For Legal Immigration - Against Amnesty
The United States was established on principles that support the welcoming of new residents to its shores to learn and embrace American civic culture and political institutions through the processes of immigration and naturalization. Over the past several decades, however, immigration policy has become skewed, falsely presented as an uncompromising decision between unfettered immigration and none at all. Recently, the Obama Administration has begun to call for granting amnesty to the some 10.8 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. as part of a comprehensive immigration reform bill. The Heritage Foundation instead proposes a phased approach to immigration reform centered on border security, interior enforcement, and legal immigration processes. -The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is exactly right when it recognizes that the debate has been skewed to a "decision between unfettered immigration and none at all." Establishment politicians play politics with our national security. Instead of securing our borders they keep pushing for amnesty in an attempt to produce more voters. Although most Americans do not want amnesty, the establishment will be pushing for it again soon and we need to be ready. Career politicians make bad decisions when they see the potential for new voters and they can't resist. Concerned citizens, like Dave Edwards, who run for office out of a concern for their country and the Constitution make their decisions based on what is Constitutional. This is how we bring government back to the people and how we hold Congress accountable to the Constitution.
The Constitution gives Congress the power to "establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization." Amnesty ignores the rules of naturalization that Congress has established. The rules of naturalization include being able to "read, write, and speak English and have knowledge and an understanding of U.S. history and government (civics)" as well as being "a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States." This is legal immigration.
Embracing legal immigration is the right thing to do. Embracing amnesty and continuing with the status quo of unsecured borders is the wrong thing to do. It is as simple as that.
The Heritage Foundation offers great resources on effective ways to secure our borders. Here is a link to that resource page: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/06/Border-Security-The-Heritage-Foundation-Recommendations
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