Part II: No Papers? No Problem (Just Be Sure To Vote Democrat)

Conservatives do not have a problem with immigrants; we have a problem with illegal ones. Oh, how insensitive of us; why can’t we have more empathy for these poor souls just looking for a shot at the American dream?

The answer is very simple; America has laws and those laws must be followed. I hate that I cannot drive as fast as I want on the freeway; that doesn’t mean I can choose not to follow that law. How great would it be if we could all choose which laws not to follow?

Illegal immigrant interest groups and a majority of Democrats (liberals) say that conservatives are, at best insensitive, at worst racist because we want our immigration laws enforced! (What a radical concept). Liberals feel that it is a God given right to live in the United States, regardless of immigration status.

Supporters of illegal immigration equate a group of people running across the southern border to the immigrants coming to Ellis Island in New York. They say that conservatives fight illegal immigration because illegals are mostly of Hispanic heritage; as opposed to the Ellis Island immigrants who were mostly European settlers (white people). The real reason is that they came the legal way! They had ‘papers’; they came to the US through the proper channels. This has nothing to do with race, if millions of white Canadians were flowing across the northern border illegally, conservatives would say, “Send their butts back to the tundra”.

A country with no border will not be a country for very long. According to most studies there are between 12 and 20 million illegals living in the US right now, some even put the number as high as 40 million. The total number of people living in the US is around 300 million (1). If we assume that 20 million are here illegally that means that approximately 7 percent of the population is illegal. Liberals do not see this as problematic? The facts are illegal immigration presents a list of problems.

1.   Economic

Illegals are a huge drag on our economy; the Center for Immigration Studies found that the average illegal household costs taxpayers around $2,700 annually, that is after adjusting for taxes paid by illegals(2). Conservatives are not xenophobic, we are “taxophobic” that $2,700 for every illegal household comes to about $20 billion that the American tax payer shoulders every year to support illegal aliens.

2.   Harm to legal immigrants

Some will argue that $20 billion every year is quite a reasonable price to pay to give 20 million people the American dream; but what about the millions of people around the world that are waiting for their opportunity to come to America? These people wait their turn in line honestly, while every day, people flood across our southern border. This is essentially cutting in line. Cutting is not allowed in kindergarten, and yet liberals reward the immigration line cutters. Most people, if someone cuts in line at the grocery store, are ready to fight, literally! Because it is just flat out unfair. Not only do illegals make legal immigrants wait longer to come to this country, they give them a bad name when they get here. Many legal immigrants are suspect from the moment they arrive in this country; some assume that all immigrants are illegal; especially people immigrating from Mexico and Latin America. If cutting in line at the grocery story upsets us so much, imagine how upset the millions waiting at the back of the immigration line are to see the 12-40 million line cutters rewarded for their actions.

3.   Crime

Most conservatives do not necessarily blame hard working immigrants that come here illegally. It is understandable to want to live and work in this great country. Unfortunately, not all illegal immigrants come here to work hard and support their families. Because the southern border is not controlled, anyone can come into the US. Along with day laborers and grape pickers, gang members and criminals also make their way into our cities. Liberals that make it nearly impossible to find out a person’s immigration status, not to mention that it takes an act of God to deport an illegal alien these days. This means that illegal alien criminals are not deported, the only thing we can do is throw them in jail, and we do. Illegals make up about 7% of the national population, yet they make up 27% of the US prison population (3). Not all illegals are here to work, many are here to rape, steal, and kill. In 2006, illegals murdered 12 people every day in the US (4). That means that nearly 4,400 American lives could be saved every year if we only enforced our immigration laws.

4.   Cheap Labor

Liberals and immigrant rights groups are not the only ones that support illegal immigration; some dishonest business owners take advantage of the cheap labor that illegals offer. Apparently, in this case, big business taking advantage of the poor downtrodden workers does not offend the liberal’s sensibilities. However, if Wal-Mart fails to give every single part time employee on their books $30 an hour and a gold-lined health care plan, it is a reason to riot! Intellectually honest conservatives are the people who really stand up for the rights of immigrants. We fight so-called Republicans and business lobbyists that allow illegals to work for less than legal wages. This also drives down wages for American workers that do the same type of work. Guess who usually does that type of work? You got it, legal immigrants! Conservatives fight for the rights of the millions of legal immigrants in the US as well as those who are still stuck in line behind the 12-40 million illegals who cut in front of them.

5.   Quid pro quo

You have to ask yourself; why is it that liberal Democrats support this insanity? It seems like liberals just support lawlessness. That may be true, but it is not the main reason. Liberals not only want illegal immigrants here, they want to make them citizens! Why is that important to liberals? Citizens can vote and former illegal aliens are sure to vote for the Democratic Party, given their loyal support of their cause. Although, Liberal Republicans like President Bush and John McCain have attempted to co-opt the liberals idea, but that didn’t work because conservatives put up a big stink. Conservatives tend to be sticklers about little things like law and order. We are also big on fairness and equality, even if it will cost votes.