Mexico Border

Often times, I see a huge outcry from certain groups whenever you mention trying to seal the Mexican border.  These groups are usually either Mexican or Latino sympathizers, or liberals saying that they should be allowed to come here.

Two points with that and then we will get to the real need for security.  First, I think that most people that are pushing for border security are not doing so out of animosity towards a specific race or group of people.  Secondly, the idea that people can freely violate the law to come here, and be allowed to stay, and if the Democrats have their way, be offered legal status, is repugnant to those of us that are law abiding citizens and to the millions that have followed the rules and are often left waiting for years to be approved.

The current push for some form of amnesty has to be stopped.  We have done them before, and if we continue to do them, then the tide will never stop.  We will always have to guard the border aggressively and hundreds of immigrants will continue to die each year, while trying to make the illegal crossing.

But, though these deaths are regrettable, my main concern is centered elsewhere at the moment.

Rights of Citizenship

As we all know, the debate over illegal immigration, or as the politically correct people want to desensitize everyone into thinking, the undocumented immigrants, continues every day and is a hotly contested argument. (Hop to the proposed Constitutional Amendment)

The basic principle of immigration is to allow people to come into the country to better themselves and, hopefully, better the country by bringing their experiences, knowledge, and skills.  The United States has a well documented and comprehensive set of Immigration laws that provide for immigrants to apply for entry and either stay for a certain time limit, or to being the process towards Naturalization to become a United States Citizen.  The powers that be, though, seem to think that allowing individuals to enter the country illegally should not hinder their ability to become United States Citizens.

Australia and a revived policy

Australia is at it again with immigration, specifically in regards to asylum seekers.  They have tried on several occasions to restrict the number of individuals entering Australia seeking asylum.  Now, according to The New York Times, the Prime Minister of Australia is trying again.

In the article, he is quoted as saying “As of today asylum seekers who come here by boat without a visa will never be settled in Australia.”  Instead, they are being re-routed to New Guinea and processed there.  But the new part is that they won't be able to get into Australia, even if they are legitimate asylum-seekers.  The current perspective, according to Foreign Minister Bob Carr many of the Iranians seeking asylum, are really just economic migrants abusing the liberal entry policies

Random Thought today

So, with the city of Detroit being basically forced into bankruptcy, and the difficulties that California has faced in the past, I had a random thought.  I know that random thoughts can be dangerous and lead one on a path that really ends up leading nowhere, but here goes anyways.

We all know that immigrants tend to send money home to the family, that is one of the reasons that immigrants move here, is to get better paying jobs than they could back home and to then use that to support their families back home. This I have no issue with, as those immigrants are usually legal, pay their fair share of taxes, and are generally law abiding.

My question, and if anyone has ever seen a decent study of this please let me know as I couldn't find