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“Nothing makes allies like a common enemy”… or so they say.  That rule may well ring true in the case of the issue of illegal immigration in the United States.  If we allow this issue to become a political ping pong ball for Democrats and Republicans to bat around to garner votes, we’ll all wind up losers by trying to appease our resident and voting LEGAL immigrants, who for the most part will all be endorsing some form of amnesty for resident illegals.  

Democratswrite.com grants exceptional welcome to Republican writer, Steve Bryantas we republish here with his permission his conservative views on and remedies for the problem of eleven million illegal immigrants in our midst. (Steve is a High Point businessman, guest columnist for the High Point Enterprise,  and counterpoint commentator in our website’s archived article, “Neo-Contentions – Including the Neo-Con Corporate Frankenstein Monster”, March 6,  2006) .

Ranting And Raving In Puerto Vallarta

     Anyone who remembers Richard Burton’s character in the film Night Of The Iguana,as he drove a busload of terrified tourists through the hills above Puerto Vallarta should have a reasonable idea of my appearance late in the evening of the first day of my recent vacation there.

     When I awoke the next morning, I hadn’t a clue of where I was or, how I got there. But as I held my head and felt the crusted salt around my temples, it all came crashing back to me, like the kiss on the end of a wet fist. Later that day, I was told that the owner of a restaurant where I had eaten had insisted on bringing several rounds of complementary tequila to show his appreciation for my business. This scenario was the reason that I stopped drinking liquor nearly ten years ago. You see, I found that each time I drank it, most hosts would request that I not return.

     But Puerto Vallarta turned out to be a great place to vacation. Although it wasn’t a place where folks around here would choose to live, it was full of friendly, employed people who seemed to be very happy. Everyone who I asked about any possible interest in moving to the US looked at me like I was crazy. But, 200 miles away is the city of Guadalajara with 6,000,000 inhabitants, 95% of who live in dirt floor poverty that is the result of ignorance, lack of any birth control efforts, and the rampant corruption that pervades every aspect of Mexican life. Those people are much more representative of our south of the border neighbors who are illegally entering our country, by the thousands, every day. And while there are several other happy places in Mexico like Puerto Vallarta, they are the exception, and inhabitants there give the other Mexican citizens the bum’s rush, for the same reasons that we should.

     They’re desperate, they want out and they intend to come here. This is what should be done, in order of urgency:

1-Re-evaluate the right of citizenship for simply exiting the birth canal on US soil. When our law enforcement personnel break laws while pursuing those engaged in criminal activity, then the resulting evidence is disallowed in court as “fruit from the poisoned tree”. What’s the difference here?

2-Enforce our existing laws.

3-Deploy our military to the southern border today, and stop the illegal entry of foreigners, now.

4-Arrest, and deport, ANY illegal immigrants caught breaking ANY law in this country, beginning now.

5-US businesses caught knowingly employing illegals should be fined $10,000 per occurrence, and those responsible should be sentenced to jail for a mandatory 90 days, per occurrence.

     The preceding five measures will freeze the problem where it currently stands. Then:

6-Construct a barrier along the entire border and, equally as important, provide enough personnel to patrol and secure the barrier.

7-Stop all US Government financial assistance to illegal immigrants.

8-Say NO, to amnesty and “guest worker” programs. Why reward criminals with citizenship, and give them parity with those who came here through the legal process? The FBI can’t even find those on their “most wanted” list. How will they locate the “guests” when their time is up? (Also, see suggestion #1)

     If there was ever an issue for which to vote for the candidate rather than for the party, then this is it. If you’re representatives vote to diminish your birth right in any way, then throw the bums out in November.

Thanks, Steve,  for the creative and sound thinking and proposals. Just remember that if proposals like yours are to prevail, the first bum we’ll need to throw out would be Bush. Shame we can’t do it in November.

Dusty

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