Blame Mexico? You betcha!
Silvio Canto hits the nail on the head with a jackhammer in this post:
Lastly, and this is where I differ from many who have a hard time with the (fallacious) idea that we would have to "deport them all," I do blame every illegal alien for coming here, I blame them for staying here, I blame them for working here, and I blame them for sending money "home." If they did not know what they were doing was wrong, I might (a big might) feel a bit differently. But the illegals know what they are doing is wrong or they would not fear being caught. I'll go so far to say that even those who haven't "officially" tapped into our pocketbooks by getting some form of social assistance are aware that they cost Americans a lot by their illegal misdeeds. Is living in constant fear that your illegal acts might cause you to suffer consequences any way to live? The illegal alien, in his fear, is no different than any other criminal and is nearly identical to those who conspire to participate in a criminal enterprise; the word gets around and those who have less of a problem with lawbreaking are the ones who come here.
I have yet to hear any rational explanation why those whose first act, and continuous act, is the intentional disregard for our rule of law should be allowed any pathway to citizenship. In fact, the best way to teach their anchor babies about American ideals is to deport them along with their lawbreaking parents; the citizen anchors can come back if they choose after reaching adulthood. Or is their situation somehow different than a legitimately-born American child whose parents are being punished for breaking our laws? If both American parents of an American child go to prison for breaking the law, the child surely suffers his parents' consequences, and learns lessons in the process. Sending the anchor child back to the parents' home countries is actually more compassionate than the consequences brought upon children whose American parents are lawbreakers.
Why we would deny the same lesson to a child whose parents are illegal aliens is beyond me. Having a couple hundred-thousand American citizens sent home with their illegal alien parents might just teach Mexico a thing or two about how Western civilization works.
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Comprehensive immigration reform must include MexicoIn the "which came first" scenario regarding our current invasion of illegal aliens, I have to pick Mexico itself: It's government, its institutions, its endemic corruption and socio-cultural acceptance of La Mordida combined to trigger the crisis. Secondly, I point at any and every US-Based corporation that has forgotten the debt it owes to the nation and, therefore, feels unfettered from chasing profit with no concern for what it might do to the nation and its citizens. Thirdly, I blame our government for selling us out to corporations like those described above.
As we have said before, the answer lives in Mexico. The US can change its laws but it cannot fix Mexico.
At the end of the day, change will happen in Mexico when Pres. Calderon (and the Mexican Congress) can not count on $20 billion in "remesas".
Change will come when thousands of young men march in Mexico City rather than work in the US.
My solution is harsh but it is the best medicine for Mexico.
Close the border and force Mexicans to solve their problems.
Lastly, and this is where I differ from many who have a hard time with the (fallacious) idea that we would have to "deport them all," I do blame every illegal alien for coming here, I blame them for staying here, I blame them for working here, and I blame them for sending money "home." If they did not know what they were doing was wrong, I might (a big might) feel a bit differently. But the illegals know what they are doing is wrong or they would not fear being caught. I'll go so far to say that even those who haven't "officially" tapped into our pocketbooks by getting some form of social assistance are aware that they cost Americans a lot by their illegal misdeeds. Is living in constant fear that your illegal acts might cause you to suffer consequences any way to live? The illegal alien, in his fear, is no different than any other criminal and is nearly identical to those who conspire to participate in a criminal enterprise; the word gets around and those who have less of a problem with lawbreaking are the ones who come here.
I have yet to hear any rational explanation why those whose first act, and continuous act, is the intentional disregard for our rule of law should be allowed any pathway to citizenship. In fact, the best way to teach their anchor babies about American ideals is to deport them along with their lawbreaking parents; the citizen anchors can come back if they choose after reaching adulthood. Or is their situation somehow different than a legitimately-born American child whose parents are being punished for breaking our laws? If both American parents of an American child go to prison for breaking the law, the child surely suffers his parents' consequences, and learns lessons in the process. Sending the anchor child back to the parents' home countries is actually more compassionate than the consequences brought upon children whose American parents are lawbreakers.
Why we would deny the same lesson to a child whose parents are illegal aliens is beyond me. Having a couple hundred-thousand American citizens sent home with their illegal alien parents might just teach Mexico a thing or two about how Western civilization works.
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Labels: Anchor Babies, Immigration, Sovereignty, Western Civilization
