It is easy enough to complain about the drain on America that paying out benefits to people who do not pay in causes. At the same time, what is the solution? Is anyone proposing that we deport 30 million mostly Mexican nationals? I haven’t seen that. I see a lot of complaining about our porous borders, and what amount to welfare cheats. No matter how many times you multiply a complaint, you never get a sum that amounts to a solution.
As I see it, we have three basic options:
1) We continue with the status quo. Among other things, this means new starter babies every year with new uninvited citizens, paying out money for incarcerating non-Americans, paying for the education of people not paying taxes, and providing medical treatment for people who never pay anything back.
2) We can identify, detain and deport everyone not here legally. Logistically this will be an enormous task, and would logically need to be combined with VASTLY increased border security, or else they will come right back. This will unquestionably lead to enormous protests on both sides of the border, and probably riots. We can handle that, but that will be the cost.
3) We can provide amnesty to those here. Ultimately, this is probably the most practical solution. If we do this, though, we need to set out conditions. We could, for example, charge illegals higher tax rates for their first 10 years. We could use that money to build a better fence with Mexico.
We NEED a Congressional resolution clarifying the process of becoming a citizen, and remove this idiotic practice of allowing women to come across the border to give birth to American citizens. This should have been stopped decades ago. We need to set down that any relatives of those naturalized must go through a standard immigration procedure, with no advantages being conferred by having a relative who successfull snuck in.
Moving forward, we need to require that you need to be a citizen for ALL publicly provided services, including hospital visits and education. We need to create as many disincentives as possible for future trespassers. Yes, this will cause some hardships, but they already have a country, and if it’s shitty it’s because they made it that way. If we cave in, they will keep coming.
Few thoughts.