[MD] Back to the last static latch

[Ham Priday]

Hello SA --

You said (to Platt):

> Should we kill the illegals?  Should we kill
> the rioters in France?  They are in the country, not
> far away in another country for some future threat
> (Iraq), they are actually here being defiant to the
> intellectual laws trying to organize social order.
> They are merely running across the border, not even
> organized into an intellectual demand, their demand is
> social (economical).  Yet, they by-pass the
> intellectual level (laws), apparently, unless, some
> intellectual spokesmen is out there that I am unaware
> of.
[snip]
> Would it not be more prudent to focus not on the
> different societies, due to the fact we all might be
> in flux trying to climb the same hill (example Japan,
> who loved beauty (quality) and had a sense of creating
> something or doing something in a way that made it
> beautiful, yet, they were looked down upon by the U.S.
> because they didn't open their ports)?  Could we come
> to some kind of intellectual understanding?

America is not France or Great Britain, and the problem we are now
confonting is the result of decades of neglect in enforcing our own
immigration laws.  The U.S. is a sovereign nation of free people that is
still viewed as a land of opportunity by foreigners barely able to eek out a
living in their native agrarian cultures under s corrupt government.  If
given the chance, the entire population of Mexico would flock to this
country.  This is not only unfeasible, it would destroy America as we know
it.

It is the right of any sovereign nation to set the standards for would-be
immigrants.  The primary standard of acceptance is that the migrant enter
our borders legally with the intent to become a U.S. citizen.  Among other
things, this entails learning English and something about our history and
Constitution, demonstrating the skills or capacity to gain employment,
certification of being free of contageous diseases or a criminal record.
Because the U.S. has failed to insist on these requirements, we've been
invaded by some 12 million people of questionable status and background who
are now demonstrating (with Mexican flags, no less!) for rights as Americans
without citizenship.

This is a debacle which we've brought on ourselves.  The automatic
naturalization of Mexican children born in this country of illegal
immigrants is a travesty.  So are the liberals' accommodation to a
bilingual language, the building of Latino schools, the handing out of
driving licenses, credit cards, voting privileges, and all the other
benefits to which illegals have no constitutional right.

Of course it's impractical to round up and return all these people to
Mexico.  The bill which Congress failed to pass last week would have
provided the means for most of the illegal residents to earn their U.S.
status by paying a modest fine plus back taxes, demonstrating their ability
to support themselves, and obtaining a "guest permit" to carry them through
a few years of productive work at the end of which they could apply for
citizenship.

It's time for Americans to restore their fundamental heritage.  Our
representatives in government, indeed all American citizens, must bite the
bullet and enforce the laws of this country.  We must forget about the
"political falloff" and possible inflation that might result from this
decision.  Such concerns are small indeed compared to losing our
sovereignity and confronting a civil war against a neighboring country that
claims the Southwestern states belong to them.

Since you asked, this is the way I see it.

Regards,
Ham