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I've discussed this with lawyers, illegal immigrants, legal immigrants, citizens, bar tenders, etc etc etc. I've discussed this immigration plan with everybody and nobody can really find any fault with it whatsoever. Is it really this simple?
Fact: Illegal Immigration makes things cheaper for us
Fact: Immigration helps bring smart, talented, hard working people to our country.
Fact: Supply and Demand economics does a far better job at regulating the market for illegal immigrants than Washington ever could.
Therefore, my immigration policy would be this:
For every illegal immigrant we ship back to their home country, we will take the next person on the list who has legally applied for citizenship and has been waiting patiently and legally in their home country, for the longest period of time.
Of course, there are details in that plan that would need to be fleshed out, but in principle, I'm not seeing why that wouldn't be a pretty good system... It would get dishonest people out of the country, it would encourage people to rat out illegal immigrants, and it would reinforce the fact that we want citizens who abide by the law. It would bring in a steady supply of workers, it would prevent us from being seen as anti-immigration. Morally and ethically, you can't deny that somebody who applied for citizenship and is waiting patiently shouldn't be given fewer rights than somebody who hops across the border illegally...
And this system isn't perfect. Ideally, everybody would stand patiently in line and do exactly what we say. But, naturally, that's not realistic. So, given the conundrum we're in and all this talk about building fences and other nonsense, why not come up with a policy that puts a high reward on people who do what they are supposed to be doing?
Fact: Illegal Immigration makes things cheaper for us
Fact: Immigration helps bring smart, talented, hard working people to our country.
Fact: Supply and Demand economics does a far better job at regulating the market for illegal immigrants than Washington ever could.
Therefore, my immigration policy would be this:
For every illegal immigrant we ship back to their home country, we will take the next person on the list who has legally applied for citizenship and has been waiting patiently and legally in their home country, for the longest period of time.
Of course, there are details in that plan that would need to be fleshed out, but in principle, I'm not seeing why that wouldn't be a pretty good system... It would get dishonest people out of the country, it would encourage people to rat out illegal immigrants, and it would reinforce the fact that we want citizens who abide by the law. It would bring in a steady supply of workers, it would prevent us from being seen as anti-immigration. Morally and ethically, you can't deny that somebody who applied for citizenship and is waiting patiently shouldn't be given fewer rights than somebody who hops across the border illegally...
And this system isn't perfect. Ideally, everybody would stand patiently in line and do exactly what we say. But, naturally, that's not realistic. So, given the conundrum we're in and all this talk about building fences and other nonsense, why not come up with a policy that puts a high reward on people who do what they are supposed to be doing?