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Open all
the Borders
by Eric Golo
Personally, I'm a fan of legallizing all entry
to the US. The reason
illegals are illegals is because they are desperate
to try to make a
better life for themselves and their families.
That's fine, as long as
they are willing to give something back to the
country that is
harboring them. (This strikes me as a very capitalistic
idea, so I
don't see why the GOP hasn't embraced it. Oh
yeah, I forgot, the
majority of illegals are Hispanic.) oh, and this
may sound
suspiciously like the worker visa idea that got
nixed a few years
back. That's largely because it is similar.
The bare bones of the idea are this:
Everyone who wants to come to this country to
work can walk into any
ICE office (setting them up in major airports,
ports, and borders has
to be cheaper than border patrol) and register
as an alien worker.
Such workers are required to check in with ICE
once every six months
and pay certain income taxes, including Medicare/Medicaid
(to more
than pay for he program). If they can't prove
that they already have
health insurance that will work in he US, they
will be allowed a
limited use of Medicaid until they can get something
better.
Oh, and any employer caught employing undocumented
persons for any job
will serve a mandatory 6 month prison sentence
per count and be fined
a minimum of $10K per count. No exceptions. This
should provide
deterrent and pay for enforcement.
Finally, anyone can take advantage of the Illegal
Aliens Act, just
like my late grandfather did. He was Russian
born, but grew up in
Cuba. At 17, he came here illegally searching
for opportunity. He fell
in love with this country and joined the army
for WWII. He was shot
twice by the Japanese in the Aleutian islands
and, after his tour of
duty was completed, he gained his citizenship.
Anyway, I'm sure there are some holes in my idea,
as I am writing this
under the influence of some serious new baby-induced
sleep deprivation.
Still, I think it should be seriously considered
and discussed. I think everyone
who wants to work here should have a chance
to, but they should give back
to the system, too. Most illegals are illegal
because they would be refused
visas due to quotas. This eliminates that issue
while also discouraging free rides.
Eric from Boston
Sent from iPhone
Damn, you typed all that on an iPhone?