by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

Created on: September 02, 2008

During my visit to the People's Republic of China, I was impressed with how the Government deals with illegal immigration. The People's Republic of China has a problem with illegal immigrants crossing the Yalu River from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [North Korea] into China with the hope of reaching South Korea or living anywhere but North Korea. The response of the People's Republic of China is to classify such people as economic immigrants and deport them to North Korea. I bring up the experience of China because we should learn from China. We should deport illegal immigrants to their home countries. After all, there is a legal way and an illegal way of entering a country.

Many people will say that illegal immigrants do the work that United States Citizens will not do. The people who say that imply that United States Citizens are lazy. My response is that the people, who do not study, are vagrants, or unemployed can do the work of undocumented workers since it will help them gradually be better people. We could also save money in the long run with benefits of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. [As an aside, while those who say illegal immigrants take away such benefits, I am personally in favour of abolishing or privatizing Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to everyone regardless of class, race, religion, immigration status, ethnicity, and creed].

The Republican and Democratic Elite who keep bleeding our Republic until there is nothing left have proposed amnesty after amnesty as well as lottery after lottery in order to facilitate citizenship. Actually, the Republican and Democratic Elite do not address the illegal immigration issue since they are profiting from the destabilization of countries in Latin America and the cheap labour. Bob Barr [who is the Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian Party] has called for an end of Social Security for illegal immigrants stating that "A Mexican citizen could work as little as 18 months in the U.S. and still qualify for a lifetime of Social Security benefits." Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party also believe in no citizenship for illegal immigrants and speedy deportation from the United States of America. It is for this reason that people should not be surprised that the Libertarian Party has received 11% of the vote in states such as Florida, Ohio, and Montana as well as other areas affected by illegal immigration.

Another reason why Illegal Immigrants should not receive a legal path to citizenship is the lack of responsibility. While there are some who come for work and others are looking for liberty, a majority just come to the United States of America after participating in Revolutions and Mass Destruction of their countries and then come to the United States of America in the hope that they can continue the same behaviour in the United States of America. I am sorry but this vicious cycle has to stop especially when the vicious cycle has involved the ringleaders of illegal transportation of illegal immigrants extorting and even killing the illegal immigrants. If people want to change, they should work for change in their home countries. If people want a path to citizenship, they should obey the rules by immigrating legally and learning about the country they want to live in.

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