This survey from Rasmussen Reports is no surprise.


Of course politics and donations from lobbyists is more important that what the American people want.

Thanks Owen at Boots & Sabers

Apparently congress is looking for ways to buckle under to recent demonstrations by protesters on immigration reform. I can't help but wonder how many of the protesters are in this country illegally, however I would put money on the percentage being a highly substantial number.


Well I for one wouldn't mind having to prove citizenship for work ...even if I wasn't already retired. For starters though, the 12 million estimate of illegal aliens is several years old now. It is quite likely closer to 20 million.

Now as to the new plan, I'll bet a cookie to a doughnut that the "secure the border first" will be a total sham. Oh there will be token steps taken in that direction, but then we will be told that effecting secure borders is underway, and the 12-year-amnesty plan will commence post haste.

But of course the borders will not really be secure, and the illegal border crossings will increase even more. In fact this will probably be similar to Reagan's 1986 amnesty plan that was supposed to secure the borders and didn't. Instead it gave us the problem we are now facing.

As much as I would like to see the borders secure, it isn't even necessary to drastically cut illegal immigration. However it is necessary for national security.

If the government was really interested in stopping illegal immigration, which they are not, they could do so in just a few short months. Enforce the present laws alone would be enough. However to effect immediate change they need to substantially increase employer fines for hiring anyone in this country illegally (i.e. fined thousands per worker and mandatory jail time). After a few employers do the perp walk in orange fatigues, no one would dare hire anyone not in the US legally. Not only that those that have illegal workers would let them go just out of fear of the consequences.

If done this way, soon (very soon) there would be no work for illegal immigrants. The demand for them as cheap laborers would dry up, and the deflating wage scales in many areas would rise. Also not a single illegal immigrant would have to be deported (assuming we don't give them welfare which they are not entitled to anyway). Without even a small chance of employment or social services the grass will be looking much greener at home. Most would go home, at least long enough to get in line and try for a legal path to work in this country. I and most citizens in this country don't have a problem with that.

As it is we already allow well over 2 million to immigrate to this country legally every year. Far more than any country, or continent. Maybe even the rest of the world for that matter.