As I promised in my last blog post, I hereby present my idea of how to solve this very difficult problem of illegal immigration in our country. Before going into my ideas about illegal immigration, two facts need to be appreciated. The first is that there is a limited amount of arable land in Mexico—inadequate to support Mexico’s population with food, especially as the Mexican population increases. The other fact is that Hispanic immigrants to the United States send about $15-20 billion back across the border in the form of remittances to help support their families in their homeland every year. To counter the influx of immigrants I would:
• First of all, the fence across the Mexican border should be built and manned so that it is, indeed, impermeable. Opponents of this idea say that it is pointless, because immigration has dwindled to a net zero in late months. I would posit that the decrease in net illegal immigration is due to the fact that there are practically no jobs available to undocumented aliens in the United States at this time. As soon as the economy improves, the influx of immigrants will resume.
• Next, I would develop a system whereby employers would be severely punished for hiring illegal immigrants. I will admit that this measure in itself might be enough to discourage illegal immigration even without the fence. The lack of jobs for undocumented immigrants has demonstrated its effectiveness in stopping significant amounts of illegal immigration for the time being.
• A system of legal guest worker movement into the United States should be established. This program would be similar to the Bracero Program of several decades ago. These workers should be given temporary immigration cards that clearly identify each one of them. The workers should be admitted according to the needs of the industries in the United States that need low income laborers, i.e., in agriculture, home service, and other service sectors.
• These guest workers should be allowed to send all the money they can spare back to their homes in Mexico. The amount they send back to Mexico should be subtracted from the $20 billion they are already sending home; and the difference should be given to the Mexican government to invest in education and agriculture. That money given back to the Mexican government must be closely monitored and administered by United States employees, at least until it is clear that the Mexicans can handle the money, themselves, without funneling it into their notorious criminal cartels.
I do not believe this system would cost any more that the lack of a system we now have. We are paying far too much in social costs because of the chaotic present situation at the border today. My proposed system might even work without the fence; economic pressures might be effective in preventing illegal immigration.
Presently, the people of the United States are up in arms about this problem of illegal immigration.
The federal government has completely failed to enforce the immigration laws on the books because it would like to encourage Hispanic voters to elect Democrats to public office. In response to this failure of the feds, the states have made life so difficult for Hispanic immigrants that they are having a very unpleasant time living here. This is another reason the flow of immigration has slowed for the time being.
I would like for you to consider this issue and, perhaps, write to congressmen, senators, and the President with your ideas.
I would, again, to suggest that you look at a blog post by Henryk A. Kowalczyk I recommended in my last blog post. It has some worthwhile ideas for your consideration. http://bit.ly/I37WFe
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Various Ideas About Illegal Immigration
My wife, Nancy, and I have been living among multitudes of Hispanic undocumented immigrants in Denver, Colorado, for many years. We have served this population of poor and helpless people in the best way we can through charitable Christian organizations. We know these people.
Lately, I have been looking at the various ideas of how the United States might handle our difficult problem with illegal immigration. One rich source of ideas and information is a web site authored by Henryk A. Kowalczyk.http://bit.ly/137WFe(paste into your browser). I do not agree with everything that Mr. Kowalczyk says, but he certainly has ideas that should be considered by us all. I would request that everyone interested in the problem of illegal immigration across the U.S./Mexico border look at his web site.
Another person to whom I have been listening is Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City. Mayor Bloomberg thinks the future of our country mostly rests with the beneficial effects of rather unrestricted immigration. He has a very rosy picture of Hispanic immigrants in the United States. Mayor Bloomberg is under some impressions that I cannot share. These impressions are as follows:
• Hispanics are ready and able to come to the United States, buy a house, and live here for five years without accessing any public services. This is just nonsense. These people are quite poor; and they have, for the most part, only a 3rd grade Mexican education. They have no money; and they cannot compete in the United States culture at this time. They do not buy houses or any real estate; they live in tenement apartment houses. The proprietors of these apartment houses tell me the immigrants move about every 11 months.
• Hispanic immigrants are capable of establishing entrepreneurial businesses. These poor people do not have the educational, economic, or cultural wherewithal to establish any kind of business. They work in construction projects or housekeeping jobs when someone else can hire them.
• Hispanic families are eager to have their children excel in school; and they are willing to work with their children to see that they do well. This is patently untrue. The immigrants we have seen in Denver have no interest in education. They can barely read their own language, themselves; and their only ambition seems to be that they want to get on some kind of government welfare program. Furthermore, they have no learning skills. They fail to recognize patterns in language, which is a skill taught in kindergarten; and they expect to learn how to speak English after attending 1-3 hours of instruction.
After all this, I would say that there is a way to help these very poor and helpless people in our country. We should do it, too! We have an obligation as good neighbors and Christians to help those people south of the border. We must think of ourselves as our brothers’ keepers in this issue. We must help others to come into the fellowship of man—they need help; and you will read about how this might come about if you will read Mr. Kowalczyk’ blog and look at my next blog post at http://www.manringen.blogspot.com (copy and paste into your browser).
Lately, I have been looking at the various ideas of how the United States might handle our difficult problem with illegal immigration. One rich source of ideas and information is a web site authored by Henryk A. Kowalczyk.http://bit.ly/137WFe(paste into your browser). I do not agree with everything that Mr. Kowalczyk says, but he certainly has ideas that should be considered by us all. I would request that everyone interested in the problem of illegal immigration across the U.S./Mexico border look at his web site.
Another person to whom I have been listening is Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City. Mayor Bloomberg thinks the future of our country mostly rests with the beneficial effects of rather unrestricted immigration. He has a very rosy picture of Hispanic immigrants in the United States. Mayor Bloomberg is under some impressions that I cannot share. These impressions are as follows:
• Hispanics are ready and able to come to the United States, buy a house, and live here for five years without accessing any public services. This is just nonsense. These people are quite poor; and they have, for the most part, only a 3rd grade Mexican education. They have no money; and they cannot compete in the United States culture at this time. They do not buy houses or any real estate; they live in tenement apartment houses. The proprietors of these apartment houses tell me the immigrants move about every 11 months.
• Hispanic immigrants are capable of establishing entrepreneurial businesses. These poor people do not have the educational, economic, or cultural wherewithal to establish any kind of business. They work in construction projects or housekeeping jobs when someone else can hire them.
• Hispanic families are eager to have their children excel in school; and they are willing to work with their children to see that they do well. This is patently untrue. The immigrants we have seen in Denver have no interest in education. They can barely read their own language, themselves; and their only ambition seems to be that they want to get on some kind of government welfare program. Furthermore, they have no learning skills. They fail to recognize patterns in language, which is a skill taught in kindergarten; and they expect to learn how to speak English after attending 1-3 hours of instruction.
After all this, I would say that there is a way to help these very poor and helpless people in our country. We should do it, too! We have an obligation as good neighbors and Christians to help those people south of the border. We must think of ourselves as our brothers’ keepers in this issue. We must help others to come into the fellowship of man—they need help; and you will read about how this might come about if you will read Mr. Kowalczyk’ blog and look at my next blog post at http://www.manringen.blogspot.com (copy and paste into your browser).
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