[quote=mike92104]Here’s my idea since the flow of illegals isn’t going to stop any time soon.
Based on the assumption that many of these folks are paying “coyotes” $8k-10k, I would say that f you show up on the southern border with $8k, and verifiable identification from Mexico or a country south of there, we’ll let you in. The $8k is yours to keep, but you’re required to have it before entering so we can be sure you’ll have enough cash on hand to get yourself settled. You’ll get a SSN, and we expect a tax return after 1 years showing you have gained employment.
At the same time, E-Verify should be mandatory, and employers caught using undocumented workers will have all of their assets seized. Also, if you are caught in U.S. illegally, you will be deported, and barred permanently.
If you’ve been successful in finding work in your first year, you can apply for citizenship.
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$8,000 isn’t enough, and that just covers the cost of one child for one year of education. BTW, I believe that education is the highest-cost “entitlement” for illegal immigrants and their families. It’s probably the #2 reason (#1 for some families) for coming here illegally. Most immigrants who bring their families are looking to get their children into public schools so that they can be better educated and achieve the “American Dream.”
Ultimately, taxpayers are subsidizing the employers of illegal immigrants because these employers aren’t paying the full freight (not even close) of the labor they are luring here from abroad. We need to make E-Verify mandatory, and all immigrants brought/lured here to work should be given a benefit card for themselves and each dependent, paid for entirely by their employer, that would entitle them to all public benefits like education, healthcare, physical infrastructure, etc.
As of right now, schools (and, I believe hospitals?) are not allowed to ask people about their immigration status. This needs to change so that only citizens, legal immigrants, and illegal immigrants with a benefit card are eligible to attend these schools (or be admitted to hospitals, or we should bill their country for any medical costs incurred here). And we should not grant citizenship to people just because their pregnant mothers jumped the fence as they went into labor (this is actually what happens in many cases, ask the nurses who work in these hospitals).
