Immigration, Arizona, and the Illegals.

"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." Rev 13:17-18


We are going to wade in some deep and murky water today gentle reader. To answer the question put to me -"What do you think about Illegal Immigration?"

My friend has a tag on his email that says something to the effect of

" What part of Illegal in Illegal immigrant don't you understand?".

I agree.

Sort of.

Just like I agree that we should all not cheat on our taxes and we should always obey the speed limits and we should always yield to the flashing turn signal on the driver in front.

Illegal border crossing is a problem. A huge problem. If a person can smuggle in a baby they can smuggle in a weapon of mass destruction. A nuclear or chemical device. Even a modified biological like a variation of deadly E-Coli on your lettuce. Preventing this from happening is the job of our nations highest military commander-n-chief.

And it is not being done.

We will have to wait until there is an explosion or people die to get excited about it.

But there is another side of the coin. The poor, the tired, the huddled masses. Mostly the poor that are legally imported by some ruthless manufacturer or chicken processor who wants to bring in cheap labor to keep the price of chicken soup or tomatoes low and take your job opportunities.

Actually the foreign burden on our health care system is largely Legal Immigrants. The jobs that are lost are largely the Legal Immigrants. The illegals don't get food stamps, or medicaid. They can't get a drivers license. If they work in a job that deducts social security or state taxes they don't apply for a refund. They don't get earned income tax credit.

This, I am afraid, is the dirty little secret. That Illegal immigrants actually make money for the State. So the elected leaders don't want to "find' them.

Then there is the third side to this coin. The idea that we can somehow check for legal status with "papers". I assure you that a criminal who can make a $20 bill can make papers as well. The only proven alternative is a national database of DNA (and this has been proposed) for citizens and a smartcard ID system that can take a blood or cheek swab on the spot.

That makes me nervous. Not the ID system so much. The people in D.C. who would be in charge of the information. That makes me very nervous.

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