Stay in the Shadows

What's wrong with leaving illegal aliens in the shadows? I'm not a hater. I don't want every illegal alien to be deported. I agree with those that say that many of them are hard-working, family-oriented people. Good for them. You want to work here? Good on you.

America is facing the symptoms of a serious problem: Central and South America sucks. How can I phrase it nicely? Yeah, there are some good things about the rest of the Americas, but since the first Spanish and Portuguese settlers stepped foot on American soil there has been exploitation. They were then, and they continue to be, racist states with wealthy aristocrats that exploit a vast underclass of people to harvest from the land every available resource. First it was gold, now it's oil, lumber, coffee, illicit drugs, and other produce. The wealth is distributed the same way it always has been: Europeans have it all, native mixes have next to nothing, and the natives have absolutely nothing. It sucks, but it is NOT the fault of the United States that Latin America can't stop exploiting its lower class.

The SYMPTOM of that disease is the "immigration debate" in America. All of the downtrodden from around the world (primarily Latin America) are coming to the U.S. so they can be less downtrodden. I feel for them, but that's not a solution to the border problem. Turning North America into South America is just going to make it worse. I have a heart for these people, but I have a brain, too. Making it worse for us does not make it better for them. Bankrupting our economy doesn't solve any of our problems.

What can America do? America can enforce it's laws. Period. Close down the border, and prosecute employers that hire illegal aliens. Some say, "You can't deport 12 million people!" Fine, don't deport anybody. Well, you can definitely deport the pimps in Minneapolis that were running a prostitution ring there. If their home country won't take them, deport them to the middle of the Pacific Ocean in a rubber raft with no paddles. Deport them to Siberia and pay the Russians to show them a little Russian hospitality. I don't really care where they are, as long as they aren't in American society. Other than the drug-runners, pimps, and slave-traders, leave everyone else in the shadows. They came here to work in the shadows, let them work in the shadows. Hopefully their kids will get a better education than they had and get themselves out of the shadows, but I see no reason to legitimize or deport their parents. They came here because they are starving in Mexico and living in houses made of pallets and tin cans. Their living standard is already 1,000 times better than it was in Mexico. Why must we now bankrupt our government paying for medical attention and social security? They weren't going to get it in Mexico, why should they get it here?

Why do we only care about the poor and down-trodden that snuck into the U.S. What about the poor that are still in Mexico, should we pay for their medical needs? What about South Africa, should we pay for their retirement? What about the poor of India, should we pay for their children to go to school? It would be nice if we could, but it's not possible. We do what we can, and I encourage you to dig out of your own pocket to help people, but there is no reason to make our government financially obliged to pay for 12 million people to get services they didn't pay for that they never would have gotten had they not broken our laws to get here.