It sure has been the hot topic as of late, hasn’t it? Today I read that two cities in Arizona are suing to block the law from being enforced. Essentially, they are claiming that this is an unfunded mandate. After all, isn’t immigration law to be left to the federal government?
Quite frankly, it is getting a little tiresome turning on CNN and seeing story after story on this topic. By no means am I stating that this is not of the utmost importance, but what else is going on in the world these days?
This post won’t be an extensive look into why I do not support this bill, or even my beliefs on immigration law. Mainly I have a couple of thoughts for us to ponder:
- I do believe that we should tighten our border security along both the border with Mexico AND the border with Canada. It is not, however, my contention that this must be done to keep illegals out, rather it is of paramount importance in terms of fighting terrorism. If day after day people are coming across our borders, what is to stop a Muslim extremist from doing the same?
- If people are so upset about illegal immigration, then stop partaking of the services provided by these people. Put your money where your mouth is. Stop eating in restaurants where illegal immigrants are hired. Don’t hire someone to do construction work because it is cheaper and then look the other way when it is being staffed by illegal immigrants. Stop using all of these services and patronizing all of these businesses and then tell me that things are better.
- Does it not bother people that for the simple fact that our ancestors came illegally to this country to begin with, we are given the privileged of living here? Why punish a poor child in Mexico from attempting to have a better life just because circumstances dictated that he/she was born to parents living in Mexico.
- How about punishing the businesses that hire illegal immigrants? Would that not stop people from coming here if there were no employers that would hire them? Of course, this would just make the prices of about everything that you buy and consume more expensive. But that’s the price you will have to pay.
There are so many reasons why I do not support our immigration enforcement efforts. I’m so tired of hearing that they are taxing our welfare systems. How? Emergency rooms? They can’t get welfare.
These people simply want to come to the United States in search of a better opportunity for their families. If you were in their situation, would you not do the same? Would you let your children starve while you look for work day after day? I hope not!
