Illegal Immigration in The U.S.

No one knows the true number of illegal immigrants in the United States. Figures are used on the basis of nothing factual. It can be twenty million illegal immigrants, it can be seventy million. No one knows. During the annual census taken every ten years in the United States, many illegal immigrants do not respond to the census, (even though it does not question immigration status), regardless of how minimally intrusive is the census. They are already marginalized, and many live in fear. The message to illegal immigrants has been loud and clear for a long time- Your labor is wanted, but you are not. We want you to do the hard labor that Americans will not do, at a low price, and in return we want to give you nothing. Ronald Reagan, a conservative, gave a pathway to legitimacy for illegal immigrants. It was the right thing to do, but was missing one critical piece - properly securing the borders of the United States. A new Ronald Reagan type program to address illegal immigration will secure the borders and accomplish the following: 1. Millions of illegal immigrants in the United States pay taxes, contribute to the economy, perform essential jobs and tasks that Americans will not do. It is not realistic to expect there will be mass deportations, regardless of how appealing this might sound from a politician. It is not practical, and it is not achievable. Do what Ronald Reagan did, and allow illegal immigrants, most of whom are decent, hardworking people, an opportunity to no longer be marginalized. Allow them to register, and after a certain number of years have passed, grant them green cards and a path to citizenship. For those illegal immigrants that commit crimes, including drunk driving, have them deported. Immigration enforcement, already stretched, has failed miserably in removing illegal immigrants that are criminals. By allowing a legitimate path for illegal immigrants, resources will finally be available to remove those illegal immigrants that are criminals and terrorists. 2. The people that do the important labor that illegal immigrants perform will no longer be marginalized. One white racist who has made a fortune from Jew hate decries how illegal immigration, which he blames on Jews, is harming the white race( ignoring the fact that Judaism is a religion, not a race). Illegal immigrants come from all lands, including Europe, but mostly Mexico because that is a far poorer country than the United States, and the two share a large border. There is no secret Jewish plot to flood America with nonwhites, as this person pretends to believe in, while he collects donations from easily led fools that want an easy scapegoat to blame for a complicated problem. The simple fact is that desperate people that live in conditions of abject poverty, overpopulation and violence will do everything they can to escape and have a better life in a land where there is hope. That white racist so called leader, wealthy from hate and never having to work a real job, despises the illegal immigrants, but you will never see that lazy crybaby sob or people like him in the fields picking crops, repairing roofs on a hot summer day, or any kind of job that requires real sweat and tears. 3. There are few livable places in the world anymore. The more the countries around the United States continue to be racked with poverty, violence, overpopulation, the more desperate people will do anything they can to enter the United States. Everything the United States and developed countries can do to provide sensible family planning (not abortion) to third world countries will help in reducing poverty, environmental degradation and overpopulation, and the need for people to flee from their places of birth. Helping other countries to have stable economies that are free from religious, political and criminal violence, will help enormously. Desperate people will seek jobs and a better life elsewhere, no matter the risks they must take, not because they want to break immigration laws, but because it is human nature to want to help feed and support one's own family. 4. Everyone knows that most illegal immigrants perform hard labor jobs that few Americans will touch. Nothing good comes from wanting their labor only, while continuing to marginalize and exploit this invaluable population.