burden on local school districts, state medical facilities, local and state law enforcement. And no one really knows how many would be eligible to start getting social security and medicare benefits immediately if the current legislation passes -- by providing minimal (laughable) "proof" of hours worked. We may be in a world of hurt before the ink is even dried.