Immigration

With as many as 12 million illegal immigrants currently residing within America coupled with increasing levels of crime and violence related to drug and human trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border, to say that the American immigration and border control system is broken would be an understatement. Every year, millions of illegal immigrants are captured along the U.S.-Mexico border, yet for every illegal captured there is one who was not. These illegal immigrants are not only Mexican and central American peoples who are seeking a better life for themselves, but many are also anti-American saboteurs, spies, and terrorists from openly hostile states and organizations in all regions of the world.

With this rapidly increasing influx of alien peoples have arisen ethnic and racialist lobbying and rights organizations who promote the interests of these peoples while ignoring the interests of this nation. Coupled with strong business lobbies, these groups have begun reshaping our country along lines not necessarily in the interests of America. Their increasing power means that more and more, power-hungry politicians and political parties will further align themselves with these groups in order to further their hold on power.

This is a dire time in American history. The country is becoming balkanized, the availability of illegal narcotics is becoming more common, and threats to national security are as likely from within as from without. This crisis must be dealt with. Here is what I propose:

1. The border to Mexico should be sealed, a wall built, and the National Guard deployed to permanent border control checkpoints until relieved by the Border Patrol after it has been augmented with additional resources and manpower. Trade should be conducted via an efficient system of entry control points.
2. Increase border patrol funding by 50% and double the number of border patrol agents.
3. Reform immigration laws so that legal immigrants must come from a culture that allows for maximum ease of assimilation and maximum benefit for the nation. The race, ethnicity, and religion of the would-be immigrant should be taken into consideration in order to prevent the growth of racialist movements, maintain national unity, and minimize ethnic and racial discord; an exception to this would be immigrants with high-IQs, who can generally be expected to avoid this. For these individuals, I am willing to completely wave the racial and ethnic status of that individual if they meet the rest of the following criteria.
4. Legal immigrants should have their IQ tested and taken into consideration along with their educational experience.
5. Refugee policy should be reformed. I see no reason why a Croatian, who knows three languages and is working on her Ph.D., can’t immigrate, but an Egyptian, who thinks the US should be turned to dust, can.
6. The would-be immigrant should have their political beliefs questioned, and those with beliefs not congruent with the U.S. and the West should not be allowed entry.
7. Almost 25% of those in jail right now are illegal immigrants; they should be immediately deported and repatriated to their own country.
8. Reform the laws to eliminate chain migration; if an entire family wants to immigrate, then there should be a family policy in place that allows for the application of both families and individuals.
9. No amnesty for illegal immigrants. If workers are desperately needed, then there should be a guest worker program like there was mid-century where they come here to work for a few months out of the year and spend the rest of the year in their home country. We don’t need a permanent, low-IQ, illegal immigrant underclass.
10. Illegal immigrants currently in the United States should have the option of either leaving the U.S. (forcibly, if necessary) or participating, via application, in a guest worker program that allows them to live and work in the U.S. for a certain number of years before having to reapply. If they desire to become citizens of the U.S., they must go through the proper channels like every other immigrant who wants to be a citizen. If they have paid money into the Social Security system, they should be eligible for S.S. benefits for however many years they paid in.
11. All immigrants who are applying for citizenship and/or residence status must participate in a grace period in the U.S. (say, five years) to prove their willingness to be good citizens and/or residents and to participate in programs designed to assimilate them into society. Criminal activity will result in immediate deportation and will render the applicant inelegible for citizenship and/or residence status. Any guest workers who participate in criminal activity will be immediately deported and their guest worker status will be permanently revoked.
12. Reform our trade laws to reflect the need for cheaper labor and to avoid the formation of a permanent low-wage underclass. Importation of labor is the problem; free-trade is the solution.
13. To further eliminate racial or ethnic discord, and promote national unity, federal laws should be passed eliminating all affirmative action programs and quotas (for race, ethnicity, gender, height, weight, appearance, religion, etc., but not national origin) in all aspects of the public sector. Any schools receiving government funding must adhere to these laws, or funding will be eliminated. Eliminate private workplace discrimination laws; private employers should have total control over selection and hiring.
14. Adopt English as the national language and require proficiency for citizenship.
15. Eliminate birthright citizenship for the children of non-citizens by amending the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

What to do about the Canadian border, you ask? Here is what I propose:

1. A system of ID cards should be jointly developed by the U.S. and Canadian governments where citizens of either country can swipe their cards at entry control points along the border prior to entry to prove their citizenship status via a joint U.S.-Canadian citizen database.
2. The U.S. and Canadian governments should work together to harmonize immigration and refugee laws so that theirs is congruent to ours. This will be to the benefit of Canada, however if their government is too left-leaning to adopt similar rules, then it may be necessary to take identical steps towards Canada as outlined above for Mexico.