Monday, March 27, 2006

Illegal Immigrants- A chance to solve the problem for once and for all


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This is a very complex issue and the issue itself can put different family members on opposite sides of the issue. So what do we have as choices as a country? I have listed many below. Let me know which you favor and any new ones I can add. Some are harsh and some not possible but we need to start somewhere so here's a list:
1) Do nothing
2) Build a secure fence on all our Borders with Mexico.
3) Enforce existing laws and send as many illegal immigrants back to Mexico or their country of origin.
4) Give amnesty for those already here and allow them to get right with the law by registering their family.
5) Open our Borders to the South and allow any who choose to come here to come legally.
6) Start an initiative to change the tax code from an Income Tax to a Consumption Tax to capture revenue lost from illegal immigrants to pay for Social and Medical Services.
7) Increase the use of Technology i.e. cameras, electronic eavesdropping equipment, etc. to assist in monitoring our Borders and capturing those entering illegally.
8) Provide Billions in aid to help develop Mexico's business community and create many new jobs in Mexico, making it more desirable to stay in Mexico.
9) Insist Mexico's policy on illegal immigrants from their southern border be the same policy they support from the U.S. on the Northern border as well.
10) Create more tourism in Mexico to help increase businesses.
11) Support an increase in Minimum wages in Mexico to improve the lives of Mexicans
12) Use the demonstrations currently in various cities to help identify those here illegally by establishing various areas where INS officials and police ask demonstrators for proper identification
13) Your ideas!?

I personally like the idea of changing the Tax code from an Income Tax system to a Consumption system as a start. I would also have a special Luxury Tax for large ticket items to help tax the wealthiest Americans. I think if they felt people were paying for their fair share of the burden on Education, Social Services and Medical Services, certainly I would. Another idea I like is to provide $Billions in aid to Mexico with strings attached to raise the minimum wage, and providing support to guard the borders and intervene for those trying to cross the border. If Mexico were to provide more opportunities for their people they wouldn't be so interested in leaving their families in Mexico to come here and be exploited by the Agriculture Industry.

These people are a real value add to America in so many ways. Their sense of family being the most important value they have, should resonate with us. We should set conditions that make us want to embrace them here not reject them. Come on folks, how about some creative new ideas to do this.

UPDATE: March 28, 2006
After listening to all the "conversations" in the media about this problem I am starting to form a more hard line position on the issue. I would love to solve the problem for the future but we have to address the problem now. Therefore, without something approved by the Congress and Senate to secure the borders, I can not support any provision regarding the estimated 11-20 million illegals here now. If we don't secure the borders this truly will encourage more to be illegal in hopes of becoming legal at some future point in time.

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