Thursday, April 13, 2006

Will We turn to Law by Protest?

The recent past, and I am sure in the not too distant future we saw street "protests" for amnesty and voting rights for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants now here in the United States. The "leftist" media and the politicians concerned with their own tenure in Congress all seem inclined to grant their demands.
It is understandable why the Democrats want these 12 million illegals to become legal by changing our immigration laws. Trashing them would be a more appropriate way to describe what they are doing.
But no matter how you describe their actions the end result is legislation driven by protest! Not a protest by and for the legal citizens of this country, but a protest by and for people who have broken the law which from the signs seen on television indicate they feel are unfair and by some, "RACIST"!
WHAT IF ALL LEGAL CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY AGE 20 TOOK THE STREETS to protest the unfair laws that prohibit drinking until they are 21.This arbitrary age discrimination is more onerous than the immigration laws that protect our borders. Even though an argument can be made that the present law is not enforceable, as demonstrated by the 12 million illegals currently in our Country. But the problem is not the law, but the lack of will to enforce the existing law. Proposed new immigration law will have even more provisions which will be next to impossible to enforce as long as this issue is a political "football".
One way we could reform our immigration law is to repeal or amend the law passed in 1965. This law ,sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy, cut the percentage of European immigrants down to half what was allowed until this law passed, and raised the number of "Third World" immigrants to increase to 85% of the total legal immigrants allowed each year. What good would this do? History shows us that European immigrants with similar Judeo-Christian values assimilate quicker and a greater percentage find work quicker. They come here to make a life better for themselves and their families. Not to come to America to participate in our growing welfare state.
It goes with out saying that we must police our bordes better. Maybe even build a "wall", but we need to recognize one fact if no other in this debate. No other group has demanded and obtained bilingual education in our elementry schools, steets signs in Spanish and even ballots in their native tongue. If we are not vigilant, Mr. Kennedy and his friends will "Balkanize" our beloved counrty in the name of "fairness". Fairness to whom? That is what I want to know.