Chertoff: Not 'practical'to deport illegal aliens
In defending President Bush's so-called "guest worker" program for illegal aliens – which critics have dubbed an amnesty program – Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says it's just not practical to deport the millions of foreigners in the country illegally.
"The cost of identifying all of those people and sending them back would be stupendous. It would be billions and billions of dollars," Chertoff told Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel program "Hannity & Colmes" last night.
In the classic liberal "we can't win the 'war on drugs'" mentality our Homeland In-security chief has said "it's too hard." This is the same government that can regulate how much water your toilet flushes and how wide your deck is, but heaven forbid they enforce immigration laws.
As for the "billions and billions of dollars" nonsense, I think that he must be talking about how much we spend helping illegal aliens. Drivers licenses, ITINS, every government document printed in Spanish, education, migrant housing, court interpreters, bi-lingual government employees, etc.
Maybe we don't need an all out manhunt (although that would be nice) but instead we allow local law enforcement to actually enforce the law, including immigration law. How about we make it very difficult for illegal aliens to work? Then make it very difficult for them to get government benefits. No work, no benefits means that they go home.
NOTE: I say "very difficult" because "impossible" is not realistic. But by "very difficult" I mean damn near impossible.
This is a perfect example of a problem that could be properly maintained but our "leaders" let it get out of control and now they say the mess is just too big to clean up. I don't accept that excuse from my kids and I won't accept it from my government either!
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I agree with most of the arguments here but I can't see how we can accomplish these goals until we change the minds of the politicians and government employees that are welcoming these lawbreakers in and making them feel at home. Lets start with no documents, no assistance, no license, no schools, nothing.
We need to send back everyone that is picked up by police and send Mexico the bill-postage due. I'm sick of all this nicey, nice with Fox. He needs to take responsibility for these lawbreakers.
I personally don't care if deportation effects Walmart, Winco, etc. You could say the same thing about drug dealers or pimps, they spend money. For all the bleeding hearts that point out we are a nation of immigrants I'll point out that most of our ancestors came through customs, learned the language, took the citizenship test and appreciated the fact that they get to live in the greatest country on Earth.
what is the cost if we just continue to ignore the problem?
I think France is a perfect example of ignoring the problem.
A) go to smartbusinesspractices.com
You will see a system to verify every employee's immigration status is already in place! It is FREE and is done in seconds. Nationwide. NO employer has to hire an Illegal Alien.
B)SELF-DEPORTATION? Aug. 2004 A handful of ICE agents do interior enforcement in Temecula CA. in 2 weekends they catch over 400 Illegal Aliens. Next day, An apartment complex of 1,000 is empty, Schools report many kids not showing up. This is reported to every Spanish Radio/TV/Paper (including a blurb on the front page, in Spanish, in the Statesman-Journal) Ava Hutchinson of DHS (was Boss of ICE) flies to CA. and STOPS IT!
C)Economics? U. of Florida EVERY household in Florida is paying a NET of $1,800.00 per House, per Year for immigrant use of public services. 5 million non-English speaking students K-12 nationwide (U.S. D.O.E.) X $7,000 each per year is...$175 BILLION in 5 years.
D)Wal-Mart etc. Pay an American in 2005 wages! Yes Toilet paper might be $7.00 per 12 pack of double rolls, but it is a wash economically. Labor cost are only a small part of overhead. 28 years ago I made $10/HR. roofing.
E) Licenses/ID? Social Security Online Verification or S.S.O.L.V.
is used by almost EVERY state. Oregon has a Federal Grant APPROVED to pay use this system.
Cost? 1/4-3 pennies per license to see if S.S.# matches applicant name, NO match? NO ID or Voter Reg. card. HELLO?!
NO JOB/ID/Services? They leave, on THEIR own, at their expense.
Hey they learned a lot about why we have the BEST Nation on Earth while visiting. Go home and make some changes, Mexico IS the 12th WEALTHIEST Nation on the Planet. GDP=$1.006 TRILLION in 2004
FIRE CHERTOFF!
Rick Hickey-V.P.-OFIR
Excellent examples Rick! Your contributions are always appreciated.
Sure, According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Dept. of Labor & The L.A. Times, there are actually twice as many persons unemployed or underemployed, as officially reported. Millions of people are accepting a job that pays much less than they are experienced or qualified to do. Or they have used up all their unemployment benefits. I read about 14 Million people are in this category. Oregon alone has over 150,000 collecting unemployment. We also have about 174,000 "Migrant" seasonal workers. The Consualte of Portland estimates about 600,000 Mexicans in Oregon. If the Farmers paid an American wage and those folks on unemployment had to do the job, BAMM! These people are now paying taxes, instead of collecting them and paying MORE taxes because they are paid more than the Migrant worker. AND paid above the table. Yes, Berries might cost 20% more. Farmers and Government wouldn't also be subsidizing their Housing (saving us all more), No more FREE College (saving us all more)and no more FREE meals provided by Marion/Polk food share, so ONLY people without a JOB, not Migrant "workers" use the food charities. They might actually have enough Food then. And we would all be safer. Shiny NEW Government program? Remember in Oregon the TAX KICKER REFUND? 1st year, it would be back for all of us law followers.
I've cleaned toilets for a living. It's good money. You got a problem with that?
I've cleaned toilets for a living and it paid $1 above minimum wage. (Oh, and no benefits.) You call that good money?
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