Wetbacks, river waders, undocumented aliens,.....

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Chasers of the American dream, Illegal aliens, Latinos, doers of things lazy Americans won't do, cheap labor for the construction industry, for the agriculture industry. Although around here you can't get one of them off their ass for less than twice the minimum wage or more.

What ever you want to call them. Just don't call them late to the pay lines on Friday or the unemployment line on the 1st of the month.

Many questions I struggle to come to a conclusion on. (Like whether to wear my Justin Ropers today or the ratty old ROK jogging shoes). But this is one where my opinions go right along with my Libertarian leanings. I believe in the greatest amount of freedoms for the greatest number of peoples.

I also believe in the rule of law. Constitutional Law in particular, since that is the standards that we are supposed to be judged by and adhere to. Not rules and regulations set up by bureaucratic minions simply to give their agencies something to do and at the same time increase their influence and power...........not to mention their funding.

No, law is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense. The right to defense of your life, liberty and property either as an individual or as a group. In this case I mean the right of Citizens of the United States of America, a Republic the last time I looked. At least in principal, if not in fact.

We have laws set in place which determine how people from other countries are supposed to come into this country. They are by no means draconian rules. But those elected leaders of this country and the individual states ignore their mandate to defend the citizens of this country from an invasion of criminals into this country..

I don't know about you.........but when I'm driving down the highway I stay within at least a margin of speed that will not get me stopped and I try to obey the posted signs and other laws. I do this so I won't get either some of my money or freedom taken away from me by the government. Yet the same government which would be so quick to stop me from speeding or breaking the least of the rules of the road and either fine or imprison me, turns a mostly blind eye towards the crime of coming into this country illegally. I don't want to be a lawbreaker, nor do I look kindly on those who are.

Probably this whole thing could be handled very easily. Just a little common sense would serve to be fair and equitable to all parties involved. If I were ruler of the world or this portion of it these are some of the things I would have done...... and because I'm dumber than I look I'm going to steal some ideas from Neal Boortz who admits he is not the original source.

Step One: You enact harsh -- draconian -- penalties for any employer, no matter how large or small, who knowingly or carelessly hires someone who is in this country illegally. These employers are going to have to use the services of private sector firms that verify citizenship or legal residency. If the demand for such certifications is created, that demand will be met by private businesses. The law would require the federal government to cooperate in all respect with any companies in the business of certifying legal residency. There would also be harsh penalties for any landlord who knowingly or carelessly rented living quarters to anyone not in this country legally.

Step Two: All federal funds would be withheld from any cities or other local governments who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in the enforcement of our immigration laws. This would put an end to this "Sanctuary City" nonsense.

Step Three: A law would be passed that would allow U.S. Businesses to hire temporary workers who are not legal residents of the United States. All of this hiring would be done through federally licensed but privately operated employment agencies. The companies using the temporary labor would make all payments to the employment agencies, and the employment agencies would in turn pay the temporary workers. The penalties for any payments made by employers to temporary workers outside of this system would be harsh. Very harsh. Say, for instance, denial of any rights to hire temporary workers through this program again.

Step Four: U.S. law would require that any foreign person seeking work in the United States through the temporary worker program would have to have a temporary worker card issued by the United States. Without this card the employment agencies would not be permitted to bring these people into the U.S. for temporary work assignments.

Step Five: The temporary worker cards would only be issued in that worker's home country. Nowhere else. In other words, if you are already in the United States you would have to return to your home country to be issued a card. If you chose to remain in the United States you would be unable to find any work because you would be ineligible to be hired through the federally licensed employment agencies, and no employer would dare take a chance on the fines that would result from paying you outside of the federal temporary worker program.

Step Six: When a U.S. company need some workers, construction, agricultural ... whatever, that company would go to one of the federally licensed employment agencies and put in an order. That agency would then arrange to have the needed workers brought into the country and would arrange for their temporary housing. The employer would be billed for these costs. When the temporary work assignment was over the agency would provide transportation either back to the temporary workers home country or to the next temporary job. All payments to the temporary workers would cease until another assignment was found.

One other thing I my self would do is to eliminate the automatic granting of citizenship to a child of foreigners born in this country. We might could have justified that at one time, but no longer. If a foreigner wants to apply for citizenship in this country let them go thru the steps required to obtain that right.

Right is only right.......

......at least that's my view from the Kudzu.