America’s success has taught a lesson to historians. The “American experiment” has, from its very beginnings, required the rule of law. Respect for the law is at the core of our culture and is an essential pillar of American exceptionalism. Our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution in significant part to enshrine the rule of law, and they designated the document itself as “the supreme Law of the Land.”
When laws that are on the books are ignored, it breeds contempt for the law. If laws are not enforced, many people get the impression that obeying the law is optional. It is no longer a moral obligation; it is now but a business decision, in which they may weigh the risk against the potential for profit.
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Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). He signed the amnesty law because granting amnesty was supposed to be in exchange for future enforcement of America’s immigration law. The motive was much like that of Pres. George H. W. Bush when he broke his “Read my lips: no new taxes” pledge by approving a tax increase in exchange for promised spending cuts. The cuts did not materialize. Reagan’s bargain was amnesty for an anticipated 1 million illegal aliens in exchange for serious, effective enforcement of immigration law, in perpetuity. What Reagan got from IRCA was amnesty for 3 million illegal aliens and effectively reduced immigration enforcement each year since. We have actually had six amnesties since 1986, and respect for the rule of law has also eroded each year.
Vested interests in open borders have collaborated to undermine immigration law. Both the Left and the Right have advanced their interests at the expense of the rule of law. Democrats are empowered by the immigration of undocumented Democrats, and business interests profit from cheap labor. Both are indignant that the defenders of American borders and sovereignty insist that law abiders are more virtuous than law breakers. As Rep. Barber Conable (R., N.Y.) once said, “Hell hath no fury like a vested interest masquerading as a moral principle.” I have listened to the indignant voices of the vested interests for nine years of hearings before the House Committee on Immigration. Their relentlessness has encouraged law breakers and discouraged and confused law enforcers. The result remains: open borders, sanctuary cities, 12 to 20 million illegals, 7 to 8 million illegal workers, Department of Justice litigation against states for enforcing immigration law, and a Department of Homeland Security that refuses to enforce any aspect of immigration law with which the president disagrees.
When the executive branch obstructs enforcement by the states of laws that are exactly in sync with federal law, and refuses to enforce federal law itself, it’s time to change the paradigm. I looked at each agency and asked the question, “Which agency’s authority carries the most respect, and which agency’s reputation compels the most voluntary compliance?” The answer was obvious — the Internal Revenue Service — and the result is the Illegal Deduction Elimination Act, or New IDEA.
New IDEA (HR-3720) states explicitly that wages and benefits paid to illegals are not tax deductible. It gives employers “safe harbor” if they use the Internet-based E-Verify program to verify legal status during their hiring process, but it does not require them to do so. During a normal audit, the IRS would run employees’ I-9 identification information through the E-Verify program; whenever a worker could not be verified as a lawful employee, the IRS would not allow the deduction of that employee’s wages and benefits as a business expense. This would be, in effect, a tax or penalty on the employment of illegal immigrants. For example, a $10-per-hour illegal employee would cost $16 an hour without the normal tax deductions. With a six-year accumulated statute of limitations, employers will calculate the inevitability of an eventual audit and use E-Verify to clean up their work forces, whether abruptly or incrementally.
New IDEA also requires the IRS to set up a cooperative team with the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration. Illegal employees often pay into Social Security under false Social Security numbers, creating thousands of “no match” letters from the Social Security Administration. This massive evidence of illegal employment is often ignored. Homeland Security needs this “no match” information to enforce the law, and the executive branch requires a clear directive from Congress.
Former speaker Newt Gingrich put it this way: “Steve King’s New IDEA proposal is the most effective proposal anyone has developed for making it expensive when employers hire people illegally. When combined with E-Verify, it offers a practical path toward an American work force that is entirely legal.”
Gov. Rick Perry had this to say of New IDEA: “Congressman King’s New IDEA Act is much needed outside-the-box thinking to address the challenge of illegal immigration. In Texas, we have fought for similar measures to remove incentives for employers to hire illegal workers. Congress should act immediately on Rep. King’s legislation.”
American exceptionalism cannot be sustained without the rule of law. Whether amnesty is granted by Congress or whether de facto amnesty is achieved by the Obama administration, an essential pillar of our exceptionalism has been nearly chiseled away.
Former senator Rick Santorum agrees: “America could not have come into being without the rule of law. Neither can we expect to continue into the future as a great nation if we fail to secure our borders and fail to enforce our laws. Congressman Steve King’s New IDEA Act will go a long way towards refurbishing the essential pillar of American exceptionalism we revere as the rule of law.”
“We the People” must now elect a president who will restore the rule of law and make America, once again, a nation that proudly proclaims her greatness and the reason for our greatness as a people. Our citizens must revere the pillars of our civilization and vow to preserve, protect, and restore all of them, starting with the rule of law.
― Steve King is the U.S. representative from Iowa’s 5th congressional district.
Excellent column and great thanks and appreciation to Rep. Steve King for fighting the scourge of illegal immigration.
We all know that Obama and the Democrats will not support IDEA because it will actually decrease illegal immigration.
And I do not trust Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry to effectively combat illegal immigration either. Gingrich wants to amnesty most illegals with his ridiculous "red card" scheme, while Perry signed his state's misnamed "Dream Act" into law and wants to amnesty and re-label illegals as "guest workers."
For all his perceived faults, Mitt Romney has the best record and current ideas of how to fight illegal immigration and deal with the illegals here, as he endorses an attrition policy of enforcing current laws.
This is a big reason why I am supporting Gov. Romney.
Rep. King’s proposal is reasonable and would work. There should also be fines levied against the illegal immigrants who seek employment (using fraudulent documents or misrepresentation) in addition to the fines for employers, since both are guilty of breaking the law. A fine of $1,000 (issued as bail amount since illegal immigrants have no incentive to pay a fine otherwise) would be a reasonable deterrent. Illegal immigrants will self deport if there were consistently applied fines for fraudulently applying for work, and if the vast number of illegal benefits given to illegal immigrants was halted.
Republicans have on their side the fact that they are being reasonable, despite false accusations otherwise. While many U.S. citizens agree with Rep. King, the Democrats are reaching out to the illegal immigrant population and those who support them in an unprecedented manner. Their criticisms of King are even more clearly seen as unreasonable when one examines the unsustainable and outlandish benefits and super-citizen status that the Democrats are bestowing on foreigners breaking U.S. immigration, employment, and tax laws.
The Obama administration and other Democrats are giving illegal immigrants unrestricted benefits and not holding them responsible for any laws they break. These Democrats are spending money on illegal immigrants like drunken sailors and expect that no one is smart enough to see that their plan is unrealistic and will implode.
Here is what the Democrats offer illegal immigrants in excess of what is available to U.S. citizens. I ask anyone to say with a straight face that these benefits are reasonable.
(1) A Dream Act amnesty is argued to be a moral imperative because non-U.S.-born American students are the "best and brightest”, a claim that Democrats simply cannot verify, and a claim that most scholars would adamantly deny. College-age children of illegal immigrants currently receive full financial aid because of special treatment due to their illegal immigration status NOT requiring such parents to report any income and listing 000-00-000 as their social security numbers. Citizen parents are expected to pay $100,000 or more for college and Obama insults our kids by saying non-U.S.-borns are the "best and brightest". Does this man have a conscience?
Most recently, the Democrats in California enacted their own "Dream Act" which because of how it is written will effectively make eligible all 15 - 30 year olds from anywhere other than the U.S. (a candidate pool of 1.5 billion) to obtain a fully funded college education on the backs of hard working U.S. Americans (or a Federally guaranteed student loan that the taxpayers will have to pay back). The anti-American Democratic Party has incoherently deemed anyone from anywhere as the "best and brightest" compared to U.S. American-born youth, who according to them do not deserve one scrap of benefits from their hard work and tax dollars of their parents (but who do deserve to pay increasingly high tuitions). I dare any politician to say that non-U.S.-born youth are the “best and brightest” or “more entrepreneurial” compared to U.S. American-born youth in direct contradiction to scientific evidence.
(2) The Obama administration is working hard to establish the preferred right for foreign nationals to take work from U.S. American citizens based on the flawed premise that U.S. Americans employers are inherently discriminatory against foreign nationals rather than the more obvious interpretation that most U.S. American employers are law-abiding. Over 1 million Latinos immigrants (legal and illegal) displaced 1 million U.S.-born workers since Obama took office in 2009, yet the Obama administration Dept. of Labor promises more help for Latinos regardless of legal status. Despite U.S. American citizen parents paying $100,000 or more for college educations for our kids, jobs will first go to those whose parents’ broke our laws and paid nothing to educate their kids. Talk about “injustice”.
Any U.S. American citizen who votes Democratic is voting against the U.S. American youth, who by the way are the “best and brightest” as can be verified. Rep. King seems to get that simple truth.
Rep. King’s proposal is reasonable and would work. There should also be fines levied against the illegal immigrants who seek employment (using fraudulent documents or misrepresentation) in addition to the fines for employers, since both are guilty of breaking the law. A fine of $1,000 (issued as bail amount since illegal immigrants have no incentive to pay a fine otherwise) would be a reasonable deterrent. Illegal immigrants will self deport if there were consistently applied fines for fraudulently applying for work, and if the vast number of illegal benefits given to illegal immigrants was halted.
Republicans have on their side the fact that they are being reasonable, despite false accusations otherwise. While many U.S. citizens agree with Rep. King, the Democrats are reaching out to the illegal immigrant population and those who support them in an unprecedented manner. Their criticisms of King are even more clearly seen as unreasonable when one examines the unsustainable and outlandish benefits and super-citizen status that the Democrats are bestowing on foreigners breaking U.S. immigration, employment, and tax laws.
The Obama administration and other Democrats are giving illegal immigrants unrestricted benefits and not holding them responsible for any laws they break. These Democrats are spending money on illegal immigrants like drunken sailors and expect that no one is smart enough to see that their plan is unrealistic and will implode.
Here is what the Democrats offer illegal immigrants in excess of what is available to U.S. citizens. I ask anyone to say with a straight face that these benefits are reasonable.
(1) A Dream Act amnesty is argued to be a moral imperative because non-U.S.-born American students are the "best and brightest”, a claim that Democrats simply cannot verify, and a claim that most scholars would adamantly deny. College-age children of illegal immigrants currently receive full financial aid because of special treatment due to their illegal immigration status NOT requiring such parents to report any income and listing 000-00-000 as their social security numbers. Citizen parents are expected to pay $100,000 or more for college and Obama insults our kids by saying non-U.S.-borns are the "best and brightest". Does this man have a conscience?
Most recently, the Democrats in California enacted their own "Dream Act" which because of how it is written will effectively make eligible all 15 - 30 year olds from anywhere other than the U.S. (a candidate pool of 1.5 billion) to obtain a fully funded college education on the backs of hard working U.S. Americans (or a Federally guaranteed student loan that the taxpayers will have to pay back). The anti-American Democratic Party has incoherently deemed anyone from anywhere as the "best and brightest" compared to U.S. American-born youth, who according to them do not deserve one scrap of benefits from their hard work and tax dollars of their parents (but who do deserve to pay increasingly high tuitions). I dare any politician to say that non-U.S.-born youth are the “best and brightest” or “more entrepreneurial” compared to U.S. American-born youth in direct contradiction to scientific evidence.
(2) The Obama administration is working hard to establish the preferred right for foreign nationals to take work from U.S. American citizens based on the flawed premise that U.S. Americans employers are inherently discriminatory against Latinos and foreign nationals rather than the more obvious interpretation that most U.S. American employers are law-abiding. Over 1 million Latinos immigrants (legal and illegal) displaced 1 million U.S.-born workers since Obama took office in 2009, yet the Obama administration Dept. of Labor promises more help for Latinos regardless of legal status. Despite U.S. American citizen parents paying $100,000 or more for college educations for our kids, jobs will first go to those whose parents’ broke our laws and paid nothing to educate their kids. Talk about “injustice”.
Any U.S. American citizen who votes Democratic is voting against the U.S. American youth, who by the way are the “best and brightest” as can be verified. Rep. King seems to get that simple truth.
I was looking for the part where there was NO amnesty, No work permit (Red Card) or "Town council of elders" to provide amnesty ala Gingrich, DREAM act ala Perry - I'm looking for the part that said they all must return home and apply for citizenship LEGALLY just like everyone else. Call me doubtful but right now the only one's I will vote for are Romney or Bachmann, because at least they don't have D's or F's from the immigration rating sites like NumbersUSA.
All the other Republicans have some sort of soft amnesty on the table, where it would just take one congress, an executive order, or most likely one Judge somewhere to grant them all citizenship and voting rights. Then watch the 3rd world spread to the rest of the US, not just where it's taken hold now.
Did you swallow hook, line, and sinker Ann Coulter's column last week - - her deliberate lie-by-omission that Rick Santorum is soft on illegal immigration because he voted against E-verify? She didn't bother to explain that Santorum voted AGAINST the John McCain-Teddy Kennedy Amnesty travesty in '06, a bill that just happend to contain an extension of the existing E-Verify. At the time, Santorum said he supported extending E-Verify, and had voted for the original bill containing E-Verify, but he would not vote yes on the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty bill just to get E-Verify.
Wow, assume much? I'll go with NumbersUSA's D- for Santorum and an illegal immigration squish, including the following tidbits:
"At the Republican debate on September 7, 2011, Sen. Santorum said: "We are going to secure the border first, and that's the most important thing to do, then we'll have the [amnesty] discussion afterwards."
"In a January 24, 2011, interview, Sen Santorum said: "When you open up the spigot a little bit more, that gives people the opportunity to go back to Mexico and not have to wait 10 years to come back to this country, maybe wait a relatively short period of time, and come in the right way, and come in so they can stay and they can prosper..."
Anyone who doesn't explicitly say they will ENFORCE the LAWS on the books - with no "touchback", waivers, worker programs, etc. Only qualified immigrants who legally apply, follow the laws and can bring value to the US should be here.
Republicans seem to be reflexively and uncontrollably committed to driving the Hispanic vote to the Democrats, and to massively empowering government with obsession over immigration. The illegal immigration problem has been diminishing under current policies, and most of the "solutions" require a big increase of power for governments (in this case the IRS). Most of this hysteria is games playing - red meat for the nativists, who unfortunately have loud voices right now.
Rep. King,
IDEA would only work if the IRS could audit sufficient numbers of small businesses to be effective. That would then have the unfortunate effect of costing those same small businesses huge sums of money complying with the audits. My experience has been that the IRS spends most of its time auditing larger businesses, as they can always find something to assess.
E-verify; no social benefits without citizenship; no anchor babies; and summary deportation without delay will go a long way to solving the problem.
The fallacy that we cannot deport 14 million illegals must be regected. Once the word is out that, if found, you will be deported, you will find that most illegals will return to their home countries. If wee treated illegals from Mexico (the main source) the same way that Mexico treats illegals in its country, the problem would mostly solve itself.
There isn't an issue that gets me more angry than illegal immigration. That all Administrations over the past 25 years have turned a blind eye to it for political reasons is disgusting and shameful. That the Obama Administration has turned it into a fundrasing and campaign theme is bordering on traitorous. If a guy in Monterey is able to have access to, use, benefit from everything I do as an American citizen - then what does being an American citizen mean? A few citites in CA and CT are now arguing to even let illegals vote in municipal elections.
Talk about being disenfranchised!
The problem with this issue is there are very few champions. The Democrats would sell their mother if it meant a few more votes and the Republicans would sell their sister for cheaper labor. So where does that put the rest of us? Well, try reading V.D. Hansons's excellent book, "The Immigration Solution" to get a REAL WORLD view of what illegal immigration means. (His excellent recent post here at NRO is also a good storyline as well.)
Rome fell for many reasons, one key was their inability to control their borders. In today's time, of iPods, TV, DVR, and instant analysis - little, subtle things like that are lost on the national blotter. The MSM are complicit in their desire to not only dismiss the issue as one of xenophobic rage, but turn their heads to the real costs and pernicious consequences to all Americans, but most especially the poor and low income.
As to bending over to get the Hispanic vote, well, I think they're wrong. Mexicans who left Mexico to come to the US didn't do so because they wanted to make the US Mexican. They came her for work and the promise of what America has to offer. As such, they, as much as anyone, appreciate the character, the opennes of what makes America what it is and the American character. I do not believe they want an "open borders" policy like that advocated by racist organizations like "La Raza". I mean, talk about racist - what do you think the reaction would be if there was an advocacy group called "The Europeans". There'd be selective outrage among the gliterrati.
Immigration should be made very selective - only those who can contribute at the higher end. We have had enough farmworkers, yard guys, waitresses, and dishwashers. We need engineers, scientiests, doctors, and other professionals - so let's expand our H1-B visa program, significantly tighten the border with Mexico and have the Feds actively work with states to implement Employment Check through the system designed, and have all illegals check in at their local schools (e.g. like Alabama). Have such rules passed by Congress so that Federal courts and air head Holder can't come after folks.
It's time to stop kicking at least one can down the road. And for DREAM act, you have to be kidding me !! You'd have half of Mexico sign up for correspondence courses in everything from hairdressing to small engine repair. And, in so doing, they'd be allowed to come here. Get REAL! How many of America's current poor are you going to kick in the gut to buy votes!
Rep. King is usually smart on illegal immigration, but this proposed policy is thin gruel.
It does virtually nothing to actually weed illegals out of the workforce -- bypassing the highly effective E-Verify program (effectively killing it off, even) in favor of a minor tax on illegals, and with a six-year (!) statue of limitations at that. In other words, it is a de facto amnesty ... making it a small wonder that the likes of Gingrich, Perry and Santorum (the same types of spineless Republicans who support the illegal invasion of America with whom Rep. King claims to find fault).
The polls I've seen show that something like 80% of the American people want our immigration laws enforced (compared to, what, 2% of our political and media elite?). This question garners more consensus, crossing political-party lines, than any other issue.
The American people see that illegal immigration leads to dramatic increases in welfare, diversion of resources from national security and infrastructure, destruction of the rule of law, cultural division and unwanted and radical negative cultural change, unfairness to the world's legal immigrants (usually educated, skilled and America-loving people -- unlike the illegals), unemployment and/or reduced wages for Americans, and most importantly a decline in our average education level, skills base and per capita GDP (i.e., living standards).
And yet, even though enforcement is about the most popular position in American politics, the abused American people have endured decades of inaction on the part of the federal government. Most of us don't really trust Congress and the President to do anything in our interests on this question anymore, and even those who understand the problem like Rep. King are now giving us pathetic, no-enforcement "solutions" like this IDEA act.
What we need is a combination of
1) mandatory national E-Verify
2) local enforcement of immigration law
3) moving from a family/illegal-based immigration status quo to one that prioritizes skills and education
4) the establishment of databases to understand what visas have been overstayed
5) database coordination to catch illegal aliens at work via the IRS, in the motor vehicle registries, and through local law enforcement when they commit other crimes
6) a citizens hotline for reporting of immigration violations
7) a secure border
The only presidential candidates who seem aware of this are Romney and Bachmann. Unfortunately, his siding with the worst amnesty fans (Gingrich, Perry and Santorum) reveals Rep. King's real intentions here. It is sad to see yet another lawmaker abandon the segment of American voters who do not America to be a normal, affluent, free, First World country that can lead and inspire the world ... as opposed to the Third World, poverty-stricken has-been that illegal immigration is turning us into.
This country is doomed if Obama and his left wing group is re elected, state rights, 2nd amendment are under attack, as illegal immigration, welfare, and weak leadership destroys this country from within, demise of America.
The sad truth is most American Latinos are soft on immigration enforcement because they usually have relatives and friends hopping the border, using fake or stolen social security numbers, driving without a license, etc.
With most economists predicting a sour economy and high unemployment for the forseeable future, there is no reason to be importing half of Mexico, half of India, half of China, half of the Arab/Muslim world.
We should not only enforce immigration law, we should reduce legal immigration for the next ten years.
Great idea. Now, all we have to do is get it past the Senate and have the President sign it. Obama can't not sign it (it makes too much sense) so he will rely on Harry Reid to squash it in the Senate. Harry isn't worried about this election, he has 4 more years to do harm.
Now, on to the bigger point of Rep. King's essay. We aren't enforcing the laws on the books. One reason is that there are too many laws and regulations! We need to start culling the herd. The Administration and it's various departments should know which laws they ignore or are outdated. Have the President tell Congress which ones he has no intention of enforcing. If Congress agrees, repeal the law/statute. The Administration can repeal the regulations. If Congress disagrees, have them cut the budget to that department that is devoted to that law. If they aren't enforcing it, they don't need the money!
Let's face it, there are over 20,000 laws concerning guns in this country. None of them have any affect on crime. It's illegal to murder someone, regardless of the weapon. It's illegal to rob someone, whether you use a gun, Social Security or a rock. Why all the gun laws?
God was able to organize a civilized society around ten simple laws. The first three covered our relationship with God. So, it only took 7 to organize civilization (just tossing a bone to the atheists out there). Maybe we should try to emulate God and simplify things (I know, the Libs also have a problem with the adultery part).
All the Republicans who are speaking out on the core issues have approached the alarming problem of illegal immigration in different ways. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has already presented himself as a passive politician and caused public uproar. We already have government policies with court enacted laws forcing the 50 states to extend public assistance programs, opening them up to 20 million plus illegal alien populace within our country. These persons have slipped past border agents or jetted here from other nation and then we are forced to support them? Gingrich, as a potential President paralyzed a large proportion of his audiences prior to the Iowa caucus, stating he would even entertain some path to legitimacy, but devoid of citizenship. This is certainly not agreeable with the millions in the TEA PARTY member, as this would just pilot to an even larger avalanche of poor people from other countries. Mitt Romney and Michelle Bachmann jumped, almost instantly on Gingrich plan as “amnesty” which it most certainly is, as it just adds up to pardoning people who criminally stole in this country, without permission.
That is what immigration laws are for and must be observed. Anybody who thinks that a poorly secured border is not going to lure, as a temptation in running the enforcement gauntlet needs to see a shrink? Each year “The Pew Research Center” estimates 500.000 untracked people arrive here either by plane or slip past the open areas, not covered by the border fence. How can anybody say that theses impoverished people are not going to take advantage of Gingrich formula? After Reagan's 1986 amnesty the numbers climbed dramatically, because of rampant fraud and a disinterested administrations that should have prosecute business who hired foreigners. George Bush passed the 2006 Secure Fence Act, but as of today, the money was never appropriated. Consider these facts; If Congress was unwavering in halting illegal immigration, they would have passed laws to make it a—FELONY. Additionally if Congress had the desire to eventually close the border tight, the 2006 secure fence would have already been completed, as two fences parallel to each other and decked with concertina razor wire? Those two enforcement laws, would also kept the criminals out and allowed the US border Patrol to rove in between the fences rapidly, to apprehend foreign nationals? New tea Party leaders will ensure no amnesties, no Sanctuary cities or Dream Acts. Governors, Judges, chief of police or lower official will be prosecuted for any misconduct of the 1986 IRCA laws, together with loss of federal funding.
The current questionable push by the Liberal press is illegal aliens do pay taxes. Yes many do, but they are using either a stolen Social Security numbers, or an IRS number known as an ITIN number. A substantial motivation is they have no choice, if they want to get on a payroll job? Then according to the 'Heritage Foundation' the amount of $113 Billion dollars goes to subsidize illegal aliens from taxpayers and every year that amount is rising. As released by the IRS, illegal immigrants are returned 4.5 Billion in child/parent tax credits. Little known is that foreign invaders send out of the country annually to foreign banks, between 40-46 billion dollars. Yes! They do pay taxes, but it hardly reduces the money extorted from federal and state taxpayers for children of illegal aliens. Money going to educate, the massive health care deficit and an overpopulated prison system filled with drug dealers, murderers, rapists, pedophiles and a growing percentage of hit and run drunken drivers; those that are caught.
We have a new sordid problem that is rising from the gutter. That Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption has revealed its 2011 list of Washington’s “Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The members of the Obama Administration on the list, in alphabetical order, include: Attorney General Eric Holder; read about Eric Holder’s connection with ACORN, The voter fraud organization and the Gun running scandal—’Fast and furious.” President Barack Obama questionable association with ACORN, AHCOA (Affordable Housing Centers of America), the renamed ACORN Housing organization which has a long history of corrupt activity and other illicit association, costing billions of taxpayer dollars. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano: While Attorney General Eric Holder was busy suing states fighting to shelter themselves from uncontrolled illegal immigration in 2011, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has overseen a campaign to bypass Congress and provide amnesty to millions of illegal alien invaders, all in an evident attempt to acquire more votes for Obama’s reelection. Make the time to read the facts of governmental corruption by typing in Google—JUDICIAL WATCH. Just remember this information will be concealed by the Democrats, as they have proved over and over again, that they are not disinclined to manipulating voter registrations—even to letting non-citizens vote.
E-Verify “the Legal Workforce Act" at the very least, it is a step in the right direction to obstruct illegal labor from taking American jobs. Even if E-Verify has some flaws and some illegal aliens can obtain employment, but it won't last very long before new upgraded version of E-Verify will be able to detect criminal alien workers. ICE has already gained the implementation of Mississippi’s Drivers Licensing Bureau, so as citizens WE SHOULD DEMAND THAT EVERY STATE VEHICLE DEPARTMENT GIVE ICE THE DIRECTIVE TO ACCESS THEIR PHOTO ID DATABASES, TO CROSS REFERENCE WITH ALL HIRED WORKERS BEING CONFIRMED USING E-VERIFY. Those hired illegally will be caught eventually when the irregularities are corrected and ICE auditors return to a previous company.
It's better to have something as a deterrent, than to have nothing at all. What requires further action is a bill sponsored by Steve King’s (R-IA) Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 (H.R.140) would amend the law so the unborn babies of illegal aliens smuggled calculatedly through borders or by international flight are ineligible for citizenship. The cost to hospitals and an array of welfare payments and entitlements is the most costly for US taxpayers totaling billions of more dollars. This is another demand, you should make of the politicians who represent your state. This is the time before the outcome of the 2012 election to pass the above mentioned laws, as it is critical to the wellbeing of every American worker. You can adjoin the TEA PARTY and demand from both Senators and House Representatives the passage of these laws, by calling the Washington phone center at 202-224-3121
In conclusion the Tea Party doesn't discriminate against any nationality or race, as this is an offensive plan by the Democrats to demoralize the alternative party who are strictly against illegal immigration—LEGAL IMMIGRATION. The TEA PARTY openly welcomes those who patiently legally wait their turn, in becoming part of the opportunity that is America. Those who coveted their freedom better be aware that under the Obama regime, the dark shadows within his administration have slowly destabilized the foundation of the US Constitution and its purpose.
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Well said, all points. Except you didn't say what you would exactly do with the folks that Gingrich was talking about - those illegals who've been her for years, have no real "home country", no property or relatives outside the US. Or the kid who was dragged across the border 20 years ago, didn't know he was illegal, went to school, got a job, etc. and who's parent have died. What do you do with these illegals? I know, they are a small percentage, but still there needs to be an answer. I don't have one.
Unless you answer that question in a realistic sense, the rest of it is just a waste of words.
"Except you didn't say what you would exactly do with the folks that Gingrich was talking about - those illegals who've been her for years, have no real "home country..."
That's the great thing about enforcing the Law - all of these heart string tugging, super duper complicated and vexing problems become very easy - send them home. ENFORCE THE LAWS. What part of "illegal" is so hard?
Question: Which state has a relatively high percentage of employers already using E-verify?
Answer: California.
Question: Which state is most noted for its high portion of illegal immigrants?
Answer: California!
How can that be? Easy: Major employers (government, famous-name computer companies, and the like) generally do not employ illegal immigrants. The skills match is not there. But major employers are likely to use E-verify. Sure, why not?
It is numerous smaller employers who employ illegal immigrants, but not always directly. Small farms and construction companies can sub-contract the labor to intermediaries. Thus, the "XYZ Family Farm" has no illegal workers on its books, because it has no workers at all on its books. The workers were provided by "QRST Labor Contractors." The cost of XYZ paying QRST remains tax-deductible for XYZ, because it is a business-to-business expense. As for QRST? Oddly enough, it went out of business shortly before its books were audited.
Likewise for a large employer of illegal immigrants, namely restaurants and small convenience stores. Who really works there on the books?
It's not just Mexicans. In a major US city, at an Irish pub, my bartender was a genuine Irishman who admitted that he was in the US, supposedly as a tourist, but in reality working numerous major-city Irish pubs. Entirely off the books, of course. Possibly he wasn't paid, just got tips. And, at the end of a few months, he'd go back to Ireland. Is the US short of bartenders? Is it a JAWD?
The proposed IDEA legislation is very good, but is is just a start. At least it shows the willingness of some Republicans to raise taxes (by eliminating a deduction) on businesses, under some circumstances! That is great, indeed.
1. Establish a guest worker program by which a person wishing to work temporarily in the United States can affordably and easily comply with a process designed to identify who is coming in, where they are, who is paying them, and when they are to leave. Hold the end-user and staffing companies directly, financially responsible for the process and for compliance.
2. When a person at a company KNOWINGLY hires an illegal alien and gets caught, throw that person (who did the hiring) in prison.
With regard to using Social Security as our official, national "papers" I say, "No, thanks. Not a big fan of national ponzi scheme."
We do not need guest workers!!! If we ever run out of legal workers, we need more citizens. But for right now, we are about 20 million jobs short of running out of legal workers.
A guest worker program is nothing but a tool that business buys from Congress so they can circumvent US labor laws. They claim they cannot find enough workers. In reality, they cannot find enough who are willing to work for low wages and no BENEFITS.
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