by John W. Lillpop
With all due respect to President Barack Obama and his Hispanic donors, underwriters, and sponsors, America does NOT need immigration reform, comprehensive or otherwise.
In other words, Mr. Obama, you can solve the immigration nightmare overnight by simply living up to your constitutional responsibility to defend America “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
Or to put it even more succinctly, Mr. President, secure our borders and enforce existing immigration laws, including deportation of invading criminals now here!
Period!
The upside? Illegal aliens currently cost American taxpayers more than $110 billion a year!
In this the era of trillion dollar deficits and declining economic options, why invite even more poor people to invade our nation with some foolish amnesty scheme that is really all about increasing the Democrat Party base?
Forget about “comprehensive” reform, which is nothing more than double-talk for rewarding those who have ignored our borders and thumbed their noses in defiance of the rule of law.
President Obama is reportedly a student of history. Perhaps he would benefit by boning up on recent immigration history.
Namely:
In 1986, the United States adopted the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) (Simpson-Mazzoli Act, IRCA, and Pub. L. 99-603, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3359). Go here:
IRCA was enacted to reduce illegal immigration, which was a problem for the American economy. Three million illegal aliens were granted amnesty as a result of IRCA.
The new law would have worked--if it had been enforced. Unfortunately, both Democrat and Republican administrations have failed (refused?) to enforce the IRCA.
As a result, twenty years later America is saddled with upwards of an additional 20 million illegal aliens.
Most distressing is the fact that the “surge” from south of the border continues unabated, in spite of 9/11 and the threat posed by terrorists.
Apparently the president would have the American people believe that securing the borders 10,000 miles from home is vital to U.S. homeland security, but that securing our own borders is not vital.
And how can that be, Mr. President?
Is it because, in your mind, illegal aliens are “good hearted, hard working folks” simply looking for a better life? AND because of their poverty and addiction to entitlements, which makes them perfect future Democrats?
And what is to prevent scores of millions of additional third-world people still in Mexico and other Latin nations from coming here for the goodies if amnesty is granted?
All are good hearted and hard working? Without a single Jihadist, or potential terrorist, in their midst?
The 1986-amnesty disaster proves that America needs secured borders and rigid enforcement of our laws.
Or, to put the issue in terms even most illegal aliens could understand:
America don’t need no stinkin’ immigration reform!
