Comments on: Spar & Bernstein’s 20-Point Plan to Fix Immigration System

By: ultima

ultima — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:32:47 +0000

Before we spend too much time worrying about potential immigrants, we should spend more time worrying about the future of our country if we yield to the immigration lobbies. Barbara Jordan, former U.S. representative from Texas, had it right when she summarized the results of the immigration commission she chaired: “It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.” The national interest is not the same as the interests of all those who wish to come to the U.S.

The “limit” of finite natural resources per capita as population increases without bounds is zero. How much farther down that road should we go. I hope the answer is, “No mas”.

Americans produce 20 metric tons of pollutants per capita annually. At that rate, if we add another 300 million people by the end of this century we will be producing an additional 6 billion tons of pollutants every year. Even if by some technological miracle or reduction in our standard of living we are able to reduce our per capita output by half to that of Mexico, we will have made absolutely no progress in reducing the present unacceptable level of pollution as our population doubles.

The fertility rate of American women is about at the replacement level of 2.1. This means that population growth in the U.S. is due almost solely to legal immigrants, illegal aliens, their higher fertility rates, and their progeny.

We need tax and immigration reforms that will enable us to stabilize our population within 20 years.

The total immigration quota should be tied to the total unemployment rate by sector. If the rate is above a specified level, immigration in that sector is suspended.

By: ultima

ultima — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:15:39 +0000

1. Make it easier to immigrate legally to the U.S. but reduce the total number allowed to no more than 250,000 per year in all categories.
2. Repeal NAFTA, CAFTA and all other trade agreements to enable the poor in other countries to make a living.
3. Make E-verification of work status mandatory.
4. Require foreign workers to be paid at the same rate as American workers.
5. Deduct $100,000 from U.S. foreign aid to Mexico for every illegal alien apprehended internally or caught trying to violate the border.
6. Require every illegal alien apprehended at the border or internally to serve a six month sentence working on border infrastructure.
7. Impose harsh penalties on landlords who rent living quarters to anyone not in this country legally.
8. Withhold all federal funds from any cities or other local governments who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
9. Require every foreigner seeking work in the United States under a temporary worker program to have a temporary work authorization card issued by the United States.
10. If an employer can prove that he cannot fill his jobs with citizen workers, he may apply to one of the federally-licensed employment agencies for the admission of the number of foreign workers needed.
11. Fine employers of illegal aliens on an escalating scale whether or not they hired them knowingly.
12. Stop employers from exploiting cheap immigrant labor by enforcing existing labor laws.
13. Vigorously and continuously pursue internal enforcement of immigration laws and provide for expeditious repatriation of illegals after they have served any prescribed sentence.
14. After a careful in depth review of supporting documents, issue a counterfeit-proof, machine-readable, biometric ID to all legal residents of border states.
15. Reinterpret the 14th Amendment to require at least one parent to be a citizen before any child can be awarded birthright citizenship.
16. Limit chain immigrations to the minor children and spouses of citizens.
17. Focus immigration quotas on those most likely to enable the U.S. to regain its fiscal solvency and remain competitive in the global economy.
18. Make everyone who enters this country illegally permanently ineligible for a pathway to citizenship.
19. Make true fluency in English a mandatory requirement for citizenship.
20. Make English the official language of the United States and repeal EO 13166.

By: TL Winslow

TL Winslow — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:38:18 +0000

When it comes to Mexico, what needs to be changed is the political line on the map itself after working with Mexico’s people to dissolve their failed country and corrupt govt. in favor of statehood and citizenship, including erasure of all immigration records, plus amnesty for Mexican officials to allow everybody to start with a clean slate. See how it might be done at http://go.to/megamerge

By: Chelsi

Chelsi — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:19:05 +0000

I loved everything especially regarding the fact that kids should not be penalized for how their parents brought them into the country when they were just minors.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:40:49 +0000

Enforce the dream act already

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:40:00 +0000

They could also allow people who overstayed to adjust their status as long as they were paying taxes and are out of trouble.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:38:08 +0000

They could also adjust the family petition without the ten year waiting as it was in the 90’s when brothers and sisters or aunts could file for each other

By: MdeG

MdeG — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:10:45 +0000

Yes to 245i! There are so many of us waiting.

By: Matthew Kolken

Matthew Kolken — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:28:38 +0000

Bravo!