ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Costly and Unfair to Citizens, Tax payers, and Legal Residents
The Duty of Government and our Leaders
Citizens of the United States are entitled to expect their government to serve them. Federal State and Local Governments and even business interests tolerate illegal populations. Its costing the tax payer too much in public assistance and other entitlements, prison costs, and education and healthcare costs. By doing so they breach their duty to the citizens and residents who are legally present and engaged in the attempt to make their status legal and permanent with the goal of becoming American citizens. Many Americans have come to suspect that their own government officials are willfully breaching that trust for their own political gain.
One such example is the Congressman James R. Langevin testified against, and then voted against a requirement of a State issued ID or passport identifying the voter in order to vote in a federal election. Our own former Secretary of State testified that in "his experience, " The type of fraud the bill was intended to prevent was "virtually non-existent." He made this claim under oath before a congressional committee. There is no excuse for such irresponsibility. A photo Id is the most ordinary instrument of ordinary commerce. But Jim Langevin thinks we should be able to rely more on a credit card transaction than the authenticity of a vote. Every fraudulent vote disenfranchises a voter of the opposing point of view. We need to prevent U. S. citezens from voting improperly or more than once. And we need to prevent illegal immigrants from voting. What more needs to be said ?
A Threat to our Cities Demands Integrity of Our Governments
We must not tolerate the “Sanctuary City” concept. The idea of a “Sanctuary City” sounds compassionate, but who wants to live in a city where law enforcement is directed to turn a blind eye to illegal immigration? The city offers an opportunity for the enjoyment of diversity and multi cultural, but not if the city is in fact a place where immigration chaos is allowed to reign. There are too many costs in public assistance, prisons, and the loss of jobs for citizens and legal residents. It is not good for some jobs to beocme stigmatized as only sutiable for illegals. A good honest days work is something to be proud of . We certinly don't want amercinas thinking they are better then anyone else and so that certin work is benenath them.Moreover, when an illegal alien commits a serious crime, one must ask, how did they get here? These sort of incidents may not occur every day, but they discredit our government in the eyes of its people. Such a failure of government is never a good civic lesson for our young, and it is frustrating, and costly, for our citezens, and insufferable to the victim. We are entitled to accountability from the Federal State and Local governments, which governments we demand, must work together as partners in the control of illegal immigration. Having said all that, lets remember that we are a nation of immigrants and when someone comes to this country for hard work and the American dream, be proud of your country and welcoming of newcomers who come to build the greatness of America.
COMMON SENSE MEASURES TO CONTROLL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND ITS COSTS
PHYSICAL OBSTACLES
James R. Langevin is opposed to fences where they could work, because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence. Thus he would hold us hostage to the poor judgment and sometimes greed and inhumanity of those who want to come and those who would mislead others to come into the country illegally. This is not leadership. It is powerlessness and a misplaced sense of responsibility. Our Government must not be disabled by this type of defeatism.
OBSTACLES TO WORKING ILLEGALLY AND OBTAINING ENTITLEMENTS
I encourage the voter to go to the USCIS web site and inform themselves on E-Verify and SAVE. (Systemic Alien Verification for Entitlements) One prevents illegal employment, the other enables State to determine whether or not someone is here illegally, so as to prevent the payment of benefits. E-verify can work and should be made mandatory nationwide but right now, it presents difficulties to employers that must be addressed. Some politicians emphasize these difficulties to discourage the adoption of E-verify , just as they would discourage use of any other practical barriers to illegal immigration. I would address these issues to encourage the widespread use of E-verify.
If you can come to the United States and go on public assistance, than is even more attractive then coming for work. Those who come to the U.S. illegally must know they will not receive public assistance. We must make sure that the agencies of government and quasi-governmental agencies that provide public assistance are fully compliant with the law and in the administration of the law.
Protecting Employers and Agencies who use E-Verify and Save
If our employers and State Agencies are expected to perform this important function for us, we must not have them harassed with discrimination claims and lawsuits and claims they aren't using E-verify or SAVE fairly. Employers should be allowed to perform the check without taking a full application, should be entitled to hire immediately a worker who is cleared, without a complaint from the worker whose status came back uncertain, and the employer should not have to hire anyone who is not cleared, only to have to fire them, and effect a termination when the verification pending comes back un-approved 3 to 5 days later. The workers will take responsibility, as they should, to make sure they are coming up as "verified". The burden of any misunderstandings should be on USCIS, and the migrant worker, and not the employers or State Agencies.
THE PROGRAM FOR LIMITING AND CONTROLLING COSTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
PHYSICAL OBSTACLES TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
OBSTACLES TO EMPLOYMENT OR ENTITLEMENT PAYMENTS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS DISCOVERED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NO BLANKET AMNESTY.
CONDITIONAL AMNESTY CONDITIONED ON ENGLISH, AND CITEZENSHIP WITHIN A PERIOD OF TIME. RETURN HOME AND GET IN LINE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. LIMITED MERIT OR HARDSHIP WAIVERS ON REQUEST OF U.S. CITIZENS OR ASSOCIATIONS. CONSIDER CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR USE OF CERTAIN PUBLIC ASISTANCE RESOURCES.
A GUEST WORKER PROGRAM.
Mike Gardiner
U.S. CONGRESS RI 2ND District
