Ok, I have stayed off this subject for the past couple of days as I have been trying to tone down my rhetoric regarding illegal immigration, but what I have seen on the news and on the web the past couple of days has me growing concerned and bothered.
The massive rally's over the weekend by pro-illegal immigration folks and some of the violence that broke out in Indiana over the weekend and the sheer numbers of people that showed up in Los Angeles had better wake people up to the fact that this is a serious problem and it must be dealt with, before we have a civil war here in our own country.
I have tried to keep my comments toned down of late as my church is in favor of protecting illegal immigrants, and I don't like feeling like a hypocrite, but actually I don't really think I should feel that way at all. There are several things I don't totally agree with my church with, and I am still at peace with God so I should be ok.
I have heard the arguments that these people are taking the jobs others don't want, are paying taxes, and that the country was formed by immigrants. I don't buy into any of it.
True immigrants, legal immigrants, who learned to speak English, who didn't carry disease, and who assimilated into society, formed the United States. Why do these folks think it is ok to jump to the head of the line and consider themselves law-abiding immigrants? They have bypassed all the checks and balanced put in place to protect legal immigrants and American citizens.
These people are now taking jobs away from American citizens, as just one look at the construction industry should be clue enough. How many carpenters, electricians, and painters are out of work do the thundering hoards hanging out at Lowe's and The Home Depot every day? Fast food is another area these people have been taking over in. Mc Donald's, Wendy's and others were a good starting point for the youth or the country to land their first job. Not any more, as now you have to speak another language so they can get your order right at the drive through window.
Then there is the tax thing. OK, they are paying sales tax, and that is about all I can see them paying. Are they paying income tax? If so, how can they be doing that, as they need to have a Social Security Number for that? Ah, that's right, stolen Social Security Numbers, so someone out there is the victim of identity theft as illegal aliens are using their numbers to get work, and those wages are recorded for that taxpayer.
We are a country of about 200 Million people, and of that 11 million are illegal immigrants. That is 5.5 percent and climbing. They are gobbling up our health care, our tax dollars for the poor, and they are making a shambles of our education system. There has to be a point where the government will rise up and see this for what it is, a full-scale invasion from inside.
Congress is just starting to take notice. I like this new law, but I think it will go the way of everything else. Back when Ronald Reagan was president he gave amnesty to illegal's living here at that time. They were going to then start enforcing the laws and keep the problem from raising its ugly head again. So as a result of that we should have no problem. Actually the problem is worse now, and these rallies would have never happened back in Reagan's day.
I think all these people currently here should be deported back to wherever they came from and then be placed at the bottom of the legal immigration list. The just because you are born here medical loophole should be eliminated. They should establish a guest worker program and it should be open to all countries, not just Mexico.
When I hear these folks whining about how it will split up their family and all, while I am sympathetic and all, they knew they were breaking the law when they came, so they should except the consequences.
There have been laws on the book pretty much for many years concerning hiring of illegal's and the companies that hire them should be fined heavily. When I hear this crap of home loans for illegal's I really want to blow my top. That is what caused the violence in Indiana.
I am currently working hard to brink Laila and her children to the United States legally. It is a paperwork hassle, but it will be well worth it in the end, as we will have the satisfaction of knowing we did it properly. The folks that come here illegally are the reason it takes so long for regular legal immigrants to come here. They should be sent back and to the bottom of the list.
Getting rid of them will relax the healthcare, education, legal, and law enforcement burdens cause by these law-breakers. They have no rights as they are not subject to our Constitution and have not earned the protections offered by it. Being able to sneak into the country does not automatically make you a citizen or give you any rights.
By properly filling out all the paperwork, having a physical and showing a means of support other than applying for a welfare heck does put you on the road to gaining it. This craziness on our borders has to stop. I realize we have not had another 9/11, but it is only a matter of time, because if the contractor putting a new roof on my house can do it cheap with some guy who entered the country illegally, than one of Osama Bin Laden's buddies can blow that roof up after they sneak in by the same means.
