I don’t know about you but, I am about sick and tired of the 24/7 talk about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). All of our elected representatives, including the President coupled with the media and the online tweeters are more focused on these illegals than they are on the citizens of this country. These so called dreamers are protesting demanding we allow them to stay. Demanding…
So, having said that let me continue the insanity by “jumping-in” on the debate.
The Left will have us believe they are the party of love and genuine care for these 800,000 illegals. This week there was an internal memorandum that clearly stated the importance to the party that DACA people be allowed to stay in the country. In so many words the memo said “Their votes are crucial to our party this November.” When you consider my last post about voter ID, this stance by the left is nothing new nor surprising.
The President this week signaled that he too wants to work out a deal so the DACA people can remain in the country. The conservatives about had a heart attack. I wasn’t thrilled myself. The law is the law. Cold hearted, I know. The President also made it clear that there can be no DACA amenity without the removal of chain migration, elimination of the immigration lottery, and The Wall. This of course doesn’t fit with the Democratic narrative.
The Democrats attempt to pull on the heart strings of the country by accusing the Republicans of being heartless. They ask, “How would you feel if you couldn’t live near your family members?”
They don’t seem to do much arguing about the lottery. In today’s world of terror that’s a difficult one to support.
I love (not really) their argument about the wall. Their two main talking points are #1. The wall doesn’t stop people from entering the country. One of the congressmen said the wall only gives the border patrol a few extra minutes. I’m pretty sure a border patrol agent will take every extra minute they can get when dealing with these armed drug dealers. At any rate, the statement itself is a lie. The border patrol have supported Trump and have clearly stated the wall works and it is important. #2. This one is laughable. They complain the wall is going to cost 1.8 billion dollars. Wow, suddenly the Democrats are concerned about spending money. This is the party who was in charge for the past eight years who allowed Obama to increase the national debt more than all previous presidents combined. Yeah, laughable. By the way, the savings alone by pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord will more than pay for the wall… In the end, it will indeed be interesting to see just how bad the left want these 800,000 illegal votes. My guess is they will agree to the Presidents demands.
True conservatives are not happy about the possibility of amnesty. Wall or no wall, most of the Right do not want 800,000 illegals in the country voting for the Left. To be clear, I don’t think the Republicans are any better than the Democrats as it relates to the real issue which is votes. In my eyes though, I tend to fall on the republican side of the argument only because, as I’ve said, the law is the law, no one should get to pick and choose which law(s) they want to follow.
So where does this leave us? Now and going forward there has to be 60 votes to pass a bill so the republican’s must bring over some democrats in order to pass anything. This means they must be willing to give some things up in order to get some of the things they want. In other words, the days of being able to do what you want are over. You can argue that this is a good thing because it allows for a larger swath of the country to be represented.
I know you’re dying to know what I would do if I were in charge of writing this bill so here you go.
I would call the democrat’s bluff. I know I need some of them to pass the bill so I’d keep that in mind but, mostly, I’d keep the legal American citizens in mind.
- The wall must be approved and built
- Chain migration must be stopped
- Visa lottery program, gone
- DACA people can stay with conditions. A) They must not have had any criminal violations. B) Those of the age of 20 years old or older, not in school, must be employed. C) No government benefits afforded to illegal “Arrivals” for 10 years. D) At the end of the 10 years, those that have remained clear of the justice system will be granted citizenship. Those that violated our laws during the 10 year period will be removed from the country. E) The annual legal immigration number would be cut by 800,000 so that we end up neutral at the end of the 10 year period. F) Finally, I would require all Americans to show ID in order to vote. This is a must and is an obvious law to put in place to further protect the credibility of our elections. If both parties are truly concerned about voter fraud, agreeing to voter ID should be a snap. Right?
The above accomplishes a lot. First, the Left and the DACA people can’t say this is heartless. They will but they shouldn’t. This allows all of the DACA illegals who haven’t broken further laws to remain in the country. This also controls the total number of immigrants entering the country. This is accomplished via the wall, no more chain or lottery migration and it doesn’t expand the total number of new citizenship. This of course isn’t fair to all those who have been standing in line which is regrettable. Finally, this requires both parties to vote based on honesty and not on votes … and … it puts Americans first.
If the parties cannot agree to this then the bill doesn’t pass and the DACA people go home which by the way, isn’t the end of the world as we know it.