One of the hot news stories today is illegal immigrants and the porous U.S.-Mexican border. Some say we should allow all immigrants to just come in, do their business, and go out again. Others say we should reject all of the Mexican “immigrants” and shun them back across the border.
If we accept the former, we will have thousands of Hispanics pouring into the country, some being beneficial members of society and productive contributors to the economy; others dealing and getting involved in organized crime. This, obviously, is not a very good solution. However, if we accept the latter, we lose potential leaders. (e.g. current Attorney General Alberto Gonzales) This is not a satisfactory solution. Right now, we have both of these scenarios happening. Criminals, troublemakers, and dealers are infiltrating the country, and we are losing law-abiding citizens to the nation. We must change something, somehow.
The all-powerful government is doing nothing. Some people in Texas who are sick and tired of increased crime have had to watch the frontier to keep illegal aliens out. What we need is to make the process of applying for citizenship easier by limiting the number of bureaucratic loops people have to go through. We also need to tighten border security so that keep the bad people out. If you are a law-abiding citizen, come in through the front door. If you try to break in, that’s a proof that you’re up to something that’s not completely kosher. Now that’s a solution I can live with.
October 26th, 2006 at 7:59 pm
[…] People say that this country was built on immigrants. That’s true. But those immigrants at the turn of the century filled out the forms, and came to this country legally. The controversy is over illegal aliens; we have no problem with productive immigrants who come to this country by the due process of the law. If the aliens did want to get recognized, they should push for less bureaucracy in the immigration process instead of demanding that they get citizenship rights. If anyone can become a citizen, the status loses its value and purpose. […]