Thursday, February 20, 2014

Illegal Aliens Living in the Shadows? I Don't Think So!



Sometimes I believe we live in a parallel universe.  There is Washington D.C. reality, and then we have the rest of the country.  Nothing better illustrates this than the illegal alien controversy.  I don’t know how many times I’ve heard both republican and democratic politicians demand we bring these people out of the shadows.  I’m here to tell you they aren’t living in the shadows.  As a matter of fact, they are shamelessly in our face about it.




You can go to any given business, and you’ll see an illegal alien working there.  Many cater to illegals.  Go to a Lowes or a Home Depot.  Ever notice Spanish signs littering the hallways?  Go to a public school and you’ll see their children.  Hell, they’re demanding in-state college tuition and taxpayer funded assistance.  Does that sound like a people living in the shadows to you?




 What we have are a bunch of gutless wonders roaming the halls of Congress.  One of them is Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina.

CARY — Facing criticism within her own party, U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers on Wednesday doubled down on her push to give legal status to millions of immigrants living illegally in the country.
The Dunn Republican is making immigration overhaul a top priority even as it becomes a flashpoint in her re-election campaign and the prospect of a deal appears to fade on Capitol Hill.
“If I can do anything in Washington, I’d like to solve this problem,” the second-term lawmaker told a forum of immigration advocates in Cary.
Ellmers offered a broad outline of a plan that puts the emphasis foremost on securing the nation’s borders, while also including legal status for the roughly 11 million people living in the United States illegally.
It is not the equivalent of citizenship, Ellmers cautioned, but a lesser status that she did not define. To gain legal status, she said, immigrants would have to verify their identity, pay a penalty and admit wrongdoing.
“We have to put forward a process where they can achieve that goal,” she said. “I don’t know what that is going to look like.”
The notion of self-deportation is not workable, she asserted.
“It is not practical, it is not common sense, to assume that 11 or 12 … million people are simply going to pick up and leave our country,” Ellmers said. “It is not possible because they have built their lives here, they have built their families here.”



There is a practical way.  But it would mean bucking the Washington D.C. establishment.  First of all, we must abolish birth right citizenship.  Second, illegal alien children will not have access to a public school education.  That means reversing rogue rulings by the federal judiciary.  Thirdly, States must have the ability to enforce immigration laws. But most importantly, States must punish businesses that hire and house them.  Take away their incentives and they will leave.  Enact another Simpson-Mazzoli and the third-world invasion continues.






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