Equivocation Nation

Those who favor stricter border control laws are often labeled with the oh so damaging term, racist. Their credibility is attacked and their opinions are demeaned. We often forget a law is being broken, but we often forget a lot of things. Many people, most on the left, some few on the right, think we should be doing nothing short of handing these potential border crossers, and would be illegal immigrants, a water bottle and a pair of hiking boots.

We are seen as the bad guy for thinking that our border should be controlled. Case in point, the jeers at Ms. USA at that silly pageant held in Mexico City. The Mexicans seem to be under the impression that it is their right to enter this country, that it is their right to have access to our health care at tax payers expense, well, it is not their right. They must earn it, and they earn it through the citizenship process, a process anyone who wants to be a citizen of this country has to go through. To grant those 12 million who entered this country illegal amnesty is to spit in the face of every immigrant who took the time and went through the process legally. They shun the laws, and as such, they should be dealt with as criminals. They should be deported, and told 'if you want into this country get in line.'

The legalization process is not just for our benefit, it is for them as well. As a citizen they are protected under the thick and snugly blanket of the United States government. They are protected from dishonest employers, and they have a greater opportunity of improving their standard of living. When they come here illegally they forgo these protections. They eat away at tax payer money, they are cheated by dishonest employers, the law is not on their side.

Aside from their own protection, we need to know who is coming into this country. In this day and age we cannot afford that sort of oversight. Anyone can hop across that border carrying God knows what and who will be there to stop them? The border patrol? Heh, no. If border patrol officers are arrested every time they defend themselves or fire on a drug cartel making a crossing, I'm afraid we are out of luck in that department.

What needs to be done? Step one is to remove amnesty from the table. Step two is to work out a way to deport the known illegal immigrants and put them on the pathway to legal citizenship once they are back in Mexico. Step three is to work in conjunction with the Mexican government on a practical solution to this crisis. And step four is not a border fence, but border patrol officers supplemented with improved technology and security measures.