- Last week, President Bush gave a speech that illustrated
how totally out of touch he is with this national immigration nightmare.
He's so far out of touch, he's munching fast food on Pluto and riding with
Applegate followers on the Hale-Bop Comet. The problem is, he's taking
our country with him on that mystery ride through the universe.
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- A Georgia man, Michael Opitz, whom I highly respect wrote
a piece on Compassionate Conservatism, "The debate on illegal immigration
has been on going for far too long," Opitz said. "However, now
that President Bush has placed the issue front and center on the table,
the timbre of that debate is increasing and the sides are lining up. By
some polls it is a lopsided debate, it seems that between 74 percent and
92 percent of American citizens are against granting amnesty to illegal
aliens. Even though President Bush says that this is not an amnesty program,
many citizens take another view and see it as loophole that increases the
influx of illegal aliens. This in turn places a burden on our infrastructure,
increases the cost of health care and education, presents a culture clash,
degrades the security of our country, and so on. There is a far greater
range of issues than we have space for in this brief writing."
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- There is, however, one key element in this debate that
has been notably absent from public discourse. In order to develop and
enforce a long-term solution, we must first understand the root cause of
the problem. Consider that illegal aliens residing in the United States
are actually citizens of another country whose corrupt leaders do not provide
jobs and benefits for their citizens. That is the central root cause of
our immigration problems, and that element has not been part of our national
conversation.
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- "The illegal aliens' country of origin has not been
held accountable for their citizens breaching our national borders and
burdening U.S. citizens with additional social and economic costs,"
Opitz said. "The country of origin has been given a pass from having
to make the kind of economic and social changes necessary in their countries
to provide for their own citizens. If we look into the ruling classes of
these countries, we find the government officials are corrupt and the wealthy
are getting richer because they can dump their poor and undereducated onto
the United States."
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- While these countries' leaders say they are concerned
about their citizens, they actually benefit from the exodus of their problems
to the United States. It is similar to Fidel Castro's actions when he opened
his jails and prisons and shipped his refuse and headaches to the United
States. In another time, that action would have been considered grounds
for war. But, so far these countries and their leaders have been exempt
from criticism and blame.
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- "Because of this economic/social release valve,
they avoid having to make the necessary changes in their countries that
would provide economic stability for their citizens," Opitz said.
"To further accentuate the problem, the United States has not held
these countries accountable, and we have accepted the problem as entirely
our own. Perhaps we need to look into the lobbying firms and individuals
representing these countries and follow the money trail of corruption into
all the multinational corporations as well as the political policy makers
in the United States."
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- What are our reasonable options? Opitz points them out:
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- We should identify the countries that encourage or do
not prevent illegal immigration. Vincinte, Fox recently stated to Shawn
Hannity on Fox News "There are no illegal Mexicans in the United States."
Fox stated that it is their basic human right to travel and live wherever
they choose, and, therefore, they are not illegal. He then asked, "What
will the United States do? Shoot the people." We now know that he
will never attempt to solve the problem because for him and other Mexican
politicians this is not a problem. It is an opportunity and a relief valve,
as well as a source for U.S. currency.
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- We also know the populations of illegal aliens in our
country, and we should charge the country of origin for the cost of the
burden of their citizens plus punitive charges including the cost of deportation.
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- "These two simple actions would have far reaching
ramifications," Opitz said. "First, the offending countries and
their elected officials would have to take responsibility for controlling
their own borders. Now the costs and the problems are totally on the United
States. The new policy direction would then change the dynamics of these
critical issues and would force the political leaders in these countries
to deal responsibly with their problems. With the support of the United
States, conditions for the citizens of these countries would have a positive
change rather than just the simple negative implications of deporting illegal
aliens."
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- Many of these illegal aliens now have solid skills, and
they understand how America works. These repatriated citizens could help
their fellow citizens build a strong middle class and root out the corruption
that plagues many of their countries. Let's resolve to no longer use the
term "deportation" and take a lesson from the political left.
Let's now use the positive term of "repatriation."
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- "Going forward when we arrest illegal aliens, we
need to deliver them to their embassies, and let their governments bear
the cost of repatriating them to their home countries where they can reenergize
their country for their people and their children," Opitz said. "Also,
instead of housing their criminals in our jails, we should demand that
their countries to pay for their incarceration. It would be cheaper for
these countries to agree to put them in their local prisons for the duration
of the sentence at a fraction of the rate for which they should be billed
for imprisonment in the United States. With the proper political will,
we can make that happen."
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- Most Latin American countries are rich in natural resources,
but many including Mexico are corrupt. We need to cease being the national
enabler, allowing these corrupt regimes to abuse their citizens to the
point that they feel they must flee their country in order to earn a living
while the political elite continues to grow wealthy at their expense. The
United States can help solve that problem with the assistance of repatriated
citizens and a strong philosophy of compassionate conservatism and tough
love.
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- "Let's now put the responsibility on those leaders
to solve their own problems, and pay the debts they owe to the United States
for the medical care, education, and other social services for their citizens,"
Opitz said. "The citizens of the United States can no longer afford
to subsidize corrupt regimes of the world, while they enrich themselves
at our expense. We have been foolish far too long."
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- For those of you who want to change this national crisis,
you may write my website for a 20 point action plan that will change this
Titanic-like, course of our nation. ##
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- Frosty Wooldridge is a teacher and author who has bicycled
100,000 miles on six continents to see overpopulation up close and ugly.
His explosive new book is: "IMMIGRATION'S UNARMED INVASION: DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES." Copies may be obtained: 1 888 280 7715 www.frostywooldridge.com
Wooldridge is a Senior Writing Fellow for CAPS.
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