Border Security

A lot of attention has been made this election season on the topic of immigration. Those on the right have been promoting border security and deportation as a means to reduce the tide of illegals flowing into the country. Those on the left have been promoting comprehensive reform, amnesty and punishing the employers of illegal aliens. There are a few problems with those ideas. There is a legal way to become a citizen or even a documented worker. It might take a while, but to be a citizen of this country is worth the wait. I constantly hear about this comprehensive reform, I've never heard what it means though. My only thought can be that the libtards are using "comprehensive reform" as another word for amnesty. Amnesty is one of the worse things we could do to our country. Americans are having trouble finding jobs and the libtards want to magically overnight add 12 million more people to the job hunt, that sounds like a great idea (sarcasm added). A weak argument claims that these illegals do the work that Americans won't do. Americans can't do the work because an illegal is doing it. We have programs like social security and medicare that will be swamped with new beneficiaries as 12 million people enroll on these failing programs. Libtards want to give amnesty to 12 million people on the basis that they will become loyal democratic voters. They figure if they give them social security, medical care, welfare, food stamps and all the other entitlement programs America offers for it's citizens, they will automatically vote for the party that got them citizenship. I'd say it would be a safe bet, at least for the first few years. The worst part about illegal aliens is most of them are already receiving entitlement benefits reserved for American citizens. It amuses me that one of the libtard answers to curb illegal immigration is to punish the employers who hire illegals. The government already requires businesses to check the immigration status of all employees. An I-9 has to be filled out by the employer and signed by the employee under the penalty of perjury that they are legally in this country. I'll be the first to admit, there are employers out there that knowingly hire illegals but that's only half of it. What about the illegals that lie and have forged or fake identification? How can we expect employers to act as immigration officials when immigration officials don't? According to the federal government, you can't ask someone to prove they are legal.

I feel the biggest area we need to fix and quickly is border security, not only because of the illegals coming across looking for work or a better life but because of the drug cartels that are smuggling drugs, humans and God knows what else into our country. Drug cartels have taken over parts of the United States, in response, the federal government sends signs down to warn US citizens that foreign criminals are controlling this part of OUR country and that we shouldn't go there. Instead of sending National Guard troops, increasing Border Patrol agents or even building a fence "the admin" decides that signs would be better. Signs, really? Better than armed troops, I think not. Drug cartels are targeting county sheriffs of US states. Drug cartels are sending armed groups of assassins to secure US soil to make sure no shipments are hijacked. These are heavily armed and highly equipped mercenaries that have one mission, don't let anything happen to the shipments. US consulate was gunned down by cartel gangs. US citizens have been killed by cartels on US soil and the gov't hasn't even spoke to Mexican officials about it. It took a couple of weeks before Mexico even started an investigation. Another problem is other gov't bureaucratic departments. Department of Interior and EPA require such extensive studies and reports it takes months of paperwork and investigative studies to allow our agents access to areas that illegals are using to cross the border.

"The simple truth is that we've lost control of our own borders, and no Nation can do that and survive. We ignore America's lost sovereignty at our own peril." Ronald Reagan. I hate to say this, but maybe we should look at some immigration policies from around the world. Mexico uses it's military to pick up and deport illegal immigrants and it's a felony to be in the country illegally. 2 years for the first offense and 10 for a second offense and even those who aid illegals are classified as criminals. They are just as tough on legal immigrants. If you can't sustain yourself, provide to the economy, mentally unstable or are a criminal you can't stay in Mexico as a LEGAL immigrant, let alone illegally. I don't want to become northern Mexico or even southern Canada, I want to stay the United States of America, I want our government to enforce our immigration laws. I want our government to deport and prosecute those that break our laws and most importantly, I want all US citizens to be safe from drug gangs from neighboring countries when they are on US soil. We should not put up signs warning US citizens of danger, we should put up a sign in Spanish that says "Usted está entrando en los Estados Unidos, este país es protegido por la fuerza llena del ejército de Estados Unidos. Retroceda ahora o enfrente el consecuencias."