by Gary Grant
Let us be clear—This is not going to be easy.
Earning a pathway to citizenship should not be called amnesty. All leaders should reject amnesty. And we ask those who label an earned pathway to citizenship as amnesty to stop politicizing this debate needlessly and to honestly acknowledge the difference.
The crisis the country is witnessing in Arizona over immigration is the result of a failed immigration policy at the federal level. Arizona lawmakers felt compelled to act because the federal government would not.
Immigration policy is a moral issue and the federal government is the reason we have this crisis. Sparked by Arizona's law authorizing law enforcement officers to question a person about his or her immigration status if there is reasonable suspicion the person is in the country illegally,after being stopped for another reason. This is no different than what is asked of legal citizens boarding a plane or traveling overseas.
This is a cry for help by millions of legal Americans citizens in Arizona. The crisis this country is witnessing in Arizona over immigration is the result of a failed immigration policy at the federal level. Arizona lawmakers felt compelled to act because the federal government would not
Rational policy would put undocumented persons on a path: one that leads to earned legal citizenship or residency, one that leads to acquiring legal guest-worker status, or one that leads to deportation, which should be swift for undocumented felons.
A pathway to earned citizenship or temporary residency should be subject to appropriate penalties, waiting periods and background checks. Individuals seeking citizenship should demonstrate moral character, and embrace of American values, and a commitment to full participation in American society and must speak English and understand the rights and duties of American citizenship.
America's success is largely due to its openness to new legal immigrants. America has proven to the world that people from diverse backgrounds can come here, live in peace with their neighbors, pursue their dreams and succeed.
America must always stand for the freedom, so this process should include varying steps.
The first of which is paying back the State in which the person applying for ( amnesty) I mean citizenship is residing. Now since they have been paying taxes and working 2 jobs that Americans won't do, this should be an easy first step.
If they used social services or health care while they have been our uninvited house guests, they need to pay for services they used Illegally. If their children went to school and they were not paying school taxes, they need to reimburse the state or school district for the cost of the schooling. No more or no less than what legal residents of the state are paying.
As for repayment, it could be in the form of a higher state income tax on each new temporary citizen applying for the new green card. It could also be in the form of no Federal income tax refund until these services have been paid back. Remember this going to be a very small amount of workers folks because they are all working and paying taxes and not using free social services in the USA to begin with. They are just doing jobs Americans will not do at any cost!
The bottom line here is they are line jumping plan and simple. If you try that at your local DMV or social security office you might just be asked for your papers or worse the cops may get called. This is why I don't think it is tried very often, I mean walking into to a government agency and demanding to go to the front of the line. The answer from the clerk is take a number and go to the back of the line . So anyone in line right now waiting legally must be made a citizen before the first illegal living in this country illegally is!
The person applying must remain clean with out committing a felony for 5 -7 years before final citizenship is granted. That one seem easy,you would think.
Remember this is not going to be easy there are millions of new constituents ready to start voting. Oh I forgot to mention they can't vote until they are granted final citizenship, this keeps everybody on both sides honest.
Our nation must secure but not close, its borders and allow the millions of undocumented and otherwise law-abiding persons living in our midst to come out of the shadows.
To help our partner Mexico in this regard, we will set up a 25-mile buffer zone inside Mexico. American soldiers will control this zone and because it’s on the Mexican side we can use the full force of the US Army and Marines to secure our southern border.
In this US zone we should create a free market Enterprise zone instead of giving the Mexican government 1 more dime of aid. This how we stop the migration, peace through strength and jobs. The drug gangs will no longer be able to come across the Us border and do business. Listen there are going to be 25 million workers needed for the new green economy.(“ So Al Gore has said”)
We can build the factories in the new zone; we would have cheap labor and no environmental regulations. The world would start to look again to Mexico and America as a haven for business and opportunity. While there we must start to train the next generation of Narco cops that will be needed to take the rest of Mexico back from the drug lords.
We must return the already incarcerated illegals in American jails back to new state of art Mexican Detention facilities built in the newly created buffer zone.
Finally our new citizens must start their new lives giving back and helping us rebuilt our inner cities in the US, Great towns like Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago.
Each member of the US congress will be required to take 10,000 newly- applied for citizens into their districts so their communities can benefit from the new workforce. They should help bring the violent crime rate down. The local tax base will get a shot in the arm. We must spread the wealth around as president Obama has said.
We are told that these new Americans will be the life blood and will fuel Americas Engine and I agree. No one state should get all the rewards.
Let’s spread the wealth around and help the members of our congress!
