Festering For 45 Years, Immigration Invasion Requires Federal Action—Adopt Mexico`s Immigration Laws Now!
At dinner recently here in Washington D.C., one of
our good friends—bright, well informed, and
politically active—advised my wife and myself that
she and her friends have recently been up on Capitol
Hill lobbying for the Dream Act.
"Those poor
kids who are the children of illegal aliens should
be educated", she opined.
[VDARE.com note:
That is, of
course, the children, born outside the US, who are
illegal aliens themselves. For the citizen children
of illegal aliens, see
Washington Watcher`s piece
tonight.]
This legislation, introduced by
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. Howard Berman
(D-Calif.),
is a broad amnesty measure, disguised as an educational
initiative, that would allow millions of illegal aliens
who meet a very loose definition of
"student"
to qualify for green cards.
In addition, it provides
in-state tuition benefits
for illegal aliens who will displace legal residents
competing for a
fixed number of college admission slots.
What we have here is the perfect example of how 45 years
of bad policy has festered in our body politic and
exacerbated our sagging observance of the precious rule
of law.
Of course, there are many attractive, law-abiding
offspring of illegal alien parents who should be
educated. Ignored by well-meaning Americans, like our
dinner companion, are the DREAM Act`s certain
consequences. They
include rewarding parents who violated our laws and
giving powerful incentive for more illegal
immigration—as well as plus cutting out spaces and
tuition for our own kids!
Instead of doing something about the failure of the 1965
immigration legislation, which was apparent decades ago,
our elected Federal officials, paid heavily by lobbyists
the powerful business, religious and ethnic lobbies
whose goal is cheap labor and more memberships, ignored
the problem, then tried to patch it over with an
ill-fated major amnesty bill in 1986. That fiasco only
encouraged the then-only 2 million illegal aliens
allowed to stay here to morph into the 12-20 million we
now have!
Now the present Democratic (alas)
Congress and White House want us citizens to stand still
for yet another
amnesty
a.k.a.
"comprehensive immigration reform".
This coming
lawsuit against Arizona`s new immigration law
by the US Justice Dept is frankly a blessing!
Polls show that about 60% of Americans in favor
AZ Governor Jan Brewer`s
signing that law this April. The Justice
Department`s lawsuit will give visibility to the long
standing immigration invasion which may finally wake up
American citizens to take political action.
We could stop this illegal immigration foolishness now
if:
-
The Mexican border fence could be finished and
massive troop deployments
were
made to the border. -
We ceased offering the myriad benefits now available to
illegal aliens and their citizen children; -
We made
employment of illegals impossible,
including stiff fines for
employers who break the law;
-
We deported all criminal aliens picked up by the police; -
We legislate or pass a Constitutional Amendment to
remove the
“anchor baby”
interpretation of the 14th amendment.
Mexico wants to send people to us, but has no mercy at
all on any illegal aliens there (and precious little on
would-be legal immigrants).
As some wag recently suggested on a bumper sticker:
"Adopt Mexican
Immigration Laws Now!”
Donald A. Collins [email
him], is a freelance writer living in Washington DC and a former long time member of the board of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform. His views are his own.
