15 May Speech
The rumbling sound you hear are illegal immigrants storming the US border before heightened security measures (potentially) take effect in 2008.
While I understand President Bush's hands are tied in terms of expediting funding, etc., but I find his five-point plan to be short-sided. Creating a tighter border, over the next 18 months, is symptommatic of the root cause of immigration concern/ire, and doesn't address the number of illegals already in the US.
The idea of a biometrically tied card to prevent fraud is well intentioned, but who is to tell me the cards won't be somhow copied or turned into a commodity, debasing its validity and placing it in the same category as current fradulent documentation.
Ultimately, Bush's plan for integration of current illegal immigrants assumes those already in the US will be proactive in assimilating to US culture. I consider the opposite to be true, and the majority of illegals won't make amends unless caught. Bush needs to lay out a plan if illegals are caught and refuse to immediately pay the proposed fine. Additionally, I find it sad that the cure to current illegals is payment of a fine, when no plan is laid out as to where the money will go.
Somewhat rambling...
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Maybe those illegal immigrant fines should go into the social security fund... That'll never happen, but it's a nice thought.
Or, the fines from those who do pay them could help offset the cost of deporting the ones who don't pay them...
On another note, did anyone else laugh out loud like I did when Bush described the "Catch and Release" program we've been using for prosecuting illegal immigrants? What genius came up with this plan? Someone comes over here illegally; we catch them and then let them go, still in our country, with a note to please come back in a few months and stand trial so we can ship you back to your country. Or, you can just run and hide and we'll ship you back whenever we catch you - which will be never since we don't really look very hard.
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