CAUSA – ‘Cause breaking the law don’t matter

Immigation Reform "ideals"

• A rational and humane approach to the undocumented population. We must address the more than twelve million undocumented immigrants living in this country by creating a rigorous registration process that leads to lawful permanent resident status and eventual citizenship.
  

  What is rational to many Americans is deportation. Amnesty didn’t work in the 1980s; why should we believe it would work now. Rewarding people for breaking our laws is a bad idea! It would still be cheaper to deport millions of people than to provide public assistance, bi-lingual education, prisons, medical care, free meals at school…

• Protect U.S. and immigrant workers. Immigration reform is a component of building real economic security, contributing to a shared prosperity agenda that maintains and improves wages and working conditions in the United States and in other countries. We must protect all workers’ rights, regardless of whether they were born in the United States or abroad, and any employment verification system should determine employment authorization accurately and efficiently while protecting workers and good-faith employers.
  

  Guess what? If the scum-sucking companies that hire illegals wanted to pay competitive wages they would hire American workers. With record unemployment, the solution might just be for citizens to have those jobs.

• Allocate sufficient visas to close unlawful migration channels. One of the great failures of our current system is that the level of legal immigration is set arbitrarily by Congress—as a product of political compromise. The allocation of employment visas to workers should be depoliticized and placed in the hands of an independent commission that can assess labor shortages and determine the number and characteristics of foreign workers to be admitted,
  with Congress’s approval.

  Can’t argue with this point. It actually makes sense. Getting VISAs has been difficult for many years, that doesn’t justify breaking our laws, though.

• Enhance our nation’s security and safety. A sensible enforcement strategy will keep America safe, protect due process and human rights, make the most effective use of the tools and policies already available in a fair and reasonable manner, and be fiscally responsible. Such a strategy would prioritize enforcement actions to target genuine threats, violent individuals, unscrupulous employers; traffickers and drug smugglers, and those that might exploit the immigration system to do the country harm.
  

  I’m all for enhancing our security and safety, and if that means SHOOTING ON SIGHT, so be it. Hand slapping hasn’t worked. As far as I am concerned, anyone crossing our borders illegally is a genuine threat; in doing so, they are demonstrating a lack of respect for our laws.

• Establish a strategic border enforcement policy that reflects American values. A border strategy that prioritizes the safety and security of border communities and consults with these communities in the process is the best way to ensure that our border policies protect our national security, while balancing enforcement with economic development and human and civil rights.
  

  Huh? Which American values? The ones that encourage people to obey our laws? Or not? Asking the folks that live in the towns to set policy… um, why? Perhaps because those towns are already filled with Mexicans who will be sympathetic to their cause?

• Keep American families together. Our outdated family immigration channels, which keep close family members separated for decades, must be reformed to restore our commitment to promoting family unity.
  

  No problem… if you want to keep your families together, GO HOME! Sort of too bad if your kids don’t want to go with you, but then that was the risk you took when you came to the country illegally.

• Promote immigrant integration. The federal government must help new immigrants learn our language and laws, ensure equal opportunity for immigrants to participate in programs and services, and support state and local governments’ efforts to help integrate these new Americans.
  

  This just pisses me off. If you want to come enjoy the bounty of America, the onus is ON YOU to learn the language & laws. I have no interest in paying more taxes so that someone else can benefit.

• Protect fundamental rights for all. Congress must restore basic civil liberties and reaffirm Constitutional protections for all individuals in this country and renew our commitment to core American values of fairness and justice.
  

  As far as I am concerned, if you are in this country illegally, you should have no rights, and no protections under our laws, since you have shown no respect for them. Illegals get public assistance and free medical care, free meals for their kids at school, many don’t pay taxes, either.

Education

The DREAM Act
CAUSA supports the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. The DREAM Act would restore states’ rights to determine residency requirements for in-state tuition and establish a path to legal status and eventual citizenship for undocumented youth. These measures would address significant barriers to the success of hardworking immigrant students who were brought to this country at a young age and desire to fully contribute to American society.

Hmmm…. the idea here is that someone can claim to be an “undocumented resident” and get in-state tuition, but if my kid, who is a citizen wants to go to that school he/she must meet strict residency requirements? And we think this fair?

Actually, I do think we should have a path to citizenship for children who have been in the US since before the age of 10 or so, as long as they have performed well in school and we should certainly encourage higher education, on THEIR FAMILY’S DIME, of course. Since the family won’t have paid their fair share of taxes the students shouldn’t be entitled to any grants or financial aid. We do want to be fair, right? Bad students are a drain on society and we don’t need them.

English as a Second Language (ESL) and Bilingual Education
CAUSA supports policies and legislation that protects and expands programs that help English Language Learners (ELL) students.

Once again, this is up to the person who wants to move here. It’s not up to the government to spend my tax dollars to teach foreigners English. If you really wanted to be a citizen you would have to learn it. I’m already tired of pressing 1! How about making the person who will benefit be responsible?

Health Care Reform

Interesting comments on the CAUSA site about their stance on healthcare. They don’t seem to be pushing for a national plan, probably since most illegals get health care for free now. They seem mostly concerned that immigration status not be considered, that subsidies be available, and that no real identification requirements are imposed.

Personally, I think the only good reason for the "Real ID" is to verify immigration status and eligibility for benefits, services, voting rights, etc.