Posted by
Compassionate Conservative on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:28:18 PM
Another letter to the Patriot-News editorial staff. Sometimes, these even get published. If this one does, it will ignite a firestorm.
"Cynthia Tucker writes that immigration reform will be "ugly" because, as President Obama has said, "any form of pathway for legalization for those who are already in the United States is unacceptable." Yes, Mr. President, and Ms. Tucker, some of believe the law should be enforced. Our country is flooded with illegal aliens, and this situation can't continue, because we can't know if illegal immigrants might be criminals, mentally ill people, or carriers of contagious diseases. This latter possibility has become more worrisome recently with the news that there is a worldwide swine flu epidemic raging, and deadly swine flu is not what we need here now, or ever; we have enough of our own problems.
Unfortunately, the current system of simply returning captured illegal aliens to their homeland at the expense of the U.S. taxpayer isn't working. They simply return as soon as they can. Discouraging these lawbreakers is therefore going to require tougher measures. Let's start instead by giving them one warning, so that the first time they come here illegally, we fly them home with the warning not to come here again without permission, while collecting a sample of their DNA.
Each time illegals are captured, their DNA can be compared with a database of previous lawbreakers to see if this is their first time. If it isn't, they can be deported again - just as soon as they pay back the taxpayer by working off their debt in a labor camp. There is precedent for this in our country. Many states, particularly in the South, have required prisoners to work off their debts to society by building roads, for example. I've heard numerous politicians and other public figures state that we desperately need to rebuild our infrastructure, including highways and other roads. These illegals could work on these kind of projects until such time as it is deemed that their debt to the U.S. taxpayer has been satisfied. Then, and only then, they'll be sent back again to their country.
This plan kills a couple of birds with a single stone: it deters illegal immigration while providing needed labor at low cost for rebuilding highways and other roads. It seems like a good, workable plan to me, which probably means it has little or no chance of ever becoming reality."