President Trump is right: The U.S. must secure our borders from illegal immigration before we can reform our naturalization system. The U.S. must negotiate a strict treaty with Mexico to control their border with the U.S.
Mexico’s refusal or lack of interest in controlling their border with the U.S. deliberately violates our sovereignty and is a defacto state of war with the U.S. They deliberately let their people and drug dealers into the U.S. for their financial benefit. Violations of our borders by illegal immigrants threaten our national security and the health of our citizens.
Unless our borders are “iron curtains” with effective walls, immigration reform is a waste of time and represents political posturing used by the Democrats to curry favor with the Mexican illegals for their future votes after they have received amnesty. In the meantime, even more illegals will attempt to cross the porous border to receive such opportunities in the U.S. that are not available in Mexico.
It is obvious that the present process of naturalization is too long and expensive. It should be reformed to be a three-year process. If the candidate does not pass their test in that time, then another year should be granted. If that fails then the candidate should be deported, or placed on a temporary work program. Costs for new comers should be limited to clerical processing.
With anywhere from 12 to 20 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., our representatives will need to mount a draconian effort to train all these illegals in American culture, history, and English. Otherwise, we will not have an American system as we know it today for our grandchildren.
There must be a crackdown on all employers to require that all employees are legal immigrants or on the naturalization or official works program. Employers must be responsible for these foreign workers.
All the social welfare programs that attract the illegal immigrants must be eliminated. If you break our laws, you get nothing.
If guest workers are really needed in the U.S., they must be under contract for a finite time, bused from the border by their employers, housed at decent facilities, and returned to the border when the work is done. The families should not live with the workers, and only emergency medical service should be provided. Visas should be reviewed and policed to end permanent student “visits.” Only if American citizens cannot fill a need should guest workers be allowed in.
Family members should have to wait their turn to become citizens to enter the U.S. permanently, not as “tag ons” to naturalized members. “Sanctuary Cities” should be outlawed. Immigration must be on a need basis and put on a moratorium until the system is normalized. Welfare and “new voters” is not a need for immigration.
This article appears in Feb 16-23, 2017.