My Letter to Mitch McConnell

The below was e-mailed to the Minority Leader in the U.S. Senate in late June, in an attempt (apparently successful) to help persuade him not to support the Senate bill.

After voting D or I in every election of my adult life (I am 38), I voted R in 2006 over the immigration issue and Howard Dean's statement that the national anthem could be sung in 2 languages, just as in Canada.

In your capacity of Minority Leader your represent your party and all Americans who understand that the Democrats' rush to pander to an irresponsible portion of the Hispanic community is a serious danger to the well being of the United States.

Republicans will not lose the Hispanic vote if they explain loudly, clearly, and repeatedly that the rule of law is the foundation of the republic and the economy. Paradoxically, if we allow illegal immigrants to get away with their intentional violation of multiple laws, it will grievously harm the very thing that they risked their lives to enter.

The Z visa will be regarded as close enough to amnesty so that it will encourage more illegal immigration. The U.N. estimates that the global population will be 9 billion in 2050- up 3 billion from 1998's figure. Unless the United States upholds it current immigration laws, which are reasonable and duly enacted, we will be overwhelmed by hundreds of millions more illegal immigrants by 2050.

The best solution may be to take enforcement actions with regard to the current 12-20 million illegal immigrants, increase somewhat legal immigration going forward, put in place an improved employment verification system, and over time, replace a good percentage of the current illegal aliens with legal immigrants.

I just moved out of a Hispanic neighborhood after living there from 7/2005 to 4/2007. Many persons illegally present in this country resided in that community. While observing and interacting with them, I realized that they know that they are breaking our laws, that they are intentionally breaking our laws, and that they are absolutely determined to succeed in breaking our laws.

That is no way to become a part of this republic. A path to citizenship must be absolutely out of the question. The remedy for illegally entering a country is deportation. Better yet, a large fine and deportation. Paying a fine may deter speeding, but the current Z visa solution, "pay and fine and you get to stay" creates an incentive to enter illegally and try to earn enough money to pay the fine.

[I should have mentioned that the Z visa actually would have acted as an immediate amnesty because it would have been essentially impossible to deport anybody. Virtually 100% of illegal immigrants would have been able to argue that they were about to apply for a Z visa and were eligible, so they should not be deported. That's why it really was an amnesty bill.]