Build the Wall|5 Minute Video
Can America fix its illegal immigration problem both justly and humanely? Yes, but it requires very first building a border wall.
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Script:
Every sensible immigration policy has 2 objectives: 1) to restore control of our borders so that we decide who goes into; and 2) to discover a gentle method to handle the 11 million illegal immigrants who now live amongst us.
Start with the second. For both ethical and practical reasons, America can not and will not and need to not expel 11 million people. That leaves us with two options: overlook them or determine a way to legislate them. Ignoring them hasn’t worked. But there is likewise a substantial problem with legalization: it develops an irresistible incentive for new prohibited immigrants to come.
We state, naturally, that this will be the extremely last, very last, never-again, we’re- not-kidding-this-time amnesty. And everyone understands it’s counterfeit. That’s what was stated in 1986, when we passed the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration reform. It turned out to be the biggest legalization program in American history– nearly 3 million individuals got permanent residency. There was no enforcement. We now have 11 million brand-new unlawful immigrants in our middle.
The irony of this whole argument, which bitterly splits the country, is that there is a silver bullet that would not just fix the issue, however likewise produce a national agreement behind it.
A large number of Americans who oppose legalization and fear new waves of immigration would alter their minds if we could significantly minimize brand-new– i.e., future– unlawful immigration.
And we can.
Initially, construct a barrier. Call it a wall. Call it a fence. Call it what you will. Add video cameras and sensing units. Add drones. Beef up the patrols. All that matters is that we gain back control of the border.
Israel’s border fence with the West Bank produced a comparable decrease. Even holier-than-thou Europeans have actually yielded the point: Hungary, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Austria, Greece, Spain– why, even Norway– have all started developing border fences to stem the tide of Middle Eastern refugees.
Then impose two other steps: a nationwide E-Verify system that makes it almost difficult to work if you are here illegally, and a working visa tracking system, because 40% of prohibited immigrants are visa overstays.
The wall/fence will, naturally, be awful. Are the concrete barriers to keep truck bombs from driving into the White House. In some cases function needs to supersede form.
And don’t tell me that this is our Berlin Wall. When you construct a wall to keep people in, that’s a prison. That’s an expression of sovereignty when you develop a wall to keep people out.
Obviously, no barrier will be foolproof. However it does not have to be. It merely needs to minimize the river to a manageable drip. Once we do, everything ends up being possible– including dealing with our 11 million unlawful immigrants.
Let’s repair that. Track the visas, do E-Verify, construct the damn barrier. It’s ludicrous to say that it can’t be done.
And who would certify that the border is back in our control? I would have a neutral party, maybe a commission of retired jurists, issue the judgment. Once they do, we legalize the 11 million, granting them the right to stay and work here.
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Yes, however it requires first building a border wall. Even holier-than-thou Europeans have yielded the point: Hungary, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Austria, Greece, Spain– why, even Norway– have all began building border fences to stem the tide of Middle Eastern refugees.
When you construct a wall to keep people in, that’s a prison. When you build a wall to keep people out, that’s an expression of sovereignty.
Track the visas, do E-Verify, develop the damn barrier.
