Sunday - December 09, 2007

Dealing with Illegal Immigrants Through Attrition 

The supporters and enablers of illegal immigration, always argue against those of us on the other side by saying that we want mass deportations. They go on to say that mass deportations are impossible and therefore, the only real alternative is amnesty.

Of course there is another route to repatriating illegals to their home countries and that is through attrition. Take away their illicit jobs and deny government benefits, and their is nothing to draw or keep illegal aliens in the United States. 

D.A. King, an advocate for stopping illegal immigration, has an excellent editorial on this subject:

The transparent argument from those who will never relent on the amnesty-again agenda is that because we cannot round up and deport more than 20 million illegal aliens by sundown tomorrow (false choice "A"), the only other option is to legalize them as part of some contrived and disingenuous "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" program (false choice "B").

I know what the reader must be thinking: "Why is he bringing that up again? The amnesty attempt of 2007 was defeated in the U.S. Senate in June!"

Here is why: Just weeks after this year's attempt at forcing the now not-so-trusting American people to accept the legalization option, another nationwide push began to prepare them for the next one - but not until the elections are over.

But, for the "legalization now, legalization tomorrow and legalization forever" crowd, there is a rather inconvenient truth emerging in news stories from around the country.

Nearly every week Americans paying attention can read news reports from places where the law is actually being enforced about illegal aliens giving up and leaving for more hospitable places to look for a better life, either in other states here or back to their home countries.

Simply put, again: Enforcement works.

For many in the amnesty industry, the fervent hope is that either many Americans don't realize that the legalization option was tried - and failed - more than 21 years ago, or they can be convinced that Albert Einstein was wrong when he remarked that one definition of insanity was "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."

It is past time that pundits, editors and candidates for political office begin to recognize and discuss the third and seldom-mentioned option: Attrition through enforcement.

It doesn't take another Einstein to recognize that the idea of gradual attrition of the illegal population through the enforcement of existing laws while at the same time stopping illegal entries by securing our borders - at any cost - will work. It simply takes good old-fashioned common sense.  Read the rest here.

And in a related story, opponents of Arizona's strict employment law, which will for all intents and purposes put an end to the mass job market for illegals in that state, has survived an important court challenge: 

A federal judge late Friday tossed out the lawsuit challenging Arizona's employer-sanctions law, setting the stage for a quick second round of legal action before Jan. 1, when the law is set to take effect.

U.S. District Judge Neil Wake ruled that the business and Latino groups aimed their legal fire at the wrong targets in suing the governor and the state attorney general. Instead, they should have brought their complaint against the 15 county attorneys charged with enforcing the law.

The judge also suggested that the lawsuit was premature because there is no evidence anyone has been harmed. The ruling stunned attorneys representing the 12 groups that brought the suit in July.

It has potentially wide-reaching implications for Arizona businesses. Under the law any business that is found to have knowingly hired an illegal worker is subject to sanctions ranging from probation to a 10-day suspension of its business licenses. A second violation would bring permanent revocation of the license. Read more....

Secure the borders and enforce our laws---what a concept.....

Author: The Machiavellian
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