Illegal immigration problems


Border states bear the brunt
I'm torn on the illegal immigration problems.

On the one hand, as a libertarian and a free market advocate, I think that no nation should restrict immigration or emigration.

But on the other hand, because of a government that has turned semi-socialist and VERY statist, illegals get many of the benefits of citizenship without actually being citizens. While there is an obvious cost in some social services and infrastructure, the continued push to grant more "rights" to illegals is just wrong.

Illegals shouldn't be able to vote. They shouldn't counted as part of the census. And they shouldn't be allowed to ignore the law.

That last one is pretty important. Let's not forget that by definition, an illegal immigrant broke the law to be here. As I pointed out before, that isn't the only law broken by the unrestricted flow of illegal immigration. I say unrestricted for a very good reason. The borders are only guarded at certain points. There were two things in this Investor's Business Daily article that caught my eye. One was this.

The Washington Times reported Thursday that a Mexican government-funded humanitarian organization, Grupo Beta, maintains a number of aid stations for migrants along the border.

The paper also said that Grupo Beta worked with federal and Sonoran state police in April to help steer migrants away from areas on the Arizona border being patrolled at the time by Minuteman Project volunteers.

Bad enough that the Mexican government sanctions and aids people in breaking the US law. That has been open knowledge for years. But this is the one that puts it all in perspective.

His government has also made it clear from time to time that it frowns on tough U.S. border enforcement. After Congress in May passed the Real ID Act, which extended a border barrier south of San Diego and set legal residency requirements for drivers' licenses, Fox lodged a diplomatic complaint and Mexico's Interior Secretary blasted Real ID as "negative, inconvenient and obstructionist."

Think about that for a moment. The Mexican government frowns on the United States for enforcing it's own laws. Under any other circumstances, this would be called an invasion.

Why in the name of liberty are we allowing this to happen? Can you think of another country that would take this sort of attack from anyone, much less an ally and trading partner? As it happens, I do agree with him about the Real ID Act. But no one except the American people should be able to tell the United States government what to do.

Unfortunately, I don't see any easy answers to illegal immigration problem. I do see some harsh ones.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Sat - August 20, 2005 at 07:26 PM  Tag


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