Illegal Immigrants or Undocumented Immigrants 

Why should we call illegal immigrants “Undocumented Immigrants”?  This political correctness is getting ridiculous.  If someone is in the country illegally, they are breaking the law and illegal by definition. 

Illegal immigration is one of the top seven problems facing this country in my opinion.  We must recognize the problem.  We must identify how illegal immigration got out of control and how we can deal with the problem.

I am not anti immigration.  The United States is a melting pot of the world.  I can see why people want to come to this county.  It is a great country. 

I don’t understand why some immigrants want to change the country to the very thing they are trying leave.  I am sure some consider immigration as a crusade to change the country, but I think these are a small minority. 

My ancestors came from Norway and Germany.  I like to talk about my three Norwegian grandparents and one German grandfather.  I sometimes refer to my German grandfather as the “Outlaw German”.   

My ancestors came to this country for the personal freedom, religious freedom, and the capitalist opportunities.

They wanted an opportunity to work, succeed, and prosper financially.  They did not expect anything to be given to them.  They just wanted the opportunity to build a better live for themselves and their families. They learned the language and became citizens. 

Immigration regulation and enforcement is one of the few duties the constitution gives to our Federal Government.  Our immigration laws have changed over the years.  The annual legal immigration numbers have increased dramatically.  The restrictions as to where the immigrants come from have been eliminated.  The skill and sponsorship requirements have been relaxed.  Most legal immigrants are admitted on family orientation. 

The Immigration Act of 1990 has an annual ceiling of 675,000 immigrants.  The breakdown is 480,000 (71%) family sponsored, 140,000 (21%) employment based, and 55,000 (8%) “Diversity Immigrants.”

I think this is reasonable legal immigration.  If not, we need to change the law, but we must enforce the law. 

One of the primary duties or the President as the executive branch of the government is to enforce the laws of the country.  Not one President in over forty years has enforced our immigration laws. 

I am not sure, but I think we have to go back to Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 to find a President that actually enforced this countries immigration laws.  That is almost sixty years ago.  The President does not have the option, and should not be allowed to pick which laws to enforce. 

It is no wonder we have a problem with illegal immigration.  It may be easier to come to this country illegally than it is to come legally in some cases.  This is not fair to the legal immigrants or the citizens of this country.  We must forget the partisan politics and correct this problem. 

We now have a case before the Supreme Court about an Arizona immigration law.  Immigration control is the responsibility of the Federal Government, but if they don’t do the job, what is Arizona supposed to do? 

Arizona does not have the right to pass immigration legislation that is different than the Federal laws, but that is not the case with the Arizona law.  It will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court rules.

Separate state laws are not the solution.  The executive branch of our Federal Government must work with the states to enforce our Immigration laws.   If the immigration law needs to be changed, that is the business of the Congress, but not the decision of the President.