I had a crazy idea this morning while eating breakfast. I was reading the
USA Today Op/Ed section, where I encountered an immigration debate.
They were talking about the definitions of comprimises, and how because this issue is the new 3rd rail of politics, it won't get solved without some sort of concessions on both sides.
So I came up with this as a comprimise:
1. Withdrawl 10-15k troops from Iraq and deploy them along the Mexican border. That's right, I want to militarize it until we get the damn thing secure. I'm not saying we shoot illegals, but I do believe we need to have a stronger presence there. (Comprimise for both sides here)
2. Build a wall. In some form. A whole wall, which will reduce the influx of illegals by at least 80%. We can tell it's working by a reduction in population grown in border towns.
Whether it's the great wall of mexico, a swarm of big marines glad to be back in texas and in their dune buggies, drones, whatever. In 100-200 years, this may seem like a drastic measure, as we will have probably had a depression, which causes us to be on the same economic level with mexico, but it will still need to happen at present. (in 1000-2000 years, it will indeed be another great wall of china)
3. Grant Amnesty. After the wall is built, you redeploy the troops to the next hot spot, or god forbid some R&R. Illegals are given a M-Visa (for mexican obvoiusly), which in 8 years can be traded in for a green card. They will of course have to pay a fine, and yes it will be expensive.
However, if the estimates of Illegals
sending $40 Billion back home is accurate, then the fee to stay should be on par with curtailing that into savings to buy citizenship. I'm just saying they can afford it, especailly if families know it will take 6-8 years to build a wall, and at the end of that time they shoudl have $5-15k per immigrant saved up.
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
