Solving Illegal Immigration

As history so brazenly writes the epitaphs of past societies, it looks like that the United States will follow those of the past who endeavored to create a governable state so that its citizens could live peacefully. Decay from within gradually erodes the noble foundation of such a state.

We have a date with destiny. It is clear that we cannot tolerate our freedom any longer. We prefer the slow agonizing death of self-indulgence to the continuation of our prosperity as a nation.

Every person who earns a living does so because of the success of a business. Our jobs all depend on the success of American business, yet we find them so contemptible that we tax them into either relocating or closing their doors.

Blaming our Government is easy. But we elect politicians to represent us and they are very attentive to the voters. Really the voters rule. We are to blame for our perceived or real troubles. "We the People" have the idea that others can do what we choose not to do. But the "Others" is not free, and when we delegate our share of the wheel turning to the "Others", we have to pay the price.

Are you one of those who feel that it is just our good fortune to have a poor Nation next to us that we can exploit for cheap labor? When we think of 'cheap labor', do you automatically think in terms of yard work, highway construction, or farm labor? Do you think that these people will do these very challenging labor-intensive jobs infinitum without seeking better for themselves?

Burgeoning illegal population has outstripped our need for cheap labor. What has happened is that as these poor can do better, they move on to better jobs. They do not want to do those crappy jobs either. As a worker moves up to a better paying job, the hard labor job is now vacant. That means we need another migrant worker to fill it. The process just keeps adding more and more workers to keep refilling an endless rotation of these labor intensive jobs.

Whenever a person sneaks into this country and allowed to set up residence here without learning about our institutions, our laws, our method of government, and our language, they get a tainted view of us. Yes, that is why the immigration process is so important. Immigrants need to learn about their new country. We used to refer to the United States as the 'melting pot' because the immigration process yielded Americans. This assimilation process is nonexistent with the illegal immigrant. He has no loyalty to this country, cannot speak the language, and personally taken advantage of, all because of his willingness to work cheap. His taste of this country is bitter and he lives in fear of deportation. It is no wonder that so many of these Illegal Immigrants still maintain their loyalty to the country they left.

You have it within your power as voting citizens to just say no to the endless stream of these Illegals. Believe it or not, life will carry on and we do not have to sacrifice our country in the process. The market will adjust the wages for that labor-intensive job and whenever the price becomes too high, somebody will come up with a way to economically accomplish the jobs with fewer workers. That is how it works. But as long as we have this endless supply of cheap labor, there is no incentive to fix the problem.

It is necessary to support efforts to enforce our immigration laws. In stark contradiction though, at the present, we need those workers, so hound the Congress to solve the problem. It is inconceivable to me that employment centers cannot be set up to match the employee with the employer. Full rights of citizenship are not necessary for a temporary worker. His employer should be responsible for the workers well-being while under his employ. To have the taxpayers pay for their upkeep so that an employer can have cheap labor is ridiculous. In the end, these employers will learn that this cheap labor may not be so cheap after all. Returning these jobs to our U.S. entry-level job seekers is important. Yes, the wages need adjustment to attract American workers, but in the end, the overall price will be cheaper. We might even realize side benefits such as the return of our hospital emergency rooms; eliminate the demand for more schools, and an end to the crime that is so prevalent in our illegal populations.

We can gain a lot by finding a solution that ends our need to have Illegals do work that we can and should be doing ourselves. So the question posed in the beginning of this column is do we continue down the self-indulgent road of having others do our work? Will we continue to allow our teens to live life as if they are entitled to everything while 'others' are doing the work and gradually stealing the country? The estimate now is that there are at least 12 million and maybe more illegal immigrants in this country. Their political power is growing, and the real impact is yet to come. These people will vote their interest just as you do now.

Cheers,

-Robert-