Finally, we are beginning to see some sanity introduced into our immigration laws with our Presidents proposal for temporary work visas followed by some “get tough measures” proposed by some congressmen. However, we must not repeat the error of the 80’s when an amnesty program proved to be a dismal failure. Also S.1438 is a start but more teeth is required.
To avoid that calamity we need to examine how we can effectively police illegal entries as well as overstays. Perhaps we need to remove this responsibility from the INS where some twenty or so years ago they asked aliens to quit registering annually as advertised by TV announcements for they at that time were seven years behind recording the annual registrations. (My Canadian wife was so told) Obviously a sever problem in that agency with either under funding or management or some combination of both.
Thus, one quick way to get a hold of the illegal stays & entries is to offer a bounty to licensed bounty hunters who would be supervised by the US Marshals office for lets say $500 per head. Public service announcements could be televised by the US Marshal offices requesting tips from the pubic. An incentive would be an award of a refundable $100 income tax credit for each nabbed violators. How else can we make a dent in reducing the estimated 11 million currently in our midst?
Another way would be to conscript any caught illegals (both male & female regardless of age) into special units of our military to serve for 4 years at home or abroad doing tasks that befit their skill levels. They could be educated at some level to make them better citizens of their home countries upon termination of service. Upon completion of their 4 year conscription they would be graded on a numeric graded from zero to 99 with the cream of the crop awarded with good references for fast track citizenship if they still seek opportunities in the US. Deportation for non-honorable duty acceptance would place them on a non-acceptable database file with iris scans and digitized fingerprints. Perhaps national border respect could be gained by these conscripted illegals if they were assigned to an Iraqi border contingent. Every 21 feet of that border the conscripted sentry would watch for unauthorized entry into Iraq. This would keep some 1.7 million busy on 24-7 shifts of 56 hour per week. If the illegals entries would dropped drastically the sentry force perhaps could then be filled by opening our prisons & releasing those druggies that are now doing nothing!
Large signs on the boarder in Spanish should forewarn the new arrivals about their upcoming four year commitment. Perhaps Fox will have to rewrite his pamphlets that now encourage this illegal activity when he realizes that we do not have an open border