Illegal means against the law, doesn’t it?

 

There’s no shortage of opinions on the subject of illegal immigration coming from the general population and from politicians. Overwhelmingly, the people want the illegals out and the gate closed while most of our politicians, for varied reasons, want amnesty for those here and to do nothing about those arriving daily.

 I can’t think of any country in the world that allows people to just drive, walk, fly or swim in and go to work. I’ve worked in Canada, England, Scotland, Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, The Philippines, Peru and China. Every one of these countries requires people who enter with the intent of working to have a passport, a visa and a work permit.

 There shouldn’t be a problem here. It’s against the law to enter this country without proper documentation. Anyone who does so has violated the law and is by definition, a criminal. We’re a nation of laws and there is no shortage of cops to see to it that the law is followed and scofflaws are arrested and brought to justice. It ought to be a simple matter. Keeping our borders secure is, sadly, under federal jurisdiction and therein lies the problem--the federal government refuses to enforce the law.

 Generally, Republicans in Washington see the illegals as a source of cheap labor, which keeps big and small business alike happy. In addition, the GOP has been trying to improve their share of the Hispanic vote. They fear that rounding up and deporting all the illegals would negatively impact those votes.

 Washington Democrats, on the other hand, historically get the majority of the Hispanic vote and want to increase the number of Democrat voting Hispanics to ensure that the Republicans are never elected again. Chucking out the illegals runs counter to their plans so they definitely don’t want the law enforced. In fact, they want to change the law to open the borders so as to get as many more as they can herd across the border.

 Those in favor of amnesty and unrestricted access to our southern border have settled on the line that these people are necessary to “do the jobs that Americans won’t do.”  They reckon they’ve come up with something that the public will believe if it’s repeated often enough. Americans won’t do those jobs for the same pay as the illegals. Americans did those jobs before the invasion from our southern neighbors.  

 Not everyone is happy with the state of things though. In fact, most American born citizens are convinced that allowing millions of ill-educated, non-English speaking people with minimum skills into the country is a bad idea.

 To be fair, not everyone in congress favors amnesty for those already here and an open border for all who want to join them. It’s just that there aren’t enough of them.

In study after study, it’s been found that the cost of having these people in our country costs the taxpayer—that’s you and me, billions every year. Space doesn’t allow me to quote all the sources I’ve located and their findings. If you can access the Internet, you can find the same information, from reputable sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau.

According to World Net Daily, “Texas’ illegal immigrant population is costing the state's taxpayers more than $4.7 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration, according to an analysis of the latest Census data by the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

According to the group, even if the estimated tax contributions of illegal immigrant workers are subtracted, net outlays still amount to more than $3.7 billion per year, costing the average, native-born Texas household about $725. The analysis looks at the costs to the state for education, health care and incarceration resulting from illegal immigration.

Texans spend more than $4 billion annually on education for illegal immigrant children and for their U.S.-born siblings. About 11.9 percent of the K-12 public school students in Texas are children of illegal aliens, according to the study.

Taxpayer-funded medical outlays for health care provided to the state's illegal alien population amount to about $520 million a year, according to FAIR.”

Everyone, except our federal politicians, agrees that we have a big problem. But if Congress won’t fix it, then who will--maybe a fresh batch of politicians?