A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American. - Woodrow Wilson
There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities. - Teddy Roosevelt, Speech before the Knights of Columbus
While the politions trip all over themselves to be out of the line of fire in any meaningful discussion of illegal immigrants; the problem continues to grow. Here are the Wizer's ideas for successful resolution of the issue.
1. The government must set realistic but much more aggressive targets for the number of immigrants allowed to legally migrate into the United States. The best economy in the world should be able to put to work most of the people wanting to come here. If there are indeed 20 million illegal immigrants living here, then by definition they are being supported by this economy now, so the argument that they will put anyone out of work is weak.
2. The immigration laws themselves do not need adjusting. All the illegals should take advantage of the legal opportunities created in point 1, or risk the consequences of detection and detention. Laws mean something here.
3. We must end all mandates of support for illegals. It is necessary to eliminate the motivation to come here and be a welfare cheat. All subsequent legal immigrants must have a plan to support themselves. If they fail to support themselves in this, the land of opportunity, then they were ultimately not qualified to be US immigrants in the first place. Perhaps the threat of deportation will put them on the right track.
4. Assimilation must be the focus of any immigration plan. Immigrants, leave the Mexican flags at home. If that's where your allegiance is, then that's where you belong.
5. Bi-lingual programs should be eliminated. It's hard enough to create schools to train people to work in our society, without doubling the workload of our teachers and our government employees. No person in this society who cannot speak English has a chance of contributing more to our society than they take from it.
6. Slam the companies that hire illegals. Enough Said.
