America’s illegal alien overrun has to be fought on several fronts. The first and most important is national security. Do you realize how insane it is to have people taking off their shoes and sometimes submitting to pat downs at airports, when illegal aliens, who walked right across the southern border, are working in secured areas of the same airport, as well as highly sensitive areas of government facilities?
It’s as if politicians underestimate terrorists’ determination to kill us. If you’re on a mission to kill infidels so you can see Allah and those 72 virgins after you die, you’re extremely motivated to get the job done and a lot smarter than the average government bureaucrat. Most of us can’t even comprehend such homicidal/suicidal notions, but it’s what terrorists do.
It’s also lost on open-border types, especially the elites who don’t have to compete with illegal aliens for jobs (I’m talking to you, George Bush), that terrorists have long since figured out just how porous the southern border is and how stunningly naïve and lazy Americans can be when it comes to immigration enforcement. A country is supposed to be aware of who is entering it and why, and deport those who entered illegally. Such should have been the highest priority after 9/11, even before going into Iraq.
The second front of attack should be on American businesses who hire illegal aliens. Notice I didn’t use the word knowingly. Having illegal aliens on the payroll, whether you actually knew you were breaking the law or not, should be subject to penalties. As long as American companies keep hiring “undocumented” workers, the “undocumented” will keep coming.
I’m glad to see that at least one state is not playing around when it comes to curtailing some of the damage down to its infrastructure caused by foreigners on the government dole. Lawmakers in Arizona just approved a measure that will penalize businesses that hire them. From the Arizona Daily Star:
[I]f HB 2030 becomes law, only citizens and legal residents could get adult education classes and subsidized child care. And students at state universities and community colleges would have to pay the higher tuition normally charged to out-of-state residents.But senators first tacked on a series of amendments to also deal with the other side of the equation of illegal border crossers: They would financially penalize companies that are found guilty of violating federal law by knowingly hiring people not in this country legally.
For example, an employer would be denied tax credits and state contracts. Potentially more significant, a company would lose its state license to do business for six months for a first offense — and permanently for repeat violations.
As you may recall, the people of Arizona overwhelming passed Proposition 200, a common sense measure that requires “proof of citizenship to register to vote, photo ID to vote, and proof of eligibility for non-federally mandated public benefits.”
Blacks should be the most concerned about the hiring of illegal aliens. According to The Economic Policy Institute, employment rates for blacks continue to fall. There are several factors involved, of course, and the Institute speculates that the “labor market still discriminates against minorities, particularly African American males.” They’re right for the wrong reasons.
The assumption is that blacks are being discriminated against by white employers because they’re black. False. Black workers are discriminated against because they’re legal citizens and unionized workers, and it’s cheaper to hire illegal, non-unionized aliens.
Where is Jesse Jackson when you need him?
Addendum: Someone should start a group blog that reports on or exposes American businesses that hire illegal aliens. The bloggers could also encourage and organize boycotts. Money talks.
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