1) Securing The Border “Securing The Border Is A Critical Part Of Our Strategy For Comprehensive Immigration Reform, And We Are Increasing Manpower And Improving Infrastructure And Technology At The Border.”
Did George here about this? Gunmen Attack National Guard Border Patrol Site in Arizona. Tucson, Ariz. — National Guard troops working at an observatory post near the Mexican border were forced to flee after being approached by a group of armed individuals, authorities said. Friday, January 05, 2007 Associated Press Is this what the President means by securing the border? What about the war on terror, should not the border be part of it? I wonder what Bush said to the troops to get them to flee: Ah, ah, don’t engage them, those are our future citizens, ah if you engage, ah, then they won’t come here. Ordering our troops to flee undermines their mission and goes against their training and the troops’ oath to protect the country.

2) Creating A Temporary Worker Program “We Cannot Fully Secure The Border Unless We Take Pressure Off The Border – And That Requires A Temporary Worker Program.”
Mr. President how many times are we going to hear this line of crap? Part of immigration reform needs to deal with the entitlement system Americans are currently afforded. Cut welfare benefits to people who are not seeking work and they will take these “jobs that Americans won’t do.”

3) Holding Employers Accountable For The Workers They Hire “Enforcing Immigration Laws At The Worksite Is A Vital Part Of Any Successful Reform. We are cracking down on employers who knowingly violate the law.”
When? This should be easy there are already laws and penalties for companies that hire illegal aliens. Oh, President Bush must not know about them. Maybe it would be cheaper to tell him that than to rewrite the laws. How about just enforce those already in effect. By not enforcing them, we give them appearance that our rules are not a reality.

4) Resolving The Status Of The Millions Of Illegal Immigrants Already In The Country “The Administration Is Working With Democrats And Republicans To Find A Practical Answer That Lies Between Granting Automatic American Citizenship To Every Illegal Immigrant And Deporting Every Illegal Immigrant. The President Opposes Amnesty. Illegal Immigrants Who Have Roots In Our Country And Want To Stay Should Have To Pay A Meaningful Penalty For Breaking The Law, Pay Their Taxes, Learn English, And Work In A Job For A Number Of Years.”
Ah, ah, ah, just pay ah, ten dollars and agree to pick some lettuce and you’re a citizen. This still won’t deal with the real problem. Punishing those who are already here illegally by depriving them the opportunity to even become citizens in the future sounds like more of a solution.

5) Finding New Ways To Help Newcomers Assimilate Into Our Society “We Will Honor The American Tradition Of The Melting Pot And Help Immigrants Assimilate By Learning Our History, Our Values, And The English Language.”
I can just here him now: Ah, it’s your responsibility to educate them, because after all, I let them come here. Yeah, because America does not offer enough already, we should take on massive debt making sure they can communicate. Why should we be responsible for training them? Hey, maybe we should go back to all the previous generations who assimilated to the American culture on their own, and give them retribution for the suffering they went through.

Instead of turning to other nations for our labor force, perhaps we should stop aborting our future work force.

Take a moment to write the President and Vice President and tell them immigration reform must consist of:

1) As part of immigration reform cut social welfare programs to those who are flagrantly violating the system. Prosecute those abusing welfare for fraud, with orders of retribution. Require more prison sentences in welfare fraud cases.

2) Driver’s licenses given to citizens here on visas must contain the visa number on the driver’s license so they can check the status of the immigrant during routine stops. Tear down interior walls that prevent law enforcement officials from communicating. Especially when it comes to immigration concerns.

3) Add 10,000 more border patrol agents or the equal number of National Guardsmen. Create a legal defence fund for those Immigration officials in the field. Give law enforcement officials the tools to inquire citizen status without fear of being targeted for profiling. Give law enforcement the benefit of the doubt.

4) Build a wall along the border and use current technology to discover tunnels along the U.S. border.

5) Detain illegal aliens at the time of discovering they are illegal. Before deporting, run a full NCIC background check on those in custody. If they have warrants from previous encounters continue to detain them and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. If no warrants, deport them immediately.

6) Punish businesses that knowingly violate our laws by employing illegal or undocumented workers. Make the Social Security Administration accountable when a business runs a social security number. Hold employers accountable for reporting the employment status to the Social Security department at which point the Social Security dept. would then notify all other proper authorities.

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