Neo-Logic
Reality Checker
Estimates put the number of illegal immigrants between 12-20 million, or 3.8% to 6.4% of the total population of the United States. Personally, I'm for tougher enforcement of our border and keeping additional illegal immigrants out. However, enforcing existing domestic laws is also important.
The elephant in the room is how do we completely or partially expel the 3.8% to 6.4% of our population without first violating our constitutional principles and second, without the excessive use of force or serious collateral harm? If you consider illegal immigration to be cancer, it's safe to say it has metastasized quiet throughly. While saying 'enforce the exiting laws' is conceptually easy, it is nothing short of a complete logistical nightmare, and arguably next to impossible.
Short of resorting to draconian methods or pointing to other countries to pointlessly show how much worse illegal immigrants have it there, what practical and constitutional methods are there to get the job done? It's safe to say that it has to be a moderation between Arizona's extreme law and the currently lax federal immigrant laws.
Thoughts?
The elephant in the room is how do we completely or partially expel the 3.8% to 6.4% of our population without first violating our constitutional principles and second, without the excessive use of force or serious collateral harm? If you consider illegal immigration to be cancer, it's safe to say it has metastasized quiet throughly. While saying 'enforce the exiting laws' is conceptually easy, it is nothing short of a complete logistical nightmare, and arguably next to impossible.
Short of resorting to draconian methods or pointing to other countries to pointlessly show how much worse illegal immigrants have it there, what practical and constitutional methods are there to get the job done? It's safe to say that it has to be a moderation between Arizona's extreme law and the currently lax federal immigrant laws.
Thoughts?